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Copernicus System Operations Engineer
2020-03-04 21:53:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are currently looking for an experienced System Operations Engineer to join our international team of inspiring engineers and industry professionals, tasked with driving innovation within the Space, Satellite and Earth Observation sector. This role is rooted in EUMETSATs commitment to the European Unions Copernicus Earth observation programme and will provide the opportunity to work with leading IT, Space and Earth Observation organisations and domain experts and to make a positive impact on society! Background Copernicus is the European Unions Earth observation programme, coordinated and managed by the European Commission in partnership with the European Space Agency ESA and EUMETSAT. Its current and future missions are tasked with delivering high quality, wide range Earth observation services providing information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security. The System Operations Engineer supports the operations of EUMETSATs Copernicus space and ground segment systems. The initial focus is system operations engineering for the Copernicus Sentinel3 S3 ground segment and systems, including the operations preparations for the recurrent spacecraft S3C S3D. The position will also provide system operations engineering support to other Copernicus missions. Duties System operations engineering and coordination of the operations of the S3 spacecraft and ground segments, covering the Flight Operations Segment FOS, Payload Data Ground Segment PDGS and MultiMission Elements MMEs Coordination and execution of the Operations Preparations activities for the S3C and S3D Satellites and evolutions of the S3 ground segment Support to the endtoend service monitoring and reporting for S3 Coordination of S3 ground operations with external entities, including ESA and CNES, in relation to the interfaces and associated documentation Contribution to the definition of the system operations concepts including satellite and ground segment for the future EUMETSAT Copernicus programmes Participate in anomaly analyses, engineering change requests, and investigations relating to system operations Support the Copernicus Operations Team Leader as backup for management and coordination activities. What we offer Excellent salary, of up to Euro 6,500 NET after tax based on skills and experience Flexible working time including additional flexileave Full medical coverage for employee and family Attractive pension 30 days of annual leave 14.5 days public holidays Training and development support Relocation allowance and support if applicable Qualifications University degree or equivalent in an engineering or scientifically relevant discipline, e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Remote Sensing, Telecommunications, Software or System Engineering. Skills and Experience Proven experience in developing, testing andor operating realtime space or ground segment systems Experience of realtime ground segment systems monitoring Thorough understanding of geographically distributed systems operations, including networking, distributed applications, and interactions with external operations entities Knowledge of Earth Observation data processing systems Experience of project technical management Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to apply these to interactions within a team and between internal teams and external entities Some experience on projects with international cooperation will be a distinct advantage. More about us EUMETSATs role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisations Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide. EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users. As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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