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Galileo Flight Operations Engineer
2014-01-30 15:39:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Galileo Flight Operations Engineer, based at Galileo Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the Galileo Control Centre, we are currently seeking engineering support for monitoring and controlling the overall preparation and execution of the Galileo operations activities. Tasks The engineer will support the activities of the Galileo Constellation Operations Unit HSOOGC in coordinating the definition, preparation, testing, validation, and implementation of the Galileo constellation operations, as required to meet the overall Galileo enduser services needs. Galileo constellation operations activities are performed in the Galileo Control Centres Oberpfaffenhofen and Fucino and LEOP centres Darmstadt and Toulouse. The support will be provided to the Galileo Constellation Operations unit, and in support of the ESA Constellation Operations Evolution Engineer at GCCD, covering the following activities Followup of the spacecraft design and constellation operations engineering activities Followup of the GCS and GMS design for their impact on the constellation operations engineering activities Coordination, followup and guidance on constellation operations preparation, testing, validation campaigns and execution activities in the GCCs, in particular for the areas that impact Galileo enduser services provision Monitoring the performance of the space segment infrastructure and participation in Anomaly Review Boards and closure of the associated actions Coordination of the different parties participating in the constellation operations related Operations reviews and Progress Meetings Based at Oberpfaffenhofen D, the service will also require travel to ESOC, ESTEC, Fucino IT and other European sites. Qualifications and Requirements Essential Applicants require The service providers should have University degree or equivalent education in Electric or Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering Significant senior engineering experience of spacecraft flightconstellation operation related activities, with experience in management tasks i.e. managing spacecraft operations Good spacecraft knowledge on a subsystem level Experience in working in an operational environment Ability to understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems Familiarity with operational training Familiarity with operational simulators, ideally SimSat Familiarity with satellite control systems, ideally SCOS2000 Familiarity with programmingscripting languages e.g. C, Java, JavaScript Security Requirements The contractor personnel will be required to hold a Galileo Security Clearance to the level of Secret. Desirable Experience in operational training Familiarity with the ESOC working environment and Quality Management System QMS Knowledge of satellite or ground operations, or nonspace operational environments Experience with prelaunch activities and launch campaigns of satellites Experience in instructional design methodologies A proven experience in a commercialindustrial environment andor experience related to flightconstellation operations in the Galileo project GIOVE, IOV Security Clearance in view of later projects. The working language for the position is English. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply by either clicking on, or copying into your browser, the URL below. httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid49405 If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Galileo Flight Operations Engineer Reference G014014OD8 Application closing date 210214 Start date 150414 If you are not yet registered with Serco we advise you to register your details by adding your details and attaching your CV via httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope For additional information about ESA, please consult httpwww.esa.int
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