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Galileo Flight Operations Engineering Support
2014-01-29 19:36:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION The Galileo Project requires engineering support for monitoring and controlling the overall preparation and execution of the Galileo operations activities. The service 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 service 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. Requirements Significant senior engineering experience of spacecraft flightconstellation operation related activities, with experience in management tasks i.e. managing spacecraft operations. A proven experience in a commercialindustrial environment andor experience related to flightconstellation operations in the Galileo project GIOVE, IOV will be considered an asset. Based at Oberpfaffenhofen D, the service will also require travel to ESOC, ESTEC, Fucino IT and other European sites. The service providers should have University degree or equivalent education in Electric or Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering. Security Requirements The contractor personnel will be required to hold a Galileo Security Clearance to the level of Secret. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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