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Ground Stations Engineer
2013-08-01 12:39:00| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The successful candidate will be primarily providing engineering support in the area of ground stations to the EPSSG Ground Segment Technical Manager in the frame of the Polar System Second Generation PSSG Preparatory Programme Phase B. As a member of the Ground Segment GS team, the key person will provide support to the PSSG GS requirements analysis, architecture design and requirement implementation of the GS ground stations as part of the PSSG System. The tasks will nominally cover the entire development lifecycle and the initial phase will include Support to the generation of ground stations related PSSG concepts, requirements and design documentation at the Architectural Design Level Identifying and translating the relevant PSSG usersystemground segment level requirements into specific ground stations system requirements Provide support covering all aspects of the PSSG ground stations specification and design Provide support covering the link budgets of the PSSG programme Contribute to the definition of the ground segment data flows regarding the interfaces between the ground stations and the rest of the PSSG ground segment andor satellites from a system engineering point of view Contribute to the preparation of the PSSG Validation and Verification VV activities in the area of ground stations and the generation of the initial Acceptance Plan. The successful candidate will have at least three years experience in a similar post. Knowledge and experience with the following is considered mandatory System Engineering practices and experience of requirements engineering Phase B of large and complex LEO ground stations Ground stations system and subsystem design for TTC, mission specific and satellite communications ground stations e.g. Cortex TTC subsystem Technical background in the specification and VV of large antennas and tracking systems ACU and receivers inclusive TTC baseband equipment including ranging systems and SLE compliant implementations Specification and implementation of Mission Data Acquisition baseband equipment Local and Remote MC system for ground stations System experience with Link budget analysis and tools in S, X and Ka Band. Knowledge and experience with the following is considered an advantage CGMS Global Specifications for Direct Broadcast services Knowledge of ECSS Standards, and in particular ECSS Engineering Standards in the area of RF and modulation standards Knowledge of CCSDS Recommendations, in particular in the area of RF and modulation standards as well as Space Link Extensions related recommendation Knowledge of services providers in the area of Ground Stations Specification and system performances of In Orbit Test systems in support of Satellite In Orbit Verification SIOV activities RF related for Earth Observation satellites preferably LEO systems LEO ground stations maintenance requirements and constraints Industry best practices on maintenance policies and procedures for ground stations supporting operational programmes 247. Knowledge and experience with the following is considered beneficial Experience in use of requirements management and traceability tools e.g. DOORS Experience in the use of modelling and design tools in support of architectural design activities e.g. CORE Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite, including MSVisio.
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