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Ground Stations Engineer for EPSSG Cust.
2013-03-11 15:38:07| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Ground Stations Engineer for EPSSG Cust., based at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, 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 EUMETSAT, we are currently seeking a Ground Station Engineer to provide Engineering support to the EPSSG Ground Segment Technical Manager, in the EPSSG Preparatory Programme Phase B You will be support the EPSSG GS requirements analysis, architecture design and requirement implementation of the GS ground stations as part of the EPSSG System. The duties range from the analysis, design, installation, and testing of the ground stations. This may include support to the procurement of hardware and software, and the coordination with external service providers. In particular during the initial phase the tasks will include Support to the generation of ground stations related EPSSG concepts, requirements and design documentation at the Architectural Design Level Identifying and translating the relevant EPSSG usersystemground segment level requirements into specific ground stations system requirements Provide support covering all aspects of the EPSSG ground stations specification and design Provide support covering the link budgets of the EPSSG programme Contribute to the definition of the ground segment data flows regarding the interfaces between the ground stations and the rest of the EPSSG ground segment andor satellites from a system engineering point of view Contribute to the preparation of the EPSSG Validation and Verification VV activities in the area of ground stations and the generation of the initial Acceptance Plan. In the performance of the above tasks you will apply all the relevant system engineering standards, quality management procedures and maintenance procedures. You are expected to write and review requirement specifications and change proposals, prepare procurements, participate in technical inspections and reviews, document the communication and network architecture system design and write evaluation reports, review reports, test reports and overall status reports. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a university degree, or equivalent, in an engineering discipline relevant to the job profile together with sufficient experience and capability to fulfill the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision. You shall have, as a prerequisite, a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar function. Knowledge and experience with the following is 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 The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for this position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. 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?refSearchrequirementid40411 If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Ground Stations Engineer for EPSSG Cust. Reference G013058EUM Application closing date 22 April 2013 Start date June 2013 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 EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int
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