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Instrument Engineer MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder and NOAA
2016-10-27 11:05:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For the location in Darmstadt Germany we are looking for an Instrument Engineer MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder and NOAA fm to support the implementation of the instruments project and shall deliver to the LEO Instrument Team Leader. Tasks Participation to Metop satellite AIV, Launch and Commissioning activities relevant to the MHS and NOAA instruments, including operation of the MHS EGSE, data analysis, preparation of procedures and test reports instrument ground testing at sc level, endtoend testing at system level, satellite inorbit verification Maintenance of an uptodate plan of Metop satellite AIV, Launch and Commissioning activities requiring support for the MHS and the NOAA instruments Follow up all activities related to MHS carried out by the Airbus DSUK and maintain a list of PDS activities and their status and expenditures Follow up of all activities related to the NOAA instruments including AVHRR and SEM instruments onground calibration Support inorbit checkout verification tests during MetopC In Orbit Verification IOV Investigation of onground and inorbit instrument anomalies and support operations to the relevant recovery actions Provide general support to the Metop Operations Team for MHS and NOAA instruments matters Analyse and assess both onground and inorbit performances of MHS and NOAA instruments Participation to instrument reviews and other meetings with industry and other partners such as ESA, NOAANASA Maintenance of regular contacts with the above mentioned EUMETSAT partners and industry in relation to MHS and NOAA instruments Maintenance of a status list of MHS action items, nonconformancesanomalies, requests for waivers and deviations Preparation and maintenance of instrument related documents, as well as presentation material e.g. Instrument Operational Manuals Essential requirements Experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with the minimum of supervision and minimum training A university degree in engineering or physics A background of at least 5 years in space hardware projects possibly with Earth observation instruments Experience in project management positions or some exposure to it The ability to follow satellite level Payload AIV activities Some knowledge of PAQA processes and procedures Good general computing skills with familiarity with Microsoft Office software Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. Capacity to express complex problems in a concise and simple way Customer orientation Ability to work as part of a team Proactivity Result orientation Desirable requirements Previous experience in AIVAIT Experience of working on a collaborative programme between different Partners Other Information Although support to MHS and NOAA instruments is the primary task of the successful candidate, heshe may be requested to provide a similar type of management and engineering support to the LEO Instrument Team Leader for other instruments.
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