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MHS and NOAA Instruments Engineer
2016-10-26 17:04:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. Package description Full details on application Relocation assistance provided, if applicable. Main responsibilities As MHS and NOAA Instruments Engineer you should support the implementation of the instruments project and should deliver to the LEO Instrument Team Leader. The tasks will include the following 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, NOAA NASA 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, nonconformances anomalies, requests for waivers and deviations Preparation and maintenance of instrument related documents, as well as presentation material e.g. Instrument Operational Manuals. Although support to MHS and NOAA instruments will be your primary tasks, you may be requested to provide a similar type of management and engineering support to the LEO Instrument Team Leader for other instruments. Ideal candidate Essentials You should have a university degree in engineering or physics and bring the following The experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with the minimum of supervision and minimum training 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.. The following behavioural criteria and soft skills are required Capacity to express complex problems in a concise and simple way Customer orientation Ability to work as part of a team Proactive Result oriented. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language. Desirables The following skills are regarded as advantageous for this position Previous experience in AIVAIT Experience of working on a collaborative programme between different partners. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 80,000 employees worldwide. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 100,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you
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