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Mission Planning Engineer
2013-12-23 12:35:33| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA the fastest growing leading Belgian SME providing system engineering solutions and professional engineering services to the international space industry is recruiting experienced Engineers from the Satellite Industry for a full time position based in Germany. Description The Consultant shall perform tasks related to all aspects of managing the Satellite Mission Planning Facility MPS during routine operations. These include Performing Spacecraft routine scheduling tasks on all Satellite operational ground segments this includes routine weekly scheduling, rescheduling for a manoeuvre or a manoeuvre cancellation, and rescheduling at very short notice as a result of an operational contingency, possibly during the night or during weekends Performing Satellite routing scheduling tasks at the backup control centre in support of periodic or emergency activations, as defined within the Spacecraft Mission Planning team Managing and monitoring schedule execution on all ground segments on a daily basis and responding to anomalies and operational contingencies promptly Performing preventative maintenance on the MPS according to working practice. This involves deleting old database structures and files when necessary, and on a daily basis running MPS system checks to spot any system anomalies or errors Raising anomaly reports when necessary and monitoring their resolution through attendance at appropriate review boards. Supplying context and initial analyses that may aid the investigation of anomalies Maintaining a thorough knowledge of the Satellite space and ground segment operational needs that are met using the MPS. Keeping up to date with any changes to these needs, and with the Satellite space and ground segments as a whole. Organising meetings with relevant space and ground segment experts to discuss how best to implement new operational needs in MPS Maintenance, update and documentation of the MPS operational implementation. This consists of database structures such as resource, master schedule, operation, template, activity, procedure and event definitions, and associated rules that are used to implement operational needs. Performing judicious updates and associated testing as and when changes to the operational implementation are identified, or when bugsinconsistencies are found Rolling out of new versions of the MPS operational implementation onto operational ground segments when required, following approved configuration management procedures Maintenance and development of MPS documentation such as the User Guide and the Database Operations Handbook. The latter documents the operational implementation i.e. all database structures and rules Liaising with external entities e.g. NOAA in order to fulfil joint operations requirements. Maintaining documentation concerning this Participating in the definition of any changes to the supplied MPS application software or to our inhouse supporting software that could lead to an improvement in the performance andor ergonomics of the MPS. Contributing to the process of implementing such changes, and liaising with any external contractors that may be performing the changes Contributing to the definition and raising of Engineering Change Proposals, Small Change Requests and Change Requests concerning the Satellite MPS, and attending ECP Review Board meetings if necessary Contributing to the operational validation of new versions of the Satellite MPS application software, including testing of ARNCR correction and new functionality. This may include FAT or OSAT attendance Participation in any necessary meetings and reviews long term scheduling, schedule consolidation, anomaly review boards, etc Training of personnel in Satellite Mission Planning oncall and routine scheduling tasks as required Providing mission planning support to other operational missions e.g. MSG, MTG or future missions as required. Profile In addition to having a university degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Consultant shall have experience of low earth orbit LEO spacecraft and ground segment system operations. Furthermore, it would be a distinct advantage for the Consultant to have experience with the following Routine mission planning and control room operations A logical rules programming environment e.g. ILOG, JBoss The UNIX operating system Satellite monitoring control CVS Version Control software Configuration Control software e.g. Dimensions The Consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. The Consultant should be used to working proactively within a small team. Location Germany Application deadline ASAP If you are interested, please send your WORD EUROPASS format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager to careeropportunitiesrheagroup.com. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. RHEA provides you with an attractive employment package based on the candidates experience, the opportunity to build experience in the space sector and to grow within an international company. RHEA is an independent Space Engineering Consulting and Software company that offers knowledgebased services and innovative solutions to the space industry. Our technical expertise is coupled with the provision of software tools for both Space and Ground segments. For the past 18 years RHEA has supported over 40 space missions, including comet chasers, planetary and Moon missions, deep space astronomy experiments to understand the fundamental laws of physics, climate monitoring, meteorology, navigation and communications. Rhea is the market leader for MOIS solutions and procedure management systems. Rhea has successfully brought together engineers and scientists from 13 nationalities to support its clients across 7 European countries, Canada and the USA.
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