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Spacecraft Operations Engineer Mars Express Mission
2013-02-20 12:37:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Toulouse France, New Delhi India and Malaysia We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Spacecraft Operations Engineer Responsibilities Duties Tasks General The MARS Express Mission Control Team requires a Spacecraft Operations Engineer SOE to provide support primarily for Mission Planning operations and operational software tools. The SOE shall perform tasks necessary to Planning Operations in Mars Orbit Contribute to the generation of routine mission planning products Contribute to the process of the mediumterm planning cycle in interaction with Flight Dynamics, and with the other Flight Control SOEs for spacecraft preservation. Support the interfaces of mission planning within ESOC, with the Science Operations Centre, part of the ESAC Science Ground Segment, and with the scientific community Contribute to the development andor maintenance of mission planning tools specification and validation of externallyprocured tools programming for evolution of internal tools Follow up anomalies, test upgrades and new configurations of the Mission Planning tools. Contribute to streamlining of the planning and commanding workflow in support to the automation of mission operations. In addition, the SOE will also be expected to contribute to other Flight Operations Contribute as required to onboard software OnBoard Control Procedures improvement, validation and management, in coordination with the onboard Data handling engineers. Perform checking and loading of routine operations products to the spacecraft, on a rotation basis Support spacecraft anomaly resolution or implementation of operational workarounds Contribute to documentation and reporting of mission operations Provide oncall support for spacecraft and mission planning Provide engineering and operations support for designated payload or platform elements. Assist the Chief Mission Planner and or Spacecraft Operations Manager in adapting operations planning and concepts, if required by mission evolution. Qualifications Suitable candidates should hold a University degree in Engineering, Science or a related subject and preferably have some experience in spacecraft operations, mission planning or space science. Required knowledge Candidates should be systemsminded and have a good understanding of general space mission constraints data, power, attitude, thermal etc Some experience of spacecraft operations, mission planning or OnBoard Control Procedures would be an advantage. Candidates should be able to work independently, reliably and according to schedule for the set of planning products they will regularly be entrusted to process. Capability to manage and operate planning processes and tools in a systematic and configurationcontrolled manner is mandatory, together with the will to learn in detail all tools and possibilities of a complex planning system. Candidates should have a good level of computer skills and some experience with UNIX andor LINUX operating systems. Good knowledge and practical experience of Java would be of significant advantage.The candidates shall have interest to maintain and improve the custom planning tools Java, but aso ML, PERL, UNIX scripts. Proficiency with mathematical packageseg. MatLab, SciLab would be a plus. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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