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Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Venus Express TTC fm
2013-02-21 16:37:13| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us 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, ESO, Columbus Control Centre, the German Galileo Control Centre 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 a Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Venus Express TTC fm at ESOC. Tasks The Venus Express mission is currently extended until end of 2014, with a potential further extension into 2015 being considered. All platform and backup subsystems are in good health. All instruments are operational except for PFS that could not be operated since the beginning of the mission due to a shutter malfunction and VIRTIS which is affected by the end of life of the coolers, thus limiting its performance in the infrared spectrum. The mission is very dynamic in spite of being in routine phase with multiple special operations like the quadratures, solar conjunctions and lately the aerodrag experiments. The team is challenged with demanding tasks in the next years ground segment obsolescence migrations, operations automation an possibly preparing and implementing the first European aerobraking operations to be decided in June 2013. The Venus Express Mission Control Team requires a Spacecraft Operations Engineer SOE to provide operations support primarily for Telemetry and Telecommanding Subsystem TTC. The SOE will work within the VEX Flight Control Team FCT under the direct management of the VEX Spacecraft Operations Manager. The candidate shall be required to take prime responsibility of platform TTC subsystem and back up of at least one spacecraftground subsystems AOCS, Data Handling, Payload instrument, PowerThermal, Mission Control System, Simulator or Mission Planning be required to coordinate TTC operations with relevant Ground Operations Engineers and Flight Dynamics, in particular for Radio Science and DeltaDOR activities be required to work with the VEX Mission Planning System including the generation of long, medium and short term planning products on rotation shifts every 56 weeks approx be required to work and be on call as operations engineer supervising operations conduction one week every 56 weeks approx be required to write and maintain operational procedures in MOIS and reports be required to operate the VEX Mission Control System based on SCOS 2000 to monitor and control spacecraft operations be assertive, communicative and able to work in a team in a multinational environment be able to learn new skills and adapt to the VEX operations environment within 23 months be able to actively participate in the relevant technical meetings and teleconferences It is expected that the candidates will have experience in spacecraft operations. The SOE will be subject to a short training for about 23 months. The aim is that after this training, heshe can be assigned as planner and engineer on duty as well as back up SOE for a subsystem and an instrument . Essential requirements For the accomplishment of the listed tasks, knowledge of the following is mandatory A University degree in Spacecraft Engineering, Computer Science or related subject Desirable skills Experienceknowledge in the following fields would be a distinct advantage Spacecraft operations TTC subsystem and RF in general SCOS 2000, MOIS tools, mission planning and operations automation Ground station operations Other information Fluency in English, both spoken and written, is required Must be an EU national or possess a valid German Work Residence Permit Planned start date is 01 April 2013 To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.dewhereweworkspacecareersspacejobs.html
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