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Optical Payload Production AIT Team Leader
2015-10-28 12:05:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
One of our clients based in the UK is currently looking for Optical Payload Production AIT Team Leader. Key Purpose Managing the production AIT team required to deliver Optical Payloads, including the operational facility, equipment, quality and all planning execution activities. Key Tasks Ensure effective plans and adequate resources are in place to deliver the production element of imager payloads to the appropriate quality level, within project budget and schedule constraints. Work closely with the optical payload design team leaders to advise, guide and concurrently implement the production aspects of the payload and ensure all facilities are in place on time. Line manage the production team ensuring there is a complete skill base and there are no single point failures. There should be a focus on continued development of employees to have a wide skill base and a skills matrix should be maintained. Provide documentation and present at design, test and project reviews for both internal and external audiences. Ensure companys engineering policies and practices are implemented on the project, define and maintain optical payload specific processes. Facilitate, schedule and budget for optical payload assembly. Oversee and maintain equipment such as TV chamber, CMM etc as well as the consumables, tidiness and safe working practices in the optical payload AIT clean room including calibration. Manage storage of MGSE and reliable EGSE equipment processes. Support of training programmes for both internal customer engineers. Own and maintain a department roadmap, thinking to future new techniques, developments and efficiencies. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Practical and proven handson abilities for both flight build as well as ground and development test activities. Good team working and management skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels. Attention to detail is paramount to ensuring that the finished subsystemssystems will function as designed. Good communication and presentation skills. Must be prepared to be flexible in terms of working hours including sometimes at weekends during peak periods both in the UK. Full, clean driving licence. Experience Experience of people management in a dynamic environment and being committed to their personal development needs. Experience working with spaceflight hardware, ideally on optical payloads in ISO class 5 clean rooms. Detailed test planning, scheduling and budgeting experience. Working with verification validation of requirements. Good general clean room facility operational background including equipments, e.g TV chamber, CMM, autocollimators. Hands on knowledge and experience of electrical, mechanical and optical test equipment usage. Qualifications Degree in engineering or science discipline.
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Optical Payload AIT Team Leader
2015-10-27 12:03:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Optical Payload Production AIT Team Leader Location South East UK Permanent Up To 55,000 Per Annum Key Purpose Managing the production AIT team required to deliver Optical Payloads, including the operational facility, equipment, quality and all planning execution activities. Key Tasks Ensure effective plans and adequate resources are in place to deliver the production element of imager payloads to the appropriate quality level, within project budget and schedule constraints. Work closely with the optical payload design team leaders to advise, guide and concurrently implement the production aspects of the payload and ensure all facilities are in place on time Line manage the production team ensuring there is a complete skill base and there are no single point failures. There should be a focus on continued development of employees to have a wide skill base and a skills matrix should be maintained Provide documentation and present at design, test and project reviews for both internal and external audiences Ensure SSTL engineering policies and practices are implemented on the project, define and maintain optical payload specific processes. Facilitate, schedule and budget for optical payload assembly Oversee and maintain equipment such as TV chamber, CMM etc as well as the consumables, tidiness and safe working practices in the optical payload AIT clean room including calibration Manage storage of MGSE and reliable EGSE equipment processes Support of training programmes for both internal customer engineers Own and maintain a department roadmap, thinking to future new techniques, developments and efficiencies Knowledge, Skills and Experience Practical and proven handson abilities for both flight build as well as ground and development test activities Good team working and management skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels. Attention to detail is paramount to ensuring that the finished subsystemssystems will function as designed Good communication and presentation skills Must be prepared to be flexible in terms of working hours including sometimesat weekends during peak periods both in the UK Experience Experience of people management in a dynamic environment and being committed to their personal development needs Experience working with spaceflight hardware, ideally on optical payloads in ISO class 5 clean rooms Detailed test planning, scheduling and budgeting experience Working with verification validation of requirements Good general clean room facility operational background including equipments, e.g TV chamber, CMM, autocollimators Hands on knowledge and experience of electrical, mechanical and optical test equipment usage
Optical Communication Payload Operations Planning Expert and Overall Ground Segment Verification Eng
2015-10-12 12:04:58| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Space Applications Services performs and supports system and software engineering for the European Space Agency ESA, National Space Agencies and the aerospace industry. We are involved in international manned unmanned spacecraft programmes, earth observation, science, exploration, communications and related technology development. We require staff, wishing to join our team to work in a dynamic international environment for the following position Optical Communication Payload Operations Planning Expert and Overall Ground Segment Verification Engineer mf Tasks and Responsibilities The work will be performed at the European Space Operations Centre ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. This position, generally referred to as a Spacecraft Operations Engineer SOE, is responsible for the support to the Sentinels missions as a member of the Flight Control Team FCT during the operational phases, including special operations, and will also participate in test campaigns. The position will include the following tasks and responsibilities Act as Expert Planning and Interface engineer in the Optical Communication Payloads Planning and in the Overall Ground Segmend Verification areas, during Launch and Early Orbit Phase LEOP, Commissioning and Routine phases. Validation, test and operation of the Simulator and of the Mission Control System MCS including the OnBoard Software Maintenance OBSM and Mission Planning System. Generation, validation and maintenance of the Flight Operations Plan FOP. Support to test and operate the Network Data Interface Unit NDIU. Support for Flight Operations System FOS procurement, integration and tests. Review of satellite documents. Launch and Early Orbit Phase LEOP support. Commissioning support. The tasks to be performed require considerable initiative, flexibility and independence in executing the assigned tasks. Qualifications and Experience Applicants should have as a minimum a Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline and minimum 3 years of experience in Operations Engineering activities. The following qualifications and experience are required Demonstrate experience with ground segment integration and validation, especially in the frame of mission planning and data distribution. Expert and operational experience on mission planning of optical communication payloads laser links, Sentinels OCP planning including interface with internal and external partners for the planning of such operations. Spacecraft Flight Operations knowledge including FDIR, in particular for the AOCS units, Thermal Control and Power subsystem. Familiarity with satellite control systems, ideally SCOS2000, including data dissemination subsystems like EDDS and Mission Utility Support Tools MUST. Experience with Packet Utilisation Standard. Experience in working in an operational environment. Experience with flight procedures life cycle, including validation. Experience with anomaly investigations. Ability to understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems. Experience with low Earth orbit satellites operations, including experience in preparatory phase OPSPREP, special Operations LEOP, deorbiting campaign and operational phase routine. The ability to work independently with little supervision. Wellorganised, able to prioritise and manage several activities in parallel. Capable to coordinate and Interact with other service providers in operations and other fields. Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Familiarity with operational simulators, ideally SimSat. Familiarity with Earth Observations missions, in particular with Copernicus Sentinels. Familiarity with Telemetry and Telecommand TMTC databases, preferably SCOS2000 compatible. Familiarity with multisatellite missions. Experience in ground tests preparation and execution, e.g. Satellite Validation Test. Experience with ground segment integration and validation. The following experience is desirable Familiarity with Network Distribution and Interface Units or similar Electronical Ground Segment Equipment EGSE. Familiarity with MUST. Familiarity with ESOC working environment and Quality Management System QMS. The position is located on site at ESOC and will involve short European travels. Conditions Please apply by filling in the online application form and uploading your CV and Motivation Letter both in English on the Careers section of our website www.spaceapplications.com. The deadline for applications is the 23rd of October, 2015. An interesting remuneration package will be offered with relocation assistance where necessary. For additional information, please contact Ms. Floriane Thomas at Space Applications Services jobsspaceapplications.com Leuvensesteenweg 325, 1932 Zaventem Tel 32 02721.54.84 32 02721.54.84
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Optical Communication Payload Operations, Guidance and Navigation Engineer mf
2015-10-12 12:04:58| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Space Applications Services performs and supports system and software engineering for the European Space Agency ESA, National Space Agencies and the aerospace industry. We are involved in international manned unmanned spacecraft programmes, earth observation, science, exploration, communications and related technology development. We require staff, wishing to join our team to work in a dynamic international environment for the following position Optical Communication Payload Operations, Guidance and Navigation Engineer mf Tasks and Responsibilities The work will be performed at the European Space Operations Centre ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. This position, generally referred to as a Spacecraft Operations Engineer SOE, is responsible for the support to the Sentinels missions as a member of the Flight Control Team FCT during the operational phases, including special operations, and will also participate in test campaigns. The position will include the following tasks and responsibilities Act as Expert operations engineer in the Sentinels Optical Communication Payloads and in the Guidance and Navigation areas, during Launch and Early Orbit Phase LEOP, Commissioning and Routine phases. Validation, test and operation of the Simulator and of the Mission Control System MCS including the OnBoard Software Maintenance OBSM and Mission Planning System. Generation, validation and maintenance of the Flight Operations Plan FOP primarily on Attitude and Orbit Control System AOCS and Optical Communication Payload OCP, but also for other subsystems. Support to test and operate the Network Data Interface Unit NDIU. Support for Flight Operations System FOS procurement, integration and tests. Review of satellite documents. Launch and Early Orbit Phase LEOP support responsible for AOCS. Commissioning support responsible for AOCS and OCP. The tasks to be performed require considerable initiative, flexibility and independence in executing the assigned tasks. Qualifications and Experience Applicants should have as a minimum a Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline and minimum 3 years of experience in Operations Engineering activities. The following qualifications and experience are required Demonstrates knowledge and experience in Satellite Flight Operations, including FDIR, in particular in the areas of optical communication payloads operations laser links, Sentinels OCP and guidance and navigation AOCS, Ground Navigation and control are required. Experience with Packet Utilisation Standard. Experience in working in an operational environment. Experience with flight procedures life cycle, including validation. Experience with anomaly investigations. Ability to understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems. Experience with low Earth orbit satellites operations, including experience in preparatory phase OPSPREP, special Operations LEOP, deorbiting campaign and routine operations. The ability to work independently with little supervision. Wellorganised, able to prioritise and manage several activities in parallel. Capable to coordinate and Interact with other service providers in operations and other fields. Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Familiarity with operational simulators, ideally SimSat, and management of SW life cycle. Familiarity with satellite control systems, ideally SCOS2000. Familiarity with Earth Observations missions, in particular with Copernicus Sentinels. Familiarity with Telemetry and Telecommand TMTC databases, preferably SCOS2000 compatible. Familiarity with multisatellite missions. Experience in ground tests preparation and execution, e.g. Satellite Validation Test. Experience in cooperation with Flight Dynamics teams. The following experience is desirable Familiarity with Network Distribution and Interface Units or similar Electronical Ground Segment Equipment EGSE. Familiarity with Mission Utility Support Tools MUST system used at ESOC. Familiarity with ESOC working environment and Quality Management System QMS. The position is located on site at ESOC and will involve short European travels. Conditions Please apply by filling in the online application form and uploading your CV and Motivation Letter both in English on the Careers section of our website www.spaceapplications.com. The deadline for applications is the 23rd of October, 2015. An interesting remuneration package will be offered with relocation assistance where necessary. For additional information, please contact Ms. Floriane Thomas at Space Applications Services jobsspaceapplications.com Leuvensesteenweg 325, 1932 Zaventem Tel 32 02721.54.84 32 02721.54.84
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Optical Payload System Engineer
2015-02-09 15:05:53| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
OPTICAL PAYLOAD SYSTEM ENGINEER Function You will be a member of a multidisciplinary team active in the design and development of innovative earth observation systems small satellite andor UAV based. You will be involved in the following activities Definition and conceptual design of multihyperspectral optical instruments based on stateoftheart technologies, matching the mission and system requirements to the enduser application requirements. Endtoend system performance studies to assess the feasibility of new instrument concepts for applications in the field of vegetation, agriculture, environmental and disaster monitoring. Followup and intensive collaboration with industrial partners Review and approve test plans for subsystem and system level test campaigns Contribution to proposal writing and project reporting in national and international RD projects ESA, H2020, Profile The expert has a Master degree and in depth knowledge and proven record in space or airborne instrument design projects. The expert should be able to communicate orally and in writing effectively in English knowledge of Dutch, French is an asset. Heshe should be openminded, teamoriented and solution oriented. In depth knowledge of remote sensing instrument technologies optical systems and filters, image sensors, camera systems, and calibrationvalidation methods. Knowledge of EO image processing and applications is considered an asset. Practical programming skills are required for simulation and data analysis purposes e.g. CC, Java, Matlab, IDL, Labview, Knowledge of optical payload design SW Zemax, CodeV, Offer A position in an eminent clientoriented organization, in the area of innovative technology research and sciencebacked consulting. The opportunity to contribute to putting Flanders on the international map as active knowledge region and thus contribute to sustainable development. An interesting salary package complete with extralegal benefits.
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