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Several Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Earth Observations mwd

2020-11-13 15:14:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland is the first choice European aerospace company for ICT and engineering solutions and services. We combine 40 years of experience in hightechnology markets, where trust and quality are needed. With more than 350 employees in Germany, we craft the future of aerospace together and beyond. Our staff plays a key role in ensuring our success through their qualifications, motivation, passion, different cultural backgrounds and their sense of teamwork. We are complementing our Earth Observation Mission Operations team with additional engineering support, delivering services to ESAESOC for the EarthCARE, Aeolus, BIOMASS and FLEX Missions. Therefore, we require Spacecraft Operations Engineers SOEs with Spacecraft subsystem knowledge Data HandlingOBSMAOCSPowerThermal and experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations. Depending on the mission, we need several SOEs with a wide range of operational experience. The Position As a member of our SOE team working onsite at the European Spacecraft Operations Centre ESOC, you will be directly involved in the preparation of and eventual operation of hightechnology space missions. The positions are all fulltime, permanent and starting from midJanuary 2020 through to early 2021. The team will nominally be located at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. We are looking forward to meeting you! ResponsibilitiesDuties The general activities, which have to be performed by the SOEs, are familiarisation with the mission, the project specific characteristics and Ground Segment Documentation. You will participate in the Analysis and Design of Satellite Operations, prepare and validate Flight Control and Contingency Procedures, as well as support a Mission Management and Mission Planning Service. Support to the Mission Control System evolution and testing and participation in the team Training Programme and performing Mission Critical Operations should be expected. In delivering our Flight Control Support Service and performing an analysis of the Spacecraft Performance, you will be part of an outstanding Flight Control Team. Who you are You hold a University degree or equivalent education in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering. You have 2 years or more of experience working in satellite operations and operations preparation. Last, but not least your experience in Earth Observation Missions and Satellite Control Centres will be a huge plus! Crucial Skills Experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations, specifically Platform knowledge, such as Data Handling, OBSM, AOCS, Power Thermal subsystems and Payload operations. Proficiency in English, both in speech and writing is expected, as is a teamplayer mentality and at the same time displaying the ability to work independently. Familiarity with operational simulators, especially the ones based on SimSat and with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS2000, would be a distinct advantage. Experience in the generation of Flight Procedures and validation, Satellite Verification Test planning execution and participation in LEOPs will also be a strong asset. Desirable Skills Some experience dealing with external interfaces, e.g. Project, Industry, PDGS, etc. and familiarity with MOIS, or a similar procedure generation tool. Specifically for the BIOMASS mission, experience with the AS250 Platform and for the FLEX mission, with the Proteus Platform would be distinct advantage. Further Details Requirements A citizenship of a EU country, Norway or a permanent stay in EU for more than 5 years is necessary. Your Benefits of joining us By joining the Telespazio family, you will enjoy all the benefits of a competitive salary in a balanced work environment, flexible working time models, diverse advancement and training possibilities for technical, language and soft skills, a generous holiday package as well as a company pension scheme. Furthermore, we support you with your relocation. Through our wide network, we can also support your partner in finding a job at your new work location. Application Are you equally passionate about our visions and dreams? Wed love to hear from you today and send us your application! Your HR Contact for this position is Melanie Giesche.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

2020-10-07 10:55:35| Green Car Congress

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Earth Observation System Engineer

2020-10-06 11:09:58| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Summary An opportunity for an experienced Earth Observation mission or Systems engineer, to work on customer premises for Telespazio VEGA UK. Objective To provide system engineering support to the Future Missions and Instruments Division for Mission and System Studies, with ESA Earth Observation section. Responsibilities Duties The successful candidate will be expected to Support the definition and monitoring of activities for the preparation of future ESA Earth Observation EO missions, in particular for Copernicus Sentinels, new Earth ExplorerEarth Watch missions, Opportunity Missions, Fsats and Scout missions and operational meteorology missions Provide system engineering support to InCubed missions Review Technical Notes and actively participate to progress meetings and reviews related to EO future mission and system studies Support elaboration of SoWs, system requirements documents SRD and other applicable and reference documents for future mission and system studies Contributing to ensure the technical coherency of the system design of future EO missions, including, as needed, functional analysis and design, overall system concept, system level budgets, system performance analyses, definition of spacecraft andor payload subsystems and related data processing, and interfaces between payloadplatform and launcher and ground segment Perform internal studies for future EO missions, in particular to assess the results of external activities or to prepare the formulation of new mission concepts, including preliminary sizing of platformpayload, first estimation of the system engineering and performance budgets, with a focus on the space segment and its interfaces with the launcher and the ground segment Perform internal studies to evaluate the complementarity between ESA EO future missions and other missions existing or planned by other space organizations, including mission analysis and assessment of potential synergy or overlap of mission capabilities. Support work in the area of modelling of system or subsystem aspects for endtoend performance simulation and system engineering tools for future EO missions. Qualifications Experience MSc, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant technical or scientific discipline Essential Skills At least 4 years of relevant work experience, covering Good general knowledge of ESA Earth Observation missions Strong and demonstrated background in space system engineering, mission analysis and small platform sizing, in particular for Earth Observation missions Experience in space projects, preferably in the Earth Observation field andor in preparatory activities phase 0 and A Experience with simulation tools Matlab or Python, MS Excel with VBA Earth Observation remote sensing techniques Qualities Teamwork Good communication and technical writing skills with capabilities to synthesize different sources of information Good organization skills Methodical and proactive, with initiative and capability to work autonomously Problemsolving and creativityoriented attitude Proficiency in written and spoken English

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