About this job

Space Applications Services is a company based in the Brussels area (BE) that provides products and services for the space sector in many areas from Avionics, Robotics, Human Exploration, Science and Earth Observation.

The successful candidate will be based at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany and will support the Operations preparation and Operations Execution of the future BIOMASS or FLEX missions within the Earth Observation Mission family.

The position is in the Services Department, Operations Team (comprises of 13 persons). The candidate will mainly report to Operations Team Lead.

Responsibilities

• Support to the definition of the Operations Concept
• Preparation and execution of nominal and contingency flight operations procedures (FOP)
• Coordination of operations with ESA internal and external partners
• Execution of Mission Planning
• Production of procedures, validation test plans and reports for project specific software and systems (both Ground and Space related)
• Participation in systems test campaigns, training and simulation programmes
• General Flight Control Support including on-call
• Spacecraft performance monitoring and reporting on regular basis
• Anomaly Investigation and (support to) resolution.

Profile

Qualifications and Experience

In light of the Operations preparation and Operations Execution for the BIOMASS and FLEX mission, the candidate should have a Spacecraft Operations Engineering profile with a selection of the following subsystem specialities:

• Platform System Operations Engineering
• Payload (including Payload Management) System Operations Engineering
• AOCS Operations Engineering
• Power-Thermal-RF Operations Engineering.

Proven experience is requested in the area of:

• Flight Operations Procedure Development
• System Verification Test preparation and execution
• S2K based Mission Control Systems, NDIU/GSTVu and MOIS
• Mission Planning Cycle.

The successful candidate will have the following skills

• A proactive approach, with initiative and ability to work independently
• Ability to:
  • Synthesise, summarise and draw conclusions
  • Adhere to strict standards of confidentiality
  • Work in distributed international teams
• Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Excellent written and spoken English.

What Do We Offer?

• Working at a prestigious Customer location, in a growing company with Staff located in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
• A professional, pleasant atmosphere with motivated and passionate Staff, where autonomy and initiatives are encouraged
• An interesting remuneration package with a relocation allowance, if applicable
• A full time position with an indefinite contract of employment.

The candidate shall be eligible to work in the European Union or in possession of a European Blue Card for two or more years.