About this job

Space Application Services is a company based in the Brussels area (BE) that provides products and services for the space sector in many areas from Avionic, Robotic, Human Exploration, Science, Earth observation and many more, including Astronauts and Ground Support Personnel training for the International Space Station programme.

In the frame of our support to future Columbus systems and payloads operations, we have an immediate opportunity for an experienced System/Payload Operations Engineer. The successful candidate will be based at the Columbus Control Centre (Col-CC), in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.

Within Space Applications Services, the position is in the Integration Team, in the Services Department, which comprises 36 persons. The candidate will report to the Integration Team Lead and the Services Department Manager, and interact with the Customer and other entities on a regular basis.

The work includes occasional travels to Europe or U.S.

We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

The candidate will support the below activities:

• Performing operations engineering activities for operations product generation and technical operations engineering work as required
• Provide support and represent the mission operations service at various ESA internal boards/panels and review boards as well as Space Station program/NASA or other IP boards/meetings as required (e.g. Crew time working group, Attitude working group)
• Support the USOC and Mission Operations contract management as necessary, e.g. by attending progress meetings, division meetings and team meetings
• Provide operations engineering support/expertise to projects in the C/D phase, (recent examples are MPCC/Col-Ka Terminal and ALCS), with the goal to establish or update the operations concept in cooperation with the assigned USOC and the flight control team
• Manage and coordinate the update of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for the mission operations service in close coordination with the USOCs, Mission Operations Service, training service and engineering and ground segment service
• Review and assess first time Experiment Science Requirements (ESRs) for operational feasibility and identification of new operational requirements
• Define/establish and manage the “Big picture status reporting” for all ESA hardware on-board the ISS with regards to theoperational status (e.g. rack & payload operations status, anomalies, etc.).

Profile

• A Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering or similar
• Minimum 4 years of experience in human space flight mission operations, with an emphasis on ISS and Columbus operations, e.g. former certified flight controller/ops lead or console support person.
• Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines
• Ability to synthesise, summarise and draw conclusions
• Ability to adhere to strict standards of confidentiality
• Ability to work in distributed international teams
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• A proactive approach, with initiative and ability to work independently
• Excellent written and spoken English
• The candidate shall be eligible to work in the European Union or in possession of a European Blue Card for two or more years.
• Candidates shall have European nationality.

What Do We Offer?

• Working for 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.