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Ground Stations System Engineer

Darmstadt, Germany, EUMETSAT [VN 19/39]

Field(s) of expertise
Telecommunications Engineering
Job type
Contract
Education
Master
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Within the Ground Stations Competence Area (CA) of the System Engineering and Projects Division (SEP), the Ground Stations System Engineer will provide ground station engineering support to the development of future satellite systems, in particular the EUMETSAT Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) and Jason-CS/Sentinel-6, and to operations of the existing Meteosat Second Generation, the EUMETSAT Polar System and Jason-3 systems.

Responsibilities

In support to the development or upgrade of Ground Stations:

  • Lead the specification and requirements definition activities;
  • Contribute to procurement and follow-up the contractor´s development activities;
  • Follow-up the Assembly, Integration and Tests of new ground stations procured from industry, and lead on site acceptance testing;
  • Lead the definition, execution and evaluation of tests for upgrades or refurbishment of ground stations;
  • Define and validate with ground segment, system development and operations preparation teams an adequate transition plan from ground station acceptance to to entry into operations, including contributions to relevant ground segment and system Integration Verification and Validation tests;
  • Lead the definition and control the implementation of integrated maintenance plans for ground stations;
  • Support the Ground Stations Competence Area Manager in defining long term plans and roadmaps to harmonise Ground Station engineering, maintenance and evolutions across all EUMETSAT satellite systems (including associated processes).

Profile

  • Proven experience in ground stations engineering following well established system engineering processes covering the full development lifecycle, and relevant technical standards (e.g. ECSS, CCSDS);
  • Competence and in-field proven experience in the area of Ground Stations Assembly Integration and Test and integration of ground stations into ground segment and end-to-end satellite systems;
  • Experience in ground stations maintenance;
  • Understanding and experience in the management of industrial contracts in the area of ground stations engineering or development will be considered an advantage;
  • Some experience in the management of teams and projects.
  • Experience of communicating and team-working, preferably in a matrix environment;

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