Ground Segment AIV Engineer

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

Role Responsibility

For our activities in ESTEC, we are currently looking for a Ground Segment AIV Engineer.

The ideal candidate will support the Galileo Project Office in the activities of Ground Segment AIV (Assembly, Integration and Validation) that are carried out in the frame of Galileo Ground Mission Segment.

This includes:

• Support the Fucino and Oberpfaffenhofen Coordination Meetings in all aspects related to AIV (test activities, anomalies, remote sites, installation and deployment, migration of elements). This includes follow-up during the week of the activities agreed and reporting of status at the end of the week.
• Support the ARB (Anomaly Review Board) and System NRBs in all aspects related to anomalies or NCRs from GMS, including:

• Follow up of the actions allocated to the different stakeholders (Ground Segment, OPS, System, ILS);
• Input for preparation of the agenda selecting the most critical anomalies;
• Check of the status of the Anomaly Reports (ARs) including their closure by successful test by OPS (operational validation, see below);
• Follow up and evaluation of workarounds proposed by Segment prime while anomalies are being corrected (see below);

• Support the GCC CCBs (Change Control Board) of both Fucino and Oberpfaffenhofen, including:

• Follow up of the configuration of the deployed ground segment in both OPE and VAL chains;
• Maintenance of a CCR (Configuration Change Request) dashboard for OPE and VAL Chains with the updated status of implementation.

• Support the Workaround Check Point Meeting.
• Contribute to various reporting to upper management on status of GMS, AIV and infrastructure deployed in GCCs and remote sites.

GMS AIV

• AIV Engineering - Review AIV documentation (AIV Plans, RVMs, Test Cases).
• Follow up of GMS Segment Tests (in AIV Factory in Stuttgart; in GCC-I Fucino ; and in GCC-D in Oberpfaffenhofen)

• Review and acceptance of Test Procedures;
• Support TRRs and ensure that planned testing is correct in terms of qualification objectives, configuration, and adequacy of the Test Procedures. Decide on go/no-go for start of formal testing based on those criteria;
• Witness dry runs and formal test execution on site and in factory if needed.

• Contribute to Segment Qualification by

• Providing confirmation that requirements have been correctly verified by the test runs;
• Follow-up of non-conformances found during test, and prepare inputs for the relevant NRBs;
• Follow-up of non-regression test campaigns and repetition of tests to maintain qualification credits.

• Support delivery of new releases of the Segment (DRB – Delivery Review Board) by

• Follow up of deployment of element SW and HW in the GCC;
• Follow up the corresponding verification test campaign;
• Follow up the configuration audit;
• Ensure that non-conformances and RFWs/RFDs are properly described and treated;
• Support the DRB meeting.

Support to System Verification Activities

• Support the following types of System Verification activities:

• Ground Segment Integration (including Mission Planning);
• System Functional Tests;
• Tests of External Interfaces;
• SCTC (System Compatibility Test Campaigns);
• Secure IOT (S-IOT) and SV Introduction tests;
• Event Centralization tests.

• by performing the following tasks:

• Review the corresponding documentation (System RVMs, System AIV Plans, System Test Cases and Test Procedures);
• Participation in the test activities (attend TRRs and TRBs, perform or witness test execution, review qualification test results and test logs);
• Participation in NRBs/ARBs analyzing non-compliances and RFWs;
• Identify and report on anomalies impacting System activities and provide support for follow-up and resolution;
• Coordination with GCS for alignment of baseline.

Liaison with OPS

• Follow up of OPS validation activities in VAL Chain;
• Follow up of OPS activities in OPE Chain;
• Coordination with OPS to facilitate GMS L2 maintenance in OPE Chain;
• Ensure anomaly reports and limitations are properly followed up by the ground segment contractor.

Location of work: ESTEC, with frequent travelling to other Galileo locations to follow other test campaigns, infrastructure deployment, project reviews or progress meetings.

• GCC-I (Galileo Control Centre of Fucino, Italy);
• GCC-D in Oberpfaffenhofen;
• AIV Platform placed in Ditzingen, Germany;
• AIV Platform placed in Toulouse, France.

Successful Candidate

In view of the complex interaction with numerous entities, the provision of the above-mentioned tasks requires good communication skills and the capability to manage complex and potentially stressful tasks. Good practical and analytical skills are also required. Demonstrated proactivity and problem-solving attitude are essential. The ideal candidate will be primarily assigned to a particular mission within the Solar and Planetary Missions family but with the possibility of supporting other missions within this family.

The following position requires a security clearance.

The successful candidate shall meet the following essential requirements:

• More than 5 years of demonstrated experience working in integration/verification of large, distributed ground segments, preferably in space, aircraft, or military projects.
• Experience in Satellite Navigation, Galileo project and its Ground Segment.
• Good IT knowledge of modern client/server system, network security functions. End-to-end knowledge of complex data processing and real time systems. 
• Proven experiences with IT systems, RT OS and IP networks, MS Office Tools, requirements management and integration/verification.
• Fluency in English, both in speech and writing, with excellent communication, reporting and presentation skills.
• Self-motivation, ability to work in international teams distributed throughout Europe.
• Good knowledge of operational environment and of needs of operators.
• Experience at system level, System thinking.

The following requirements would be an advantage:

• Familiarity with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS-2000.
• Some experience dealing with security environments.
• Capability for frequent travelling within Europe.
• The ability to multi-task efficiently; working on multiple activities, multiple subsystems and if applicable multiple missions simultaneously.

-------------

Important

Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law.

Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. 

For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered.

Data Protection:

When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request.

You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time.

Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided (if applicable).

About the Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 50,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.

Serco European Agencies