Role Responsibility

•    Preparation and maintenance of the PDGS Integration and Validation Test Plan;
•    Preparation and maintenance of the PDGS Integration and Validation Test Specification;
•    Contribution to the preparation of Tests Procedures and Test Scripts;
•    Coordination and execution of the PDGS Integration and Validation tests;
•    Analysis of the PDGS Integration and Validation test results and generation of test reports;
•    Contribution to PDGS Test Readiness Reviews and Test Review Boards;
•    Support to generation of the GS Validation Plan;
•    Support to generation of the GS Validation Procedures;
•    Preparation, organisation and execution of the GS Validation test;
•    Support to the analysis and reporting of the GS Validation test results;
•    Participation to the GS Test Readiness Reviews and Test Review Boards;
•    Support to management of the Anomaly Reports resulting from the test execution, and coordination of the implementation of mitigation actions;
•    Support to the management of the operators training and contribution to preparation of operational/ training documentation;
•    Support to the definition and documentation of the PDGS Commissioning Implementation Plan;
•    Support to the preparation and execution of PDGS commissioning activities;
•    Support to the preparation of the launch and implementation of rehearsal activities;
•    PDGS system behaviour monitoring and reporting during commissioning;
•    Support to preparation of the Operational set-up for phase E2 and for the PDGS Transfer To Operations;
•    Generation of technical notes whenever needed during the Project lifetime;
•    Operations of the various supporting tools (e.g. Documentation Management System);
•    Participation to Ground Segment Reviews and PDGS reviews organised either by ESA or by Industry; 
•    Ad-hoc development of tools for the accomplishment of the PDGS testing and validation.

Successful Candidate

•    University degree or equivalent qualification in engineering;
•    Strong experience in integration and validation test activities, preferably in the field of Earth Observation Ground Segments;
•    Good ability to plan ahead and follow schedule of testing activity;
•    Experience in System and Software anomalies management: reporting, analysis, classification and resolution;
•    Experience or knowledge of the ECSS standards and as an asset documentation and configuration control management techniques; 
•    Knowledge of the ESA Earth Explorers missions (and instruments) and processes related to their PDGS development would be an asset;
•    Programming skills (in order to develop tools for the accomplishment of the PDGS testing and validation).
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