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Job Introduction
We have an exciting (and challenging) opening for a Ground Segment Systems Engineer in Darmstadt.
Dynamic, Energetic, Entrepreneurial, Highly Motivated, Resilient … If this describes you then we would love to hear from you :) Come and join talented diverse Serco team at the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Discover the offer below and click on ‘Apply’ if you know that your skillset and talents are a suitable match for this opportunity.
- Serco – The employer of choice for a career within the Space Sector.
Serco are a trusted provider of services to National Space Agencies and the European Space Agency (ESA), we have over 40 years’ experience supporting the space sector and providing services for all stages of our customer’s space missions.
- Join our community of space specialists across Europe
We are proud to support the European institutional Space landscape: Serco boasts an extensive network of Space professionals located at our offices in Darmstadt, Noordwijk, Frascati, Paris and Madrid, all within close proximity of our two largest space sector customers, European Space Agency/European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
- Supporting Women in Aerospace
Diversity and Inclusion is extremely important to us. Supporting women's opportunities, development and visibility in the space sector is key and that is why we are proud members and supporters of Women in Aerospace Europe, a dynamic and global network supporting women's careers in Aerospace.
Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) – Supporting women in STEM (wia-europe.org)
Main Responsibilities
We are looking for a Ground Segment Systems Engineer to join our service team supporting our customer, EUMETSAT's, system engineering activities. The role is based primarily onsite at EUMETSAT’s site in Darmstadt, with a generous distribution of remote work as part of a hybrid working model.
Your mission as part of the Ground Segment Systems Engineering Service is to provide engineering support to EUMETSAT’s missions’ ground segments under development or in operations, with the latter subject to maintenance and evolution. You would play a key role in supporting the EUMETSAT EPS-SG, MTG, MSG, EPS missions and Multi-Mission-Systems, as well as the planned EPS-Sterna and EPS-Aeolus missions.
In your role, your responsibilities will be to:
- Perform requirements engineering for ground systems in operations, and in development
- Create and contribute to the description of the system architecture and interfaces between external systems, and the mission-specific elements of the ground system
- Perform technical analysis of system architecture and evolutions of specification or major upgrades of the operational ground systems, for interface coherence and compatibility while checking with ongoing developments
- Contribute to the IV&V testing approach for major evolutions of the operational ground systems
- Contribute to the coordination of the integration and verification of new systems into the operational infrastructure
- Contribute to the definition of the IV&V approach for future ground systems
- Creation of System Engineering models of Ground Systems using an MBSE approach and/or maintaining existing model baselines
- Contribute to the operations preparation activities for the ground segment, including maintenance of a complete and consistent set of System Technical Documentation for the System Technical Baseline
- Contribute to the various OPS and TSS Projects and associated reviews, providing System Engineering contributions during the design phase and contribute actively to the definition of the IV&V activities
- Cover assessment of Engineering Tasks and providing System Engineering expertise to CRB’s and ARB’s
- Definition and documentation of new interfaces with the methodology used in Operations, including use of common templates for Interface Control Documents and the use of the same tool for maintaining the interfaces data dictionary.
Successful Candidate
Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:
- Master’s Degree or equivalent from a relevant discipline
- At least 3 years’ experience in Systems Engineering and IV&V activities for at least one major element (e.g. PDP, MOC, Archive, etc.) of a ground segment for earth observation missions
- Knowledge of space and ground system engineering processes, and system and software life-cycles and standards
- Experience in change control procedures
- Experience in writing technical requirements
- Definition, management, and traceability of requirements structure with the support of dedicated tools (DOORS)
- Experience in interface management and definition, including familiarity with mechanisms and tools for detailed interface definition and capability to prepare and manage ICDs
- Experience with formal testing (FAT/OSAT), including preparation of test procedures, TRRs/TRBs
- Experience in operational environments under strict configuration management rules
- Experience in maintenance of ground system and associated anomaly management process
- Experience with Data Processing systems for earth observation missions
- Experience with Satellite Mission Control Systems for earth observation missions
- Experience in formal verification control processes (VCBs) and maintenance of VCDs
- Use of modelling and design languages for System Engineering (e.g. SysML) and tools in support of architectural design activities (e.g. Enterprise Architect)
- Knowledge of IT/ground segment technologies, relational databases, virtualisation, networking, SW deployment tools
- Fluent in English
Additionally, the following experiences and skills would be considered beneficial:
- Experience with Ground Stations and/or EUMETSAT Multi-Mission Elements for archiving, monitoring, data dissemination
- Knowledge of scripting in Linux environment
- Experience with ground segment test data, including reconditioning, change control, and related test tools, etc.
About the Company
Why should you join Serco ?
At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.
Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.
A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression
Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work. We are a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
About Serco
Serco provides the User Helpdesk and Data Centre Operations Service of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), which plays a key role in enhancing the use of EUMETSAT data, products and data services.
The main objective of the service is to ensure effective and user-driven service to support the provision of data, both real-time and offline, as well as to provide comprehensive technical information to support all forms of user enquiries relating both to current operational services and to future satellite programmes of EUMETSAT.
We are diverse and inclusive organisation.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to supporting the needs of all our colleagues. It’s a mix of people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinion that keeps our culture strong and vibrant.
We believe in equity so we strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their abilities in an interview. We also welcome a conversation about any adjustments that would make the interview process more accessible for you. Wherever possible we are open to discussions around flexible working and we operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas.
In the UK we are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader in the government’s scheme and hold the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard; in Belgium we are partner of Diversicom and member of Charter der Vielfalt in Germany.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to The Serco Europe Recruitment Team
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