Are you fascinated about Space? Do you have Operations Supervision and Mission Planning background and have worked with Spacecraft System and Subsystems such as AOCS/DH/OBSM/Power/Thermal/TTC/Payload? You could be our new Heliophysics Missions Operations Engineer. Come and join talented diverse Serco team at the European Organisation for the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Serco is among the leading Space Industry and Services Companies. 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, our employees have been providing everyday their technical, scientific and management skills to support the full range of European cornerstone space missions.
Role Responsibility
As Heliophysics Missions Operations Engineer, your areas of responsibility encompass Operations Supervision and Mission Planning, to assuming the responsibility and performing activities for additional subsystems or systems within the scope of general SOE services, including testing, validation and operation of the Mission Control System, Mission Planning System and Simulator.
The successful candidate will be primarily assigned to the Heliophysics Missions Operations Unit which encompasses Cluster II (in extended routine) and Solar Orbiter (in cruise) missions within the Solar System & Exploration Missions Division but with the possibility of supporting other missions within this division.
Additionally, you will concentrate your activities on the following:
- Operations Supervision
- Anomaly Handling
- Mission Planning
- Tools, MIB and FOP Maintenance
- Validation and Deployment of Ground Systems updates
- Management and coordination of internal mission interfaces
- Spacecraft Performance Analysis and Reporting
- Phase Execution (Eclipses Ops, Fly-by, Remote Sensing Windows, etc.)
- On-Board Software Maintenance Support Service
Successful Candidate
Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:
- Minimum of a University degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering.
- Spacecraft System and Subsystem knowledge (AOCS/DH/OBSM/Power/Thermal/TTC/Payload)
- Experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations
- Coordination and interaction with other service providers in operations and other fields (team player)
- Experience in programming in Python and SW Engineering practices and technology (SQL/NoSQL DB, Angular, Django, Docker, GITLAB, webservices, etc.)
- Experience in the generation of nominal & contingency procedures
- Experience in testing and validation of ground segment system
The successful candidate should be familiar with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS-2000; with On-board SW (and OBCP development), operational simulators, especially the ones based on SimSat, deep space missions, MOIS.
Additionally, you should be able to multi-task efficiently; working on multiple activities, multiple subsystems and if applicable multiple missions simultaneously.
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Package Description
What we offer if you join our amazing team:
• Competitive Salary
• Corporate Benefits Package
• Exciting relocation package (if applicable)
• Company events
About the Company
Serco is one of the world’s largest providers of public services to Governments employing over 50,000 people in over 20 countries. In Europe, Serco supports governments and international organisations in the delivery of essential public services with operations in Belgium, France and French Guyana, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland.
What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service and 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. We have a mandate to execute brilliantly and our people lead and inspire based on our core values, Trust, Care, Pride and Innovation.
As a business which delivers “front-line” public services, employing tens of thousands of people, we are constantly developing and promoting people; our need for skilled professionals is insatiable and few companies can offer as many opportunities for individuals to grow their careers.
A career with Serco offers the chance to work with both inspirational people and innovative contracts, in a dynamic and exciting environment.
If you share our values and want to join a team of over 50,000 passionate colleagues globally we want to hear from you.
Make a difference every day.
Take pride in what you do!
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