Job Introduction
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government (B2G) business, specialising across five sectors: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services.
Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency – where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.
For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a MTG Satellite Simulator and MOF Tools Engineer.
Main Responsibilities
Your tasks will typically include:
- Support to the maintenance of MTG Mission Operations Facility requirement specification in the area of MTG Mission Operations Facility tools and liaison with the operational users for the definition of the requirements baseline;
- Follow up the MTG Mission Operations Facility tools procurement to make sure that the delivery fits the intended purpose;
- Follow up the MTG Mission Operations Facility satellite simulator procurement to make sure that the delivery fits the intended purpose;
- Support the MTG ground segment team, the Mission Operations Facility manager, the ground segment manager and the SATSIM procurement manager;
- Interact with suppliers and partner organisations;
- Participation to the Reviews for the satellite simulator as well as the Mission Operations Facility tools and interfacing facilities;
- Participation (test conduction and / or witnessing) to MTG satellite simulator as well as the Mission Operations Facility tools testing and related activities on facility as well as on system level;
- Analysis of test results and test reports on satellite simulator, Mission Operations Facility as well as on system level in particular with respect to their suitability for requirement verification and validation;
- Generation of test plans / procedures for in house testing;
- Track the Mission Operations Facility tools test results, test reports and requirement verification status;
- Cloning and installation of the MTG satellite simulator as well as the Mission Operations Facility tools at EUMETSAT, while fulfilling the configuration management requirements;
- Verification of correct satellite simulator as well as Mission Operations Facility installation;
- Monitor and, where applicable, steer the lifecycle for all related anomaly reports (ARs) / non-conformance reports (NCRs);
- Develop, including design, documentation, coding and testing of dedicated Mission Operations Facility tools not externally procured based on input requirement documentation. This task includes the involvement / interaction with the final users, participation to relevant reviews and answering of RIDs generated;
- Operation of the MTG satellite simulator during Mission Operations Facility test campaigns;
- Provision of support to other users of the MTG satellite simulator / Mission Operations Facility tools;
- Preparation and production of routine reports as necessary;
- Preparation of technical notes and attendance at technical meetings;
- Analysis, review and generation of any relevant MTG documentation.
Successful Candidate
Requirements
Essentials
In addition to having a University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline you should bring, as a pre-requisite, a demonstrated experience of five years in the following:
- Mission Operations System specifications / development and / or procurement within a space system;
- Spacecraft simulator development, installation, testing and hands-on operation;
- In depth knowledge of SIMSAT;
- Software development in JAVA;
- Eclipse RCP / RAP;
- GIT & SVN Version Control software;
- AIV related activities (test procedure generation, requirements verification and validation, test report generation);
- Anomaly reports (ARs) / non-conformance reports (NCRs) handling, investigation and discussion with clients as well as the supplier;
- SW development under UNIX / Linux operating system.
You should be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision.
The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other.
Desirables
It would be a distinct advantage for you to have experience with some of the following:
- ECSS Space Engineering Standards, in particular those related to Mission Control and SW engineering;
- Satellite TM / TC Database design, implementation and testing;
- Satellite / Ground Operations Preparation;
- Spacecraft routine operations;
- In depth knowledge of MICONYS (SCOS 2000, FARC, PARC, etc.) based Monitoring and Control Subsystems;
- IBM DOORS;
- Configuration Control software (e.g. Dimensions).
Application procedure
Important:
All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU / EEA nationals.
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If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europe’s Careers Hub: https://careershub.serco.eu/