Job Introduction
Serco France has established itself as a reliable service provider in the French market, offering a broad range of engineering, technical, and management services across multiple industries. With a strategic presence in key locations, Serco France plays a critical role in supporting space, defense, and transportation sectors, providing expertise in systems integration, operational support, and mission-critical services. Leveraging its global experience and local knowledge, Serco France ensures seamless project execution and operational excellence, making it a trusted partner for both governmental and commercial clients. This solid foundation enables Serco France to foster innovation and deliver tailored solutions that drive efficiency and value across the industries it serves.
On behalf of our team in France, we are looking for an experienced IVQ Engineer who will join the team in CNES and work on a hybrid setup.
The successful candidate will provide support to this service which provides Operations Engineering support for EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), Europe’s Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS), assisting the ESA EGNOS Project Office with integration, verification, and qualification activities. It contributes to the development of EGNOS V3 (EV3), which will enhance Safety of Life services for civil aviation and extend applications to maritime and railway users. The work also supports related SBAS initiatives such as ASECNA’s ANGA project for equatorial Africa and Madagascar, ensuring effective development, implementation, and qualification of next-generation SBAS systems including EV3, EV2, ANGA, and E-Next.
Main Responsibilities
- Follow the activities of Industrial prime contractors and developing subcontractors in the IVQ domain for EGNOS EV2, EV3, EGNOS evolution projects or any other project of the EGNOS and SBAS Division
- Assess the engineering of IVQ phases, follow-up of the design of the IVQ strategy for Factory Qualification Reviews (FQRs) and System Qualification Reviews (SQRs)
- Supervise industry’s system verification activities (on factory and on-site), including the planning of the test campaign, the assessment of test cases and test procedures, the review of test reports and the Verification Control Documents (VCDs), supporting the associated inspections, test readiness reviews, test review boards, S-FQRs and S-QRs
- Supervise the acceptance onsite of EGNOS subsystems
- Monitor industry’s activities concerning the configuration of the test platform (unclassified and classified) and the management of the configuration database
- Supervision of the specification, design, procurement and development of IVQ tools and means used as part of EGNOS and SBAS Division projects
- Participate to Progress meetings with Industry (physical participation, remote to be agreed with TR case per case)
- The EGNOS Development and IVQ section coordination activities (physical participation, remote to be agreed with TR case per case)
- Participate in Non-conformance review boards
- ESA’s technical control boards in the IVQ domain
- Prepare statements of work or change requests, as well as the assessment of change notices
- Ensure coherency between subsystem IVQ activities and system IVQ constraints
- System level reviews in the A-IVQ area of expertise
- Follow-up of the development, implementation, verification and qualification activities of virtualised architectures of SBAS systems
- Galileo’s Verification activities
Deliverables:
- Monthly status reporting supporting the service KPI collection and detailing activities and action items status.
- Weekly reporting of progress/issues during the EGNOS V3 Subsystem Coordination meeting.
- Report to the EGNOS AIVQ manager the main outcomes from meeting, workshops, key points attended by the service, within 3 working days. Site visit and mission reports (as needed)
- RIDS raised for reviews or key points participated by the service, and synthesis of review status and main issues all along the review process
Successful Candidate
Essential Requirement:
- Fluency in English, both speech and writing
- Experience in GNSS Ground Segment development and IVQ activities
- Knowledge and experience in the development cycle following DO-178/DO-278/DO-254 standards
- Knowledge and experience in defining system verification approaches and running test phases
- Knowledge of the security domain, security design best practices and security accreditation processes
- Knowledge of virtualised architectures
- Experience in managing and monitoring industrial contractors and holding industrial reviews
- Autonomy in writing technical notes, specifications and reports in English
- Good inter-personal skills and team spirit and previous working experience in a multinational environment
- Familiarisation with both the space and ground segment and all their respective sub-systems.
- Familiarisation with general training schemes and methods
Desirable Requirements:
- Fluency in French, both speech and writing
- Familiarity with the verification of Ground Segment Operational Concept (CONOPS), operations requirements (OPSREC), Maintenance and ILS Plans and procedures
- Knowledge of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) requirements and IVQ of safety critical systems
- Experience in ESA procurement processes and contract management as well as applied negotiation skills
On Offer:
- Full-time permanent employment
- A vacation bonus paid in June
- Travel allowance 50% public transport upon proof of receipt
- French public holidays
- Annual leave of 25 days + seniority days
- Health insurance, pension and mandatory insurances
- Agreement to share company's profits
About the Company
Serco is a leading Space Services Provider with thousands of skilled resources that has supported over 50 space missions on behalf of more than 10 Space or Government agencies around the globe, including the ESA and NASA. Serco offers space capability across the full space lifecycle from satellite testing to launch services, LEOP to spacecraft operations, space surveillance to data management, and supporting downstream application development.
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.
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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