MetOp NOAA Instruments Engineer / E-ENG-01-34

Job Introduction

Job Introduction

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.

One of our main major customers in the continental Europe is the European Space Agency, with Serco being the largest on-site service provider.

For 2017 we anticipate further growth in our operations in ESTEC and as a result we are pleased to announce the following opportunity

Role Responsibility

• Report to the MetOp Engineering and AIV Manager
• Responsible for the provision of instrument engineering support for the NOAA instruments on-board the MetOp satellite series. 
• Be part of the Single Space Segment Team (SSST) 
• Providing engineering analysis and test data assessments as needed on the NOAA instruments;
• Participation to the In-Orbit performance review for the NOAA instruments;
• Providing engineering support during EUMETSAT ARB for NOAA instrument anomaly investigations;
• Contribution to the definition of the MetOp-A EOL Technological phase;
• Support SSST in reviewing ICDs, IOMs, and SIOV documentation as needed for the NOAA instruments;
• Support SSST for the preparations of the NOAA instruments for the MetOp-C campaign;
• Support SSST for any unplanned activities at Industry premises that might arise on short notice;
• Support SSST in preparation for the PLM-3 Thermal Vacuum (TV) test, including the instrument test jig preparation;
• Support SSST in preparation for any meeting with NOAA/NASA;
• Support SSST in discussions with NASA/NOAA on the Space Environment Monitor (SEM) post-calibration re-delivery to MetOp. This shall include reviewing and commenting the End Item Delivery Package (EIDP) and supporting the Pre-Ship Review (PSR);
• Support the bi-weekly Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) telecons with the partner agencies, as requested;
• Review and comment document change requests;
• Provide monthly progress reports.
   

Successful Candidate

• Engineering PhD or Master Degree in a relevant area.
• At least 4 years of working experience with similar tasks as described above.
   

Package Description

Full details on application

Relocation assistance provided  (if applicable).

About the Company

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.

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