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Payload and Spacecraft Design Engineer/ E-ENG-01-23

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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

  • Support the preparation of EO missions in the areas of spacecraft design in particular with respect to satellite platform performance;
  • Support the preparation of EO missions in the areas of payload design, in particular with respect to payload interfaces;
  • Support the preparation of EO missions in the areas of system aspects, in particular with respect to mission analysis, system specification, system simulation and system budgets;
  • Support to missions under preparation through participation to reviews, assessment of industrial results.

Successful Candidate

  • Engineering PhD or Master Degree in a relevant field;
  • At least 4 years of relevant working experience;
  • Experience in the preparation of EO missions particularly in the areas covered by the task description;
  • Experience relevant to the task description;
  • Background in satellite engineering and remote sensing;
  • Proficient in the English Language (spoken and written).
     

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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