XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer (m/f/d)

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland; Darmstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading aerospace company in Germany is seeking an XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer. You will be responsible for maintaining instrument procedures, supporting spacecraft operations, and ensuring effective collaboration with various teams. Ideal candidates should hold a relevant degree and have experience in spacecraft operations alongside fluency in English.

Qualifikationen

• University degree or equivalent education in relevant field.
• Experience in spacecraft operations is required.
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written.

Aufgaben

• Maintain instrument procedures and database.
• Perform instrument anomaly recoveries.
• Support calibration and mission planning teams.

Kenntnisse

Spacecraft Payload and Platform subsystem knowledge

Experience in spacecraft operations

Fluency in English

Coordination with service providers

Familiarity with satellite control systems

Ausbildung

University degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering

Tools

SCOS-2000

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

[J25056 - SGP2] XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer (m/f/d)

XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer (m/f/d) - category: Service and Satellite Operations. Telespazio Germany is looking to complement their current Astronomical Missions Operations team with additional engineering support, delivering services to ESA/ESOC for the XMM & INTEGRAL missions.

Responsibilities

• To take over existing operations instrument activities, currently provided by ESAC and integrate them into the FCT at ESOC.
• Maintain the instrument procedures (develop, change & test)
• Maintain the instrument database (develop, change & test)
• Perform instrument anomaly recoveries
• Perform special operations support for instruments (eclipse operations, and development of automation activities to streamline the work of the Real-Time-Operations team)
• Support the calibration and mission planning teams at ESAC for operations
• Provision of On-call support
• Execute real-time payload operations
• Perform maintenance of instruments and observing modes
• Perform maintenance of the instrument onboard software
• Support the instrument health and performance monitoring
• Execute offline instrument monitoring/trend analysis
• Interfacing with instrument Principal Investigators for operational issues

To be a proactive key-team member to modernise existing operational activities while transferring them and introduce modern tools, to optimise the processes and operational efficiencies.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent education in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering
• Spacecraft Payload and Platform subsystem knowledge
• Experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations
• Fluency in English, both spoken and writing
• Coordination with other service providers in operations (team player)
• Familiarity with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS-2000
• Experience in the generation of Flight Procedures and validation
• Familiarity with the ESOC environment
• Familiarity with Satellite Instrument Operations
• Some experience dealing with external interfaces, e.g. Project, Industry, PDGS, etc.

Application

Please upload your CV as PDF | Maximum 20 MB. For inquiries, contact HR: Bitu Maklari.