Mission Ops Engineer: Planning & Payload (Hybrid)

Eutelsat Communications SA; Toulouse; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Eutelsat Communications SA in Toulouse seeks a Mission Ops Engineer to join the Service & Operations team for the IRIS2 programme. You will define systems, tools and processes, and prepare for active operations at the Toulouse Control Centre, ensuring payload configuration and daily mission plan execution.

You will bridge mission planning, payload engineering and operations, collaborating with MCC, SMC and S3C teams, with on-call support and travel where needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience in satellite operations, specifically covering Mission Planning/Scheduling and Payload Engineering/Operations within LEO or MEO systems.
• Strong technical understanding of RF communications payloads, digital processors, and resource allocation algorithms.
• Good experience of Ground stations (Gateways)
• Working schedule capability for 5d/7 - 8h/d plus on-call support.
• Fluent in English with very good written and verbal communication skills.
• Security Clearance & Nationality: EU-27 citizen eligible for EU security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Engineering of Operations & mission preparation: participate in the preparatory phase; produce documentation deliverables; participate in program milestones; verify segments; design and validate Payload procedures; coordinate with Constellation team.
• Support transition into active operation: participate in training and operational qualification campaigns; support E2E, Infrastructure and Service qualifications campaigns.
• Mission Planning & Resource Optimization: design mission planning workflow; configure orchestrator resources to answer OSS requests and optimize link budget; plan and report real-time activities like service activations and frequency changes.
• Payload Management & Monitoring: manage daily mission schedules and payload commands; monitor payload health and performance; support nominal and non-nominal activities.
• ITIL Process Definition & Authoring: design and maintain ITIL-based operational processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Request Fulfilment).

Skills

Satellite mission planning

Payload subsystems

RF communications

Real-time operations

Ground stations

English communication

Education

Master’s degree in Telecommunications

Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering

Related technical field

Job description

Eutelsat Communications SA in Toulouse seeks a Mission Ops Engineer to join the Service & Operations team for the IRIS2 programme. You will define systems, tools and processes, and prepare for active operations at the Toulouse Control Centre, ensuring payload configuration and daily mission plan execution.

You will bridge mission planning, payload engineering and operations, collaborating with MCC, SMC and S3C teams, with on-call support and travel where needed.