Spacecraft Operations Engineer m/f Ref. Sat_SOE_2025

Spacecraft Operations Engineer m/f Ref. Sat_SOE_2025

OHB Italia is seeking for its Satellite and Missions Department in Rome an experienced Spacecraft Operations Engineer to support the operations preparation and execution for the IRIDE Mission, where OHB-I will operate its Eaglet-2 constellation (10+ satellites) throughout the whole operational life cycle.

Tasks

• Understand the mission objectives and the Spacecraft (S/C) design.
• Authoring and validation of Flight Operations Procedures and Ground Operations Procedures.
• Identify S/C anomalies, and support throughout the whole anomaly troubleshooting cycle.
• Generate report and console logs.
• Preparation of monitoring displays.
• Generation of Flight Training Material.
• Monitoring and Commanding of the S/C.
• Extractions of TM data and analyse data to assess the S/C Health and Status.
• Implementation of configuration updates.
• Support to System Validation Test (SVT) Plan and Procedure.
• Support to System Operations Validation (SOV) Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Commissioning Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Flight Operations Plan.
• Execution of SVT, SOV test campaigns.
• Execution of LEOP.
• Execution of Platform and Payload Commissioning.
• Participation to operations execution, including shift work and regular on-call.
• Support to Mission Planning System (MPS) plan generation, and MPS product approval.
• Support for Flight Dynamics System (FDS) Orbital manoeuvres and FDS product approval.

Qualifications

• A Master degree (or equivalent), preferably in the fields of Aerospace/Space Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.
• Experience in S/C Monitoring and Mission Control Systems.
• Experience in spacecraft operations preparation (FOP/GOP generation/validation).
• Experience in Anomaly resolution.
• Solid knowledge of S/C Operations.
• Knowledge of Database Manipulation and data analysis is a plus.
• Knowledge of Ground Segment architecture and interfaces is a plus.
• Knowledge of Mission Planning Systems is a plus.
• Knowledge on S/C Flight dynamics (nice to have).
• Experience with interfacing with S/C supplier.

Additional Assets

• Knowledge of CCSDS Packet Utilization Standard (PUS) rev. A and C.
• Knowledge of Procedure Language for Users in Test and Operations (PLUTO).
• Knowledge of SCOS2000 Database Import ICD.
• Knowledge of Space Link Extension (SLE) protocol.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing and Operations Information System (MOIS) tool suite (nice to have).
• Knowledge of ECSS-E-ST-70C (nice to have).
• Ability to work independently as well as good communication skills.