Telespazio - System Operations Engineer

Leonardo; Ortucchio; Hybrid; EUR 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th-month salary

Performance bonus

Welfare vouchers €250

Meal vouchers €8.50

Learning & development

Job summary

Telespazio – Leonardo Space Division is hiring a Junior Space Systems Engineer to support the G2G system and mission operations concepts. You will work on deriving requirements, ensuring traceability to specifications, and supporting migration strategies across space and ground segments.

Based at the Fucino Space Centre with a planned secondment to ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk for about 1.5 years, the role offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities for professional development within a

Qualifications

• Master's degree in an aerospace/ electronic/ telecommunications field.
• Experience in space systems engineering or space operations.
• Working knowledge of GNSS and Galileo system architecture.
• Good command of English (B2).
• Proficiency with MS Office.
• Comfortable with software tools and a hands-on attitude.

Responsibilities

• Define, consolidate and maintain the G2G System and Mission Operations Concept (OpsCon).
• Derive and consolidate operational requirements and ensure traceability to system specs.
• Contribute to G1G to G2G migration and coexistence strategy.
• Analyse operational processes and mission timelines.
• Define the operations organisation: roles, responsibilities and interfaces.
• Assess industrial deliverables against requirements and support ESA reviews.
• Plan and support operational validation campaigns.
• Support the system through mission phases up to handover.
• Be part of a multidisciplinary engineering team with curiosity and initiative.

Skills

Space systems engineering

Space operations

GNSS

English (B2)

MS Office

Hands-on attitude

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace/Electronic/Telecommunications engineering

Job description

Job Description

Closer to Space, closer to the Future: join Telespazio – Leonardo Space Division!

Leonardo is a leading global industrial group in Aerospace, Defence and Security, delivering advance multi-domain technologies across Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cybersecurity, and Space. As part of the Leonardo Space Division, Telespazio a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) , is a global reference in the field of satellite solutions and services. With a workforce of over 3.500 professionals across its offices in Europe and around the world, Telespazio operates an international network of Space Centres and Teleports, offering cutting-edge solutions in Geoinformation Services, Satellite Systems and Operations, and Satellite Communications. Join us as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in Space.

Responsibilities

• Support the definition, consolidation and maintenance of the G2G System and Mission Operations Concept (OpsCon), covering nominal, degraded and contingency scenarios across space and ground segments
• Derive and consolidate operational and operability requirements, ensuring their traceability into system-level and segment-level technical specifications
• Contribute to the G1G to G2G migration and coexistence strategy: transition scenarios, dual constellation operations, service continuity, and backward compatibility constraints
• Analyse, characterise and model operational processes and mission timelines
• Define the operations organisation: roles, responsibilities, and operational interfaces
• Assess industrial deliverables against operational requirements: review of contractor documentation, RID generation and disposition, and technical support to ESA-led milestone reviews
• Plan and support operational validation campaigns
• Support the system through the mission phases up to Operations Readiness Review and operational handover
• You will be part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, in an environment where curiosity and initiative matter as much as technical soundness.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Aerospace, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent, with a strong systems orientation
• Experience in space systems engineering or space operations
• Working knowledge of GNSS and of Galileo system architecture
• Ability to work autonomously and take initiative, combined with intellectual curiosity and a constant drive to question the status quo and bring innovative solutions
• Good command of English (B2)
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Comfortable with software tools and a hands‑on attitude in getting the most out of them

Work Location & Assignment

Work location: Fucino Space Centre (L'Aquila, Italy). From the start of employment, the role involves a secondment to ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk (The Netherlands), for an estimated period of 1.5 years, extendable in line with project requirements.

What We Offer

• Our applicable collective labor agreement is the CCNL for the Private Metalworking Industry and Plant Installation Sector .
• Working arrangement: Hybrid
• Employment category: Employee
• Contract type: Permanent-term
• 13th-month salary payment .
• performance bonus linked to Business results *.
• Welfare vouchers worth €250 per year.
• Meal vouchers worth €8.50, usable at the company cafeteria or for external expenses.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities to enhance both technical expertise and interpersonal skills.

The Company reserves the right to assess the job grade and compensation package based on objective criteria identified during the recruitment process and in line with the seniority level of the selected candidate and the position itself, in compliance with the principles of fairness, transparency and equal opportunities established by applicable legislation.

Why Telespazio

At Telespazio, the well-being, safety and development of our people are at the heart of our corporate culture. We actively foster an inclusive, diverse and stimulating work environment, promoting the principles of equity and the value of diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

How Does the Recruitment Process Work? Following the collection of applications, we review and identify the candidates whose profiles best match the required qualifications and skills. Selected candidates will participate in an initial interview with the Human Resources team, focused on getting to know the candidate, as well as assessing motivation and personal competencies. This is followed by a more in-depth technical interview conducted together with the relevant Business team. At the end of the selection process, candidates receive feedback regardless of the outcome, whether positive or negative. For more information, please visit the following link: Join a Global Company

Senior Information

• Seniority: Junior
• Primary Location: IT - Fucino
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Total Base Pay Range: 33.000 / 42.000
• Hybrid Working: Hybrid