Spacecraft Analyst

Overview

Start Date: October 2023

Location: ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany

Working hours: full time, 40h/week

Requirement: EU working visa

To support our Operations Team at ESOC in Darmstadt, we are currently seeking to employ a motivated and enthusiastic Spacecraft Analyst.

Security: In line with security requirements, the candidate has to hold an European citizenship or be eligible to live and work in the EU. Evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Maintain the spacecraft and ground segment operational databases, related tools, procedures, and documentation under strict configuration control.
• Develop and maintain custom software tools that may be required for efficient and effective conduct of mission planning and preparation tasks.
• Support in the review of assigned documentation in the datapacks for the system level reviews, assessing the completeness and consistency of Interface Control Documents (ICDs), verifying the adequacy of the Spacecraft User Manual, including its procedures and mission timeline, as well as tests coverage and reporting.
• Collect the information/data regarding the performance of the mission and provision of inputs for mission reports.
• Support the generation of operational reports based on inputs received from other FCT members.
• Support for the development and integration logic for flight operations and data processing centers, services, and operational interfaces.
• Routine mission plan generation support, as required.

Your profile

• Degree in Computer Science or Aerospace Engineering with software content or practical experience in the relevant field.
• Knowledge of spacecraft control systems such as SCOS-2000.
• Good experience with office automation tools, including Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access (use of functions, queries, macros, reports, input forms, etc.).
• Knowledge of the Linux environment including interactive shells and shell scripting.
• Good experience with relation databases and correspondent management systems (RDBMS) and good knowledge of SQL.
• Programming knowledge and experience with Python and/or other high level programming languages, including Visual Basic and VBA for Office, are an advantage.
• Good communication skills and team spirit.
• Good knowledge of the English language.

About us

LSE Space is your partner in space! Our company was established in 1990 and is a subsidiary of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in the section of Engineering Services. We employ more than 170 engineers and scientists from all over the world who provide a wide range of space engineering services to the international space market. Our core areas of expertise include Spacecraft and Ground Operations in the fields of Earth observation missions, interplanetary probes, manned space, navigation constellations and commercial telecommunications missions. We also develop software for the space industry. LSE Space is ISO-9001-certified and thus stands for high quality and structured processes. As we are a highly international company the company language is English.

Finding solutions for everyone and keeping a high quality at the same time is very important to us. We have a strong commitment to our CORE values: Customer orientation, One company, Responsibility, Excellence. In particular this means we always put our customers' needs at the forefront of everything we do. We aspire to a high level of customer satisfaction. Our policy, as a fair and loyal partner, is to focus on our customers' goals and generate innovative solutions tailored to the project. The overview of significant case histories and the large number of missions our staff has supported demonstrate the depth of knowledge and dependability that our customers expect from us. Collaboration is the key to our success - one for all and all for one. We make it happen - for our customers AND our employees. Only with a high employee well-being our success is possible. We are reliable and result-oriented all the way and we always strive to deliver better than expected. Our quality policy is implemented in every single work process, both external and internal. This approach is essential for the benefits of both our clients and teams. As a result, we are able to preserve a spirit of trust and fairness between customers, partners and employees. Good and respectful human relationships are a cornerstone and quality of our identity.