Job Description
We are looking for a qualified professional to handle routine, non-routine, and contingency GEO/LEO ground station operations, systems evolution and validation, future mission preparation, and collaboration support.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct routine, non-routine, and contingency GEO/LEO ground station operations.
- Track performance, investigate anomalies, and propose corrective upgrades.
- Maintain schedules, operational databases, and monitoring systems.
- Provide inputs for periodic metrics and Copernicus Programme reporting.
- Assist in specifying requirements and assessing technical upgrades.
- Support operational validation (IV&V, SSVTs) and document results.
- Evaluate technical documentation for improvements.
- Prepare commissioning and operational scenarios for upcoming missions (MTG, EPS-SG, EPS-Sterna, CO2M, Sentinel-6).
- Identify system deficiencies and propose risk resolutions.
- Contribute to operational concepts, transition plans, and training manuals.
- Participate in ARBs, ECPs, and team meetings with external partners.
- Train controllers and engineers via documentation and presentations.
- Availability for on-call/standby, weekend, holiday, and shift work as required.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
- University degree (or equivalent) in engineering or a relevant scientific discipline (Telecommunications, RF, Electronics, Aerospace).
- Minimum 2 years operating complex GEO/LEO ground station systems (TT&C, MDA), preferably in Earth Observation.
- Proven experience in ground station validation (V&V) and managing major system evolutions.
- Working knowledge of ECSS and CCSDS operational standards.
- Skilled in writing technical documents (requirements, designs, test/operational procedures) and managing configuration control.
- Experience defining or optimizing operational user interfaces (HMIs, operator views).
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge of ground segment interfaces.
- Hardware/software anomaly diagnosis.
- Baseband configuration.
- Monitoring tools (e.g., Dataminer).
- SLE services.
Seniority
Expert
Primary Location
DE - Darmstadt - EUMETSAT
Hybrid Working
Onsite
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