System Engineer in LEO

EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Darmstadt, Germany

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency - monitoring the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

This is your chance to contribute to a world leading earth observation programme, set to generate global weather forecasting and climate monitoring benefits.

EUMETSAT operates a growing fleet of Earth Observation satellites in Low Earth and Geostationary orbits, focussing on the provision of satellite data services to its Member States and to the European Union Copernicus Programme.

Within the Programme Preparation and Development Department (PRD), the Low Earth Orbit Division (LEO) is responsible for the development the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) system until hand-over to routine operations.

Located in the System Team of the LEO Division, the System Engineer takes responsibilities on all LEO system engineering activities, with a particular focus on the Space Segment, the Mission Control chain and the associated system interfaces and design. The System Engineer’s main responsibilities will be within the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) programme. Please note that this is a 3-year fixed term contract and NOT a permanent position.

Duties:

Develop and maintain the system requirements and support the definition of the corresponding satellite, instrument and ground segment requirements for existing and new Polar programmes;
Produce any necessary design documentation, analyses and trade-offs and present them in major programme reviews such as Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Launch and Operations Readiness Review (LORR) etc.;
Define all end to end data flows, and contribute to the production of any related Interface Requirements Document (IRDs)/Interface Control Document (ICDs);
Develop and maintain the system CORE-9 model for the EPS-SG programme and contribute to develop Model-based system engineering (MBSE) for future LEO missions;
Maintain the ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard (PUS) services, satellite on-board control procedures and tailoring required to support the foreseen operations of the EPS-SG satellites and instruments and contribute to define the PUS services of future LEO missions;
Provide support to operations preparation activities, including reviewing and providing inputs to the Mission Operations Concept Document; the operational scenarios in the Reference Operations Plan; and the operations procedures;
Contribute to the Space and Ground Segments IVV and support any related anomaly investigation, to ensure the overall system functions and operations are in line with the defined system requirements, design and operations concepts;
Act as the point of contact for the EUMETSAT teams, partners and industry with respect to all satellite and mission control aspects;
Provide satellite and mission control support to the Operations Department after the handover of the LEO systems to operations and during their maintenance.

What we offer:

Generous salary, of up to Euro 7,500/month NET (after income tax) based on skills and experience;
Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave;
Excellent medical coverage for employee and family;
30 days of annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays;
Training and development support;
Relocation support (if applicable).

Requirements:

Skills and Experience:

Proven experience in Model-based system engineering (MBSE) methodology and development process of EO Space Missions following the ECSS standards;
Proven experience in requirements engineering and in requirements verification control using DOORS;
Extensive and detailed knowledge of ECSS PUS and spacecraft on-board procedure standards;
Experience with procurement of complex engineering systems and management of technical support contracts would be an advantage;
Experience with IVV and execution of tests is an advantage;
Ability to understand and synthesise complex issues and to express ideas and issues clearly;
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to work as part of a team.

Qualifications:

University Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Telecommunications, RF Engineering, Aerospace Engineering) or equivalent experience in relevant field.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.

EUMETSAT is an international organisation employing staff from across all 30 member states and this role is being advertised on multiple international job boards, but please note that this role would be based in Darmstadt, Germany and would require international applicants to relocate if successful. Remote working is not an option for this role.

More about us:

EUMETSAT’s role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).

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