| Spacecraft Operations Engineer (AOC Subsystem) |
| Project |
Galileo LEOP Sevices |
| Required Start Date |
End August 2010 |
| Duration |
Galileo IOV & FOC LEOPs + 3 months |
| Submission Deadline |
16.07.2010 |
| Location |
ESOC |
| Technical Requirements |
General
The holder of this post will report to the ESOC Galileo Spacecraft Operations Manager.
The Galileo LEOP operations will be carried out by a team comprising CNES and ESOC engineers. The plan is for LEOPs to take place alternately at CNES Toulouse and ESOC Darmstadt, with the complete team taking part in the LEOPs at each site. There will be 2 Attitude and Orbital Control (AOC) Spacecraft Operations Engineers (SOEs) in the team. One will be normally based at each of the sites. Each launch will comprise a minimum of 2 spacecraft and possibly up to 4. The working language across the team is English.
Services to be provided
The tasks will The responsibilities of the AOC SOE include in particular:
- Close interaction, high levels of communication and intimate working with the other Galileo AOC SOEs who will normally based at CNES Toulouse and DLR Oberpfaffenhofen;
- Review of documentation produced by the Galileo spacecraft manufacturer (SSEG);
- Review of the procedures created by SSEG;
- Development of LEOP specific flight operating procedures and contingency recovery procedures using the MOIS tools;
- Review of the procedures created by CNES and DLR;
- Providing specialist AOC advice on the development and content of the Operational Database;
- Development of tools to manage the AOC subsystem during LEOP – in particular ANDs, GRDs, mimics and off-line tools;
- Validation of procedures using the Galileo Constellation Simulator (CSIM) and the Galileo LEOP specific (SCOS2000 based) control system (L-SCCF);
- Interfacing with the CNES and ESOC Flight Dynamics engineers on AOC issues;
- Preparation for, and participation in, the SVTs. This will also involve the preparation of SVT specific procedures and the writing of SVT reports;
- Identification, recording, investigation and progression of spacecraft and ground-based anomalies during the SVTs, simulations campaign and LEOPs;
- Preparation for, and participation in, the simulations campaigns – a large portion of which will be carried out in Toulouse;
- Assistance to the simulations officer to provided specialist AOC knowledge for the simulations campaigns.;
- Participation in the 5-8 day LEOPs. This will involve shift-working to provide 24 hour support to the spacecraft;
- Contribution to the post-LEOP reports.
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Academic Requirements
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This service requires a person with University (or similar) degree in engineering or physics together with a good professional experience of several years in spacecraft and/or operational applications.
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Specific Requirements
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- Candidates should be system-minded and able to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Good communications and inter-personal skills are required.
- Expertise of spacecraft operations is highly desirable.
- Experience with SCOS and MOIS is desirable
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| Interface Control Engineer |
| Project |
Studies and Special Projects Division |
| Required Start Date |
01.09.2010 (or earlier if possible) |
| Duration |
2 Years – possibility of extension |
| Submission Deadline |
16.07.2010 |
| Location |
CNES, Toulouse |
| Technical Requirements |
The holder of the post will be a member of the Future Studies Section of the Studies and Special Projects Division, providing integrated support to the GNSS Regional Augmentation Systems Division, Galileo Operations and Evolution Department, Directorate of Navigation. As such the holder of the post will report directly to the Head of the EC Delegation Interface Manager for the duration of this activity.
The tasks will include:
- Provide technical and control support to the Head of the EC Delegation Interface Manager for the execution of the day to day interface with the European Commission and the EGNOS Service Provider
- Coordinate and manage the day-to-day technical interface between ESA as Design Agent and the Service Provider and be the main point of contact for this interface
- In particular, interface with the Service Provider representative for matters relative to the implementation of the Operations User Requirements Document (OURD), the production of the Library of EGNOS Operations (LEO), the Human Dependability Analysis (HDA), the correction of ONCR with impact in operations and the processing of RFW with impact in operations/safety
- Support the monthly technical coordination meetings, quarterly project meetings and other meetings as necessary, contributing to the preparation of presentations and other material input to the meetings
- Follow-up the actions taken by ESA as a result of the technical and management coordination meetings with the EC, the ESP and other partners. Maintain the actions tracking register and provide the necessary extracts as input to meeting discussions and regular reports
- Maintain a schedule of the ESA tasks in the frame of the Delegation Agreement with integration of the main milestones from Industrial work and ESP providing an overall project view. Identify critical paths and perform schedule control as per applicable processes. Maintain a high level bar chart schedule presentation
- Prepare the technical documentation in line with the agreement. Contribute to the Quarterly Information Report, Annual Report and preparation of memos and technical notes as necessary
- Identify and keep an inventory of technical issues at the interface, maintaining a priority ranking and perform a tracking of resolution of these issues according to priorities
- Liaise with the other members of the Division to ensure consistency between issues managed at the interface and implementation and resolution of actions executed by the Project.
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Academic Requirements
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Applicants for this post should have a university degree or equivalent qualification in physics or engineering and 3 to 5 years experience in technical control tasks, preferably in the fields of satellite navigation and experience in the field of international projects.
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Specific Requirements
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Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellent organisation and communication skills, good practical sense and be able to work effectively in a team environment.
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| Ground Facilities Support Engineer |
| Project |
ESTRACK |
| Required Start Date |
01.09.2010 |
| Duration |
31.12.2011 |
| Submission Deadline |
28.07.2010 |
| Location |
ESOC |
| Technical Requirements |
The objective of this work package is to provide engineering support related to the ongoing modernisation of the ESTRACK and Operations Control Centre (ECC and OCC).
The tasks to be carried out by the incumbent in this work package are in particular:
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Technical support related to the ECC and OCC evolution: Display Area Management System:
- Definition and conduct of validation campaigns and documentation thereof during the concept proofing phase
- Generating an architectural baseline document
- Conduct market surveys
- Generating an implementation plan
- Technical support to the implementation
- Participation in acceptance testing
- Engineering support to general OCC system matters (Voice, Video, Timing System)
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Engineering support to general ECC sub-system including but not limited to NCTRS, NIS, SATT, SLETT, EMS, SunRay appliances:
- Deployment and validation
- Documentation
- Configuration control
- Support to technical coordination by H/ONI (minutes of coordination meetings, mainting of corresponding databases, project plans)
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Academic Requirements
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Engineering degree.
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Specific Requirements
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Candidate should be familiar with ESOC working environment and have a sound understanding of the technical systems used by the ECC and OCC operations (voice, video, remote STC types, NCTRS, pass viewer, SATT,…).
The offered support will generally have the qualities:
- Good knowledge of the SunRay technology is a prerequisite.
- Elementary understanding of ground segment operations would be an asset.
- Familiarity with operational environment
- Be fluent in English, both in speech and writing
- Solid test procedures, equipment and tools background
- Ability to understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems
- Self-starter, able to work independently with little or no supervision
- Pro-active and confident personality with good persuasive skills
- Team-player, able to interface with technical and management personnel
- Well-organised, able to prioritise and manage several tasks in parallel
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| Spacecraft Operations Engineer |
| Project |
Venus Express |
| Required Start Date |
01.10.2010 |
| Duration |
Until December 2012 (mission extension till end 2014 possible) |
| Submission Deadline |
06.08.2010 |
| Location |
ESOC |
| Technical Requirements |
The Venus Express Mission Control Team requires a Spacecraft Operations Engineer (SOE) to provide operations support primarily for mission planning and ground software operations. The SOE will work within the VEX Flight Control Team (FCT) under the direct management of the VEX Spacecraft Operations Manager.
The candidate shall:
- Be required to work with the VEX Mission Planning System including managing functionality development and test, operational rules implementation and keeping configuration control.
- Be required to take prime responsibility of a platform subsystem and back up of at least 1 spacecraft/ground subsystems (MPS and/or Data Handling and/or Power&Thermal and/or AOCS and/or TT&C and/or Payload).
- Be required to write and maintain operational procedures (in MOIS) and reports.
- Be required to work as on-duty operations engineer supervising operations conduction and as operations planner on rotation shifts (every 6 weeks aprox).
- Be required to operate the VEX Main Control System based on SCOS 2000 to monitor and control spacecraft operations.
- Be assertive, communicative and able to work in team in a multinational environment.
- Be able to learn new skills and adapt to the VEX operations environment within 3 months.
- Be able to actively participate in the relevant technical meetings and teleconferences.
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Academic Requirements
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Suitable candidates should hold a university degree in engineering, science or related subject and have a good level of computer skills, including programming knowledge.
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Specific Requirements
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Experience/knowledge in the following fields would be a disctinct advantage:
- Ground operations(S2K+MOIS+Simsat), mission planning and automation.
- Spacecraft hardware, software and operations.
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| Ground Station Engineer |
| Description |
The position covers the complete span from systems design, project set-up followed by implementation to final operations support. The duties include as well the preparation of reports, documentation and operational procedures.
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Required Profile
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Have a degree in RF, Electronics, Communications Engineering or equivalent (e.g. FH / TH / IST / BSc)
Have some experience, preferably as systems or project engineer in a related area is desirable
Have some experience in a maximum of the following domains:
- Ground Control Systems (Baseband Equipment (TT&C, SW, …), IOT, RF and IF engineering)
- Satellite Communication Systems
- Execution of Ground Systems or Equipments Procurement
Computer literate: MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS PROJECT, LOTUS NOTES
Languages: possess good English language skills, German and/or French knowledge being considered as an asset
Be able to integrate into and/or to lead cross-functional project teams
Have good communication capabilities, analytical sense, self-starting qualities, coordination and priority setting abilities
Allowed to work in the European Union
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| Spacecraft Controller |
| Description |
Interfacing with the ground segment
Monitoring of Telemetry
Execution of standard operations procedures
Performance of satellite command activities
Log Keeping and Reporting
Participation in tests and simulations
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| Required Profile |
Academic technical or scientific degree or relevant operations experience.
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| Spacecraft Analyst |
| Description |
Mission Planning and Scheduling
Archiving/Dearchiving of data
Offline Data Analysis
Database Programming
Flight Operations Procedure Development
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Required Profile
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Academic technical or scientific degree with relevant experience.
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| Operations Engineer |
| Description |
Preparation of Functional Requirements for the Project-dedicated Flight Control Software
Participation in the Analysis of Satellite Operations
Preparation of Functional Requirements for the Project-dedicated Flight Control Facilities
Preparation of Flight Control and Contingency Procedures
Set-up the Database for the Project-specific Flight Control System
Mission Management and Mission Planning Support
Production of Project-specific Software Validation and System Validation Test (SVT) Procedures and Participation in SVTs
Participation in the System Operations Validation Test (SOV), Training and Simulation Programmes
Participation in Launch and Early Phase (LEOP) and Mission Critical Operations
General Flight Control Support
Spacecraft Performance Evaluation
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| Required Profile |
Academic background in the areas of informatics, aerospace technology or physical sciences, with relevant experience.
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| Experienced Programmer |
| Description |
The tasks will comprise of developing a modern intranet according to tight specifications,
maintaining legacy intranet web applications and porting these to the new site. Other software
projects will have to be maintained and extended.
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| Required Profile |
The candidate needs to have good experience in the development of mid-size projects and web-applications.
It is necessary to be proficient in:
- JAVA programming
- OO design and analysis
- Developing Enterprise Java Beans
- Developing web sites using frameworks like STRUTS
- Experienced in C++ and IPC mechanisms such as CORBA
- Experienced in JNI
- Experienced in using open source libraries and frameworks such as ACE
- Good knowledge of networks (TCP/IP, etc.)
- LINUX administration experience
- Good knowledge of SQL and databases (pref. MySQL)
- HTML, XML
- Teamwork
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