Job Overview

Telespazio Germany is looking to complement their current Earth Observation Mission Operations team with additional engineering support, delivering services to ESA/ESOC for the Earth Explorer missions.. This position is based at ESOC in Darmstadt. It is full-time and permanent.

Key Responsibilities

The general activities to be supported by this service are:

• General Flight Control Support Service.
• Responsible for the Operations Database (ODB)
• Study of Project-Specific Characteristics and Ground Segment Documentation.
• Participation in the Analysis and Design of Satellite Operations.
• Preparation and update of Flight Control and Contingency Procedures.
• Mission Management and Mission Planning Support Service.
• Support for Mission Control System evolution and testing.
• Tool development and maintenance.
• Participation in the team Training Program.
• Participation in all Mission Critical Operations.
• Spacecraft Performance Analysis.
• On-Call service

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• University Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering
• Spacecraft Payload or Platform subsystem knowledge
• Experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations.
• Programming knowledge (Python, Bash)
• Coordination with other service providers in operations (team player)
• Familiarity with operational simulators, especially the ones based on SimSat
• Familiarity with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS-2000, EGOS-CC
• Familiarity with Flight Procedures, test and validation
• Satellite Verification Test planning & execution.
• Ability to work independently
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Earth Observation satellite operations.
• Familiarity with the ESOC environment.
• Experience with SQL database updates and application deployments in a configuration-controlled environment, Spacecraft Database Management knowledge is a plus.
• Some experience dealing with external interfaces, e.g. Project, Industry, PDGS, etc.
• Familiarity with MOIS, or ProTos

Furthermore

• CV in Europass format
• Permission to work in the EU