XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer

Job Description:

Telespazio Germany is looking to complement their current Astronomical Missions Operations team with additional engineering support, delivering services to ESA/ESOC for the XMM & INTEGRAL missions.

Key Responsibilities

To take over existing operations instrument activities, currently provided by ESAC and integrate them into the FCT at ESOC.
•    maintain the instrument procedures (develop, change & test)
•    maintain the instrument database (develop, change & test)
•    perform instrument anomaly recoveries
•    perform special operations support for instruments (eclipse operations, and development of automation activities to streamline the work of the Real-Time-Operations team
•    support the calibration and mission planning teams at ESAC for operations
•    provision of On-call support 
•    Execute real-time payload operations 
•    Perform maintenance of instruments and observing modes
•    Perform maintenance of the instrument onboard software
•    support the instrument health and performance monitoring
•    execute offline instrument monitoring/trend analysis
•    interfacing with instrument Principal Investigators for operational issues 
To be a proactive key-team member to modernise existing operational activities while transferring them and introduce modern tools, to optimise the processes and operational efficiencies.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

•    University degree or equivalent education in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering
•    Spacecraft Payload and Platform subsystem knowledge 
•    Experience in activities applicable to spacecraft operations.
•    Fluency in English, both spoken and writing.
•    Coordination with other service providers in operations (team player)
•    Familiarity with satellite control systems, in particular SCOS-2000
•    Experience in the generation of Flight Procedures and validation

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with the ESOC environment.

• Familiarity with Satellite Instrument Operations

• Some experience dealing with external interfaces, e.g. Project, Industry, PDGS, etc.

• Familiarity with MOIS

• Programming knowledge (Python, Bash)

Furthermore

• CV in Europass format

• Permission to work in the EU

Seniority:

Expert

Primary Location:

DE - Darmstadt - ESOC

Contract Type:

Employee-Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Onsite