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My client is a long established provider of software in both the UK & Germany into the Defence & Space industries.

They are currently looking to recruit a Spacecraft Operations Engineer for their Darmstadt site in Germany.

Tasks:

This Spacecraft Operations Engineering position will be initially assigned to the Sentinel-2 mission during the preparation phase, and required to support the SOM during the pre-launch operations preparation, validation and the Launch and Operations phases of the assigned mission with:

" SVT preparation, " Mission Control System Validation, " Mission Planning System and interfaces validation " Simulator Validation, " Training and Simulations, " Operations Preparation " LEOP & Commissioning Preparation, " Conduct satellite operations on-line and off-line, " Support to the Sentinel Projects during the satellite design phase More specifically, the functions to be primarily covered are: On the satellite side: " Data Handling, on-board software and OBSM systems operations engineer " Be the backup engineer of another satellite subsystem (which one will depend on the person's qualification and experience). On the ground segment side: " Provide assistance to the SOMs initially for the requirements definition and later for the design and implementation of the Flight Operations Segment. " Monitoring the implementation, validating and being the focal point within the Sentinels Flight Control Team for the Mission Control System, in particular for what concerns the Operational Database Editor and the PUS tailoring.

Information about the GMES Sentinel missions can be found at:

http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPgmes.html

In addition to the tasks on Sentinel-2, assistance for other Sentinels and EO missions in preparation by the Division will be required for the same type of activities.