XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer (f/m/d)

Overview

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

Darmstadt, HE, Germany

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.
• Interface 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.

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

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