Spacecraft Operations Engineer for LEO and/or GEO satellites [26130]
On-siteDarmstadt, Hesse, Germany or Darmstadt, Indiana, United States
Job Summary
Conduct 24/7 on-call spacecraft operations for LEO and GEO satellites, performing mission planning checks, monitoring daily activities, and reporting subsystem health using analysis tools like TM Propagator and CHART. Resolve in-orbit anomalies by developing operational baselines, raising reports, and contributing to resolution efforts while maintaining configuration tracking and validation tools. Prepare for launch and commissioning by reviewing operational deliverables, validating data units, executing System Validation Tests, and defining engineering offline tools. Maintain operational guides, procedures, and documentation, and contribute to spacecraft simulator development and re-orbiting activities.
Required Qualifications
- University degree (or equivalent in experience) in a relevant discipline
- Experience of Spacecraft Operations, preferably on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and/or Geostationary orbit (GEO), spinning and/or 3-axis stabilized spacecraft with responsibility for one or more platform subsystems or instruments during operational validation, commissioning or routine operations phases
- Experience of Spacecraft Operations Preparation preferably on LEO and/or GEO, with responsibility on development and validation of operational baseline (procedures, database etc.) including validation tools (e.g. spacecraft simulator) and ground segment M&C facilities
- Experience in satellite performance monitoring and reporting aspects including anomaly analysis and solving in liaison with satellite industry, procedure change control and configuration management processes
- Experience in the operation or development of satellite ground segment facilities, in particular procedure development, monitor and control, mission planning, on-board software management, performance analysis, configuration management and simulator facilities
- Experience with SCOS 2000 (Mission Control System)
- Must be citizen of a European Union state or eligible to obtain a work permit for Germany
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with the use of the APEX operations procedures preparation and execution tool
- Proven experience in the phases of LEOP and commissioning
- Specification of space system and operational concepts, facility requirements
- Familiarity with On-Board Control Procedure concepts
- Familiarity with the ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard, customisation and usage
- Familiarity with system change control and configuration management procedures
- Data analysis software packages and programming skills in other coding languages such as Python / Java etc.
- Use of VBA for development of ad-hoc tools in MS Office applications
- Ability to analyze and solve complex technical problems
- Ability to work effectively in a team and communicate technical information clearly
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