CLC Space is currently recruiting a Ground Stations Maintenance Engineer to provide consultancy support at their client’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Ground Stations Maintenance and Engineering consultancy is required for the Routine Operations phases of Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP), the Meteosat Second Generation Programme (MSG), the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) including the ASCAT Transponders and JASON. You shall provide consultancy to the System Engineering and Projects Division (SEP), of the TSS Department, in particular to the Ground Stations Team (GSt) supporting the operational Ground Stations as well as the integration and operational preparation of the Ground Stations required for Meteosat Third Generation Programme (MTG) and the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG).
The tasks will be carried out mainly at EUMETSAT Head Quarter facilities in Darmstadt, as required, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities. You may also be required to go on missions to remote sites where ground station are located such as Svalbard (Norway) and Turkey; these missions could have durations of several weeks and you may have to work during nonnominal working hours, and exceptionally during weekends and official holidays.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Ground Stations play a key role in Space and Ground Segment operations, you will therefore be expected to acquire and maintain a System-wide view of the Ground Segment, particularly in the areas of spacecraft TT&C and payload data transfer. You shall divide your time and expertise, according to the workload, between the various programs to support the long term evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Ground Stations.
The tasks will typically include:
• Investigation and rectification of anomalies reported by the operations/maintenance team;
• Interface with the maintenance services providers at technical level;
• Reporting on the performance of the Ground Stations and associated systems together with a status report of any on-going activities;
• Provision of Ground Stations support to operations during critical mission phases, pre and post launch (i.e. SVT, LEOP, IOT and contingency);
• Maintenance of operational Ground Stations procedures, databases and documentation in accordance with the configuration management and quality assurance practices;
• Planning and scheduling the implementation, testing and validation phases of any modifications/improvements;
• Providing technical consultancy for the management of ongoing Ground Stations contracts including changes
• Provide consultancy to new programs in the areas of definition, development and integration of Ground Stations;
• Provision of consultancy to the analysis of obsolescence and evolution changes to the ground stations.
In performing these tasks, you shall apply the EUMETSAT configuration and change control procedures as well as the relevant system engineering standards and quality management procedures.
YOUR PROFILE
In addition to having a University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, you shall have a minimum of 5 years experience in the 24/7 Operations and Maintenance of Large Ground Stations and/or Ground Stations Engineering/Integration used for GEO and/or LEO missions.
You shall have experience in the following area:
• Ground Station design, integration and testing, particularly in the areas of Antenna, RF, Base Band and Tracking subsystems, including the generation of Requirement definition and ICD specifications;
• Implementation of relevant ECSS standards and CCSDS recommendations concerning Space Link Services and Space Link Extension (SLE) protocols;
• Operation and configuration of various types of Baseband equipment including integrated TT&C and ranging systems (i.e. Cortex type) and High Data Rate Modulators and Demodulators;
• Maintenance and Operation of large Ground Stations particularly in Local and Remote M&C (including databases and automated procedures), redundancy management, Site Infrastructure and liaison with Service providers;
• Analogue and digital modulation/demodulation schemes used on the Ground to Space interface for TT&C, Mission data transmission and Data Collection Systems.
• Execution of Spacecraft interface verification testing, prior to launch in support of the SVT, and post launch in the form of RF IOT as part of Spacecraft Commissioning. In addition, the knowledge and experience of some of the following subjects would be considered as a distinct advantage:
• Commercial satellite and micro wave data links;
• Basic knowledge of WAN, LAN and TCP/IP protocol;
• In Orbit Test (I.O.T.) systems deployment;
• Radar Principles.
You should be used to working proactively, being able to work without supervision. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills. The ability to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, and working calmly and correctly under stress, is essential. You shall have good communications skills, to allow the effective communication of information under a variety of circumstances with the operational team.
Please note that the start date for this position is as soon as possible.
Please note that the start date for this position is as soon as possible.