Description

You will report to the Head of the Ground Segment Multi-Mission Operational Systems Section (OPS-GAM) of the System and Applications Engineering Division in the Ground Systems Engineering and Innovation Department, Directorate of Operations.

The Ground Segment Multi-Mission Operational Systems Section (OPS-GAM) is responsible for:

• space mission monitoring and control (M&C) applications covering spacecraft commanding, telemetry processing and archiving;
• mission planning (MPS) covering planning and scheduling of operational activities;
• other related applications required for operations.

Duties

Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

• the development, evolution and maintenance of mission ground systems focusing on mission monitoring and control applications as well as related applications. This includes:
  • definition of the ground system and software requirements in cooperation with the stakeholders, including mission-specific requirements for the ground segment systems;
  • design of multi-mission systems evolution;
  • definition and monitoring of the related industrial procurement and service contracts;
  • verification, validation and acceptance of industrial deliveries;
  • collection and implementation of lessons learned as appropriate;
  • management of system evolution and maintenance services;
  • application of appropriate configuration management to the deployed systems;
  • support for stakeholders as required during the different mission phases;
• system engineering of current and future generation mission systems, including Phase-A mission activities related to mission systems;
• management and provision of user support and maintenance services;
• undertaking technology development activities, experimentation in laboratory, pre-development and in-orbit demonstration in related fields to enable missions and projects to benefit from innovations in mission systems;
• support for standardisation activities.

Within the above scope of tasks, you in particular will focus on:

• adoption of the European Ground Systems Common Core(EGS-CC) in the ESA next-generation monitoring and control system platform (MCS-NG), including the roll-out to current and future missions;
• systems for preparing operational artefacts, including tailoring data and procedures;
• building a true multi-mission single source solution on top of the ESOC multi-mission generation (EGOS-MG) environments for testing and operations;
• promotion of automation in all relevant areas.

Technical competencies

Behavioural competencies

Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking

Education

A Master’s degree in a relevant domain is required for this post.

Additional requirements

Background or experience in:

• project management
• procurement of industrial services
• experience in working within complex inter-organisational projects.