Copernicus Ground Segment System Engineer

Copernicus Ground Segment System Engineer

EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Darmstadt, Germany

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, operating a fleet of satellites delivering weather and climate-related satellite data and images to our users worldwide, helping protect lives, property and industries.

You will be a member of the Ground Segment Systems Engineering Competence Area (GSSE) within the Satellite System Ground Segments Division (SGS). You will participate in system and ground segment engineering activities of the different programmes, projects and initiatives within EUMETSAT in which the Satellite System Ground Segments Division (SGS) is involved. In addition, you will participate in ground segment activities at the level of definition, design, specification, implementation and IV&V.

You will contribute to Copernicus missions in the area of System level and Ground Segment System Engineering, to fulfil the relevant divisional and departmental objectives of the organisation.

This position supports the Third Party Programmes in accordance with the respective annual memos on HR planning.

What you’ll be doing

• Provision of support to the whole organisation based on agreed requests in the areas of ground segment system engineering architectural and detailed design and ground segment IV&V;
• Support to the definition and evaluation of ground segment system level architectural trade-offs, concepts and design decisions to be documented in relevant Design Justification and Design Reports;
• Support to the specification and definition/consolidation of ground segment requirements and their apportionment into its different elements composing a given ground segment functional chain;
• Support to the definition and control of ground segment interfaces;
• Support to discussions aimed at improving the EUMETSAT approach to ground segment system engineering;
• Support to the technical discussions with EUMETSAT partner agencies for apportionment of system drivers and consolidation, specification/review and control of ground segment external interfaces;
• Contribution to the ground segment IV&V plans, specifications and procedures;
• Contribution to the generation of ground segment system level design documentation in support to the different system and ground segment related reviews;
• Conduct and monitoring of studies in the relevant ground segment system engineering areas;
• Management of industrial contracts/services in the area of responsibility;
• Develop and maintain knowledge and skills of ground segment system engineering as well as undertake focused industrial and technological watch in the areas related to the assigned role in the organisation.

What we offer

• Excellent salary, of up to Euro 7,500 NET (after income tax) based on skills and experience;
• Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave;
• Full medical coverage for employee and family;
• Attractive pension;
• 30 days of annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays;
• Training and development support;
• Relocation allowance and support (if applicable).

Requirements

Qualifications

• University degree (or equivalent) in system engineering or other relevant discipline.

Skills and Experience

• Background in Meteorological and/or Earth Observation systems and ground segments (both mission control and data processing and preferably with multi-programme elements/components) design and development following well established system engineering processes and design standards (e.g. ECSS, OMG) for 24/7 operational systems;
• Relevant experience in the areas of requirements engineering, design concepts, architecture, specification, procurement, production, implementation, deployment, operations and maintenance of large systems and ground segments and/or subsystems;
• Competence and experience in managing requirements from the definition phase through the maintenance, traceability, verification and validation stages using formal methods and tools (e.g. DOORS);
• Practical experience in using UML/SysML MBSE based tools for supporting/documenting the design of ground segment systems;
• Experience in working/leading small teams, strong interpersonal and communications skills, and strengths in analysis, synthesis and presentation of complex problems and solutions.

Languages

• Candidates must be able to work effectively in English.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.

EUMETSAT is an international organisation employing staff from across all 30 member states and this role is being advertised on multiple international job boards, but please note that this role would be based in Darmstadt, Germany and would require international applicants to relocate if successful.

More about us

EUMETSAT’s role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).