
XMM/INTEGRAL Instrument Operations Engineer (f/m/d)
Telespazio Germany GmbH · Darmstadt, HE, GermanyTelespazio Germany is looking to complement their current Astronomical Missions Operations team with additional engineering support, delivering services to ESA/ESOC for the XMM & INTEGRAL missions.
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
- interfacing 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.
- 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
- 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)
CV in Europass format
Permission to work in the EU