Copernicus Space Segment Coordination Engineer

EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Darmstadt, Germany

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency - monitoring the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

At EUMETSAT, you can make a world of difference and be a part of something that makes a positive impact on society. You will be at the cutting edge of satellite technology, with a meaningful role in an organisation focused on space-based observations of the Earth’s weather and climate.

Background

In partnership with ESA and other international organisations, EUMETSAT contributes to the development of several Copernicus missions, for example Sentinel-3, Sentinel-6 and High Priority Copernicus Missions such as CO2M, in order to later assume the responsibility for routine operations. EUMETSAT also develops capability to process global ocean data from CRISTAL and CIMR polar regions monitoring missions. The EUMETSAT activities are funded by the EU Copernicus programme, under Cooperation Agreements with the European Commission, and by EUMETSAT ocean altimetry programmes, e.g. the Jason-CS programme.

As part of the Copernicus Mission Development Division (CMD) the Copernicus Space Segment Coordination Engineer is responsible to develop and maintain competence to space segment related topics allowing EUMETSAT contribution to develop and eventually operate the Copernicus Sentinel Missions.

The main duties will be as follows

Establish and maintain the competence in the space segment domain being the internal and external EUMETSAT space segment point of contact for the future Copernicus missions;
Contribute to the definition of the space segment technical and programmatic baseline and maintain it throughout its evolution;
During requirement definition phase, in line with the relevant cooperation agreement with ESA:
- Review requirements relevant to the space segment in particular regarding the operability of the Space Segment in alignment with involved partners;
- Participate in the trade-off analyses of the Space Segment (including those managed by partners) addressing operability, OPS preparation, mission analysis etc.;
- Identify and share with the Space Segment Partner EUMETSAT needs related to development of System and Ground Segment and mission operations (e.g. databases, technical and scientific information, Ground Processing Prototype, test data etc, according to the mission specificities).
During design & development phase, in line the relevant cooperation agreement with ESA:
- Coordination of baselines between EUMETSAT and Partners for space segment at technical and programmatic level;
- Report to EUMETSAT project teams on the status of space segment activities.
Coordinate participation of EUMETSAT teams to the relevant Space Segment Reviews and other relevant meetings, ensuring issues raised by EUMETSAT are processed according to the agreed procedures;
Support project activities with recommendations and trade-offs relevant to the development of System and Ground Segment and to risk management;
Maintain the relevant Space Segment information repository;
Follow-up the definition and monitor the execution of the satellites’ storage activities;
Follow-up during the commissioning phase, the health status of the in-orbit satellites, organise support from Industry as required (e.g. anomalies, complex operations, etc.).

What we offer

Excellent salary, of up to Euro 7500/month NET (after 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).

Qualifications

University degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent.

Skills and Experience:

Proven experience in Space Segment engineering, procurement and management - preferably in an Earth Observation satellite development environment;
Familiarity with the management of ESA satellite development programmes would be a strong advantage;
Experience with system baseline management, formal engineering reviews and risk management processes;
Strong level of diplomacy and tact, with the ability to balance sometimes conflicting inter-agency priorities while still advocating for the interests of the home institution;
Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to apply these to the interactions with teams having different or conflicting interests;
Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects/programmes simultaneously with sometimes different constraints, and/or tasks/schedule demands, requiring flexibility and adaptiveness.

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. Teleworking will not be possible.

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).

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