GSRF Maintenance and Operations Engineer
GSRF Maintenance and Operations Engineer
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07-04-2025
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Job Description
The Ground Segment Reference Facility M&O engineer will integrate the ESOC team and will need to provide the following service:
- Provide a compatibility testing facility (for compatibility with spacecraft and withcontrol centre).
- Ensure full validation of the mission specific space to ground ICD by Radio Frequency Compatibility Tests and of the ground segment subsystems in a representative scenario by endtoend validation.
- Allow the testing of newly developed units delivered by industry in a representative environment.
- Allow the identification and solution of field problems in a test and reference environment and develop modifications to be made in the field.
- Provide a backup facility for debugging problems during system integration.
- Accommodate software integration facilities from other units in ESOC (HSOGIM HSOGIB)
The Ground Segment Reference Facility M&O engineer will:
- Execute RF compatibility tests with the satellite
- Execute endtoend system tests in GSRF
- Ensure GSRF electrical safety
- Install specialized hardware and software in GSRF as required for testing
- Operate and maintain the GSRF facilities
- Maintain the operational configuration of the GSRF
- Perform GSRF preventive/corrective maintenance also from 3rd party (e.g. CCC site services) in line with a maintenance plan to be established and maintained
- Configure and operate the GSRF for all required testing
- Maintain a GSRF usage/availability schedule
- Document test activities executed in the GSRF
- Ensure that the GSRF documentation is complete and up to date.
- Ensure that the GSRF configuration items records are kept up to date. The tools used for this is the ECDB and the applicable documentation management systems.
- Support to configuration control activities for the Test equipment tool and equipment stores.
- Support to populating/updating the ECDB database upon reception of items in ESOC.
- Ensure that the activities in the GSRF are properly documented and executed according to plans (Software Verification and Validation Plans for the Site Acceptance Tests).
- Organise regular meetings on M&O activities
- Ensure fulfilment of GSRF Security Requirements as expressed in AD6
Requirements:
- Data communication systems involving e.g. modulation demodulation PCMtelemetry and telecommand communication protocols (TCP/IP SLE) codingtechniques data processing.
- TT&C systems and their interfaces
- ECSS and CCSDS standards and recommendations as references in RD1 to RD21
- Test of TT&C Equipment.
- Ranging and Doppler measurement.
- RF and Fibreoptical components.
- Handling cryogenic component
- Degree or qualification(s) in engineering preferably Ground Station related Engineering
- Fluent in English
Employment Type
Full Time
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