Ground Stations Systems Engineer

EUMETSAT is an intergovernmental organisation based in Darmstadt, Germany. Our vision is to be the leading user-driven operational agency in Europe and a trusted global partner for weather and Earth system monitoring from space. All data provided by our state-of-the-art satellites systems are making a tangible difference in people's lives and contribute to the thriving European economy.

Within the Ground Stations Competence Area, the successful candidate will provide engineering support to the development and evolution of EUMETSAT’s multi-mission
ground stations. Ground stations are critical assets to the operations of EUMETSAT’s Low-Earth-Orbiting (LEO) and Geostationary (GEO) Earth Observation missions. The successful candidate will take on ground stations system engineering responsibilities for the development and upgrade of our ground stations in line with the organisation’s multi-mission approach. Close collaboration with our international ground stations operations and engineering teams will offer the selected candidate enriching experience of contributing to the full lifecycle of the systems under her/his responsibility.

What you’ll be doing
The successful candidate will be in charge of managing engineering activities to develop and evolve
ground segment systems in the area of ground stations:
– Definition of concepts, analyses and trade-offs;
– Definition, engineering, and management of technical requirements in accordance to identified user’s needs;
– Support and follow-up on design and development;
– Supervision and support for integration, validation and verification activities;
– Support anomaly review boards, configuration, and quality management.

Additionally, you will be in charge of the following:
– Manage industrial development and/or maintenance contracts;
– Support the definition and implementation of a long-term strategy for cost effective maintenance of ground stations;
– Acquire, maintain and foster knowledge on CCSDS and ECSS standards and other ground stations engineering related topics;
Certain activities will require travelling within Europe and/or going on business trips to remote sites where ground station are located such as Svalbard (Norway) Fucino (Italy) and Türkiye. Exceptionally, these missions could have durations of more than 2 weeks.

Prospective job advert

What we offer
– Excellent salary, of up to Euro 8,000 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 Telecommunication Engineering, or any other relevant discipline.

Skills and Experience:
As successful candidate you will bring the following:
– Background in system engineering in electronics or telecommunication related to ground stations;
– Proven experience in ground stations systems engineering, testing, and/or long-term maintenance of complex ground systems for space missions;
– Strong motivation to develop towards full professionalism in an international environment in the area of Ground Stations System Engineering;
– Readiness to learn / expand the own knowledge combined with excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to work in a team;
– For this role some of the following knowledge would be advantageous: Space to Ground and Ground to Space communications systems including link budgets; satellite
communications coding and modulation schemes; radiometric measurements for satellite navigation.

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.

Prospective job advert
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).