EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its 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 has 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.)
EUMETSAT is now inviting well qualified candidates from its Member States to apply for the following post:
EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency - monitoring the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
As an Instrument Systems Engineer, this is your chance to contribute to a world leading earth observation programme, set to generate global weather forecasting and climate monitoring benefits for many years to come.
This role is rooted in the mission of EUMETSAT and will provide the opportunity to work with leading IT, Space and Earth Observation organisations and domain experts to make a positive impact on society!
BACKGROUND
EUMETSAT is developing its next generation geostationary satellite system, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG), in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA).
The MTG space segment is composed of two types satellites, for imagery (MTG-I) and sounding (MTG-S) missions, equipped with highly innovative optical observation instruments. EUMETSAT will launch the first one MTG-S and two MTG-I satellites in the 2022-2025 period.
In the MTG Instrument Team of the Geostationary Programmes Division, the MTG Instrument System Engineer supports the analysis of the on-ground performances of the Lightning Imager (LI) of the MTG-I satellite and the Infrared Sounder (IRS) of the MTG-S satellite and the preparation and execution of their in-orbit verification.
On a long-term perspective, the MTG Instrument System Engineer will participate in the preparation and in-orbit verification of recurrent MTG satellites and the definition of the instrument requirements for the Meteosat Fourth Generation (M4G) system in the mid-2020s.
DUTIES
· Assess the results of on-ground tests at instrument and satellite levels and the impact of non-compliances on expected performance, data processing and operations of the LI and IRS instruments, as a member of multi-disciplinary Instrument Functional Chain Teams;
· Support the development of tools for the assessment of LI and IRS in-orbit operations and performances;
· Support the LI and IRS operations preparation for commissioning and routine operations of the MTG-I1, MTG-S1 and MTG-I2 satellites;
· Support the in-orbit verification and validation of the LI and IRS instruments and their data processing of the MTG-I1, MTG-S1 and MTG-I2 satellites;
· Monitor the integration and testing of the recurrent LI and IRS instrument in collaboration with ESA, and assess the impacts of test results at the Pre-Storage Reviews for the MTG-I3, MTG-I4 and MTG-S2 satellites;
· Support the definition of instrument requirements for the M4G programme, and assess the implications of performance requirements on instrument design
· Support the design and development programme
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
· Excellent salary, in excess of Euro 6,500 NET (after income tax deductions) 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)
· Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in satellite optical instruments design, development, testing;
· Experience of in-orbit verification/operations of optical Earth Observation instruments and analysis of optical instrument data would be an advantage;
· Ability to document instrument concepts, requirements and analysis in a complete, concise and accurate manner;
· Ability to assess the implications of performance requirements on instrument design and conversely the impact of instrument design choices on actual performances ;
· Ability to assimilate new information and provide rapid, accurate impact analyses ;
· Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with a proven ability to apply these within and between teams;
· Experience in working in inter-disciplinary teams including scientists and engineers is highly desirable;
QUALIFICATIONS
· University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (eg Physics or Engineering)
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| Education Backgrounds: |
Aerospace Engineering Environmental Engineering Physics |
| Specialties: |
Process Engineering Process Management Quality Engineering Satellite Communication Signal Processing |
| Education Level: |
Undergraduate (Bachelors) |
| Experience: |
5 - 10 Years |
| Languages spoken: |
English French |
| Job Location: | Darmstadt , Germany |
| Keywords: | instrument engineer, MTG, Satellites, earth observation, infrared sounders, lightning imagers, verification |
Type: Job
Deadline: 1st July 2020
Job reference (ID): 18636
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