Metop Spacecraft Operations Engineer

Company Description

CS GROUP, together with HE Space and Sopra Steria, has been successfully providing digital end-to-end systems and engineering services for more than 40 years. With over 2000 employees worldwide, we combine advanced and unique skills in both information technology and space data engineering. We combine entrepreneurial agility with cutting-edge technological expertise. CS GROUP is a leading provider of operational systems and an important and trusted long-term partner for space and defence organisations.

At CS GROUP, we are driven by innovation and we value our most important asset: our people.

As a member of a team providing services to EUMETSAT, you will have the following responsibility:

• Ensure proper in-flight operations for the Metop/ Metop-SG spacecraft and provide on-call service this includes:
  • Perform Mission Planning checks, monitoring the daily operations in the on- call period as necessary;
  • Check and report at the weekly meeting about health and performance of the assigned subsystems using all available analysis tools (TM Propagator and CHART) Contribute to the resolution of the in-orbit S/C anomaly investigation as required;
• Develop and Maintain the operational baseline as needed in reaction to anomalies, to allow execution of new operations, to improve the efficiency and accuracy of operations ;
  
  Participate in the activities related to the S/C Routine Support Service provided by the satellite manufacturer for the Spacecraft routine operations, Rehearsals;
• Prepare Annual Performance Reports for the respective Spacecraft Subsystem;
  Raise Anomaly Reports and contribute to Anomaly resolution as relevant;
• Provide assistance on use of APEX procedure configuration tracking and validation tools/software (including FOP tool kit setup);
• Contribute for the technical aspects of the EPS/EPS-SG SIM development and maintenance;
• Contribute to the finalization and validation of the Metop re-orbiting and decommissioning activities and of the Technology Tests including liaison with Flight Dynamics and other S/S or facility experts;
• Contribute to the review, production and maintenance of the operational guides and documents (including SOE Guide, COG etc.);
• Production and maintenance of the operational baseline including end to end preparation of new Manual Procedures, Automated Procedures, Special Operation Instructions, TMTC / Events / display as well related DUs for Metop.

The operations preparation phase

• Contribute to the space segment and system reviews as required by the SOM;
• Ensure proper Metop-SG Operations preparation for the Metop-SG spacecraft, interfacing with other Metop-SGMETOP teams (e.g. System, Mission Operations Facility). This includes:
  • Review the Operational deliverables provided by industry (e.g. FOM, FOM procedures, TM/TC MIB Files) and contribute to their acceptance by EUMETSAT;
  • Ensure the production, verification and validation of the operational data units (DUs), including Manual and automated procedures, TM/TC Database and operational documentation in view of METOP main Operations preparation milestones, including the various System Validation Tests (SSVTs);
  • Contribute to SATSIM tool development and use, in particular related to its use for the Verification & Validation activities at EUM.
• Contribute to the operations preparation at system level as relevant, in particular the preparation and execution of the Operational validation campaign and rehearsals in view of demonstrating the Operational Readiness before Launch;
• Contribute to the SSVT preparation activities, including delivering main documentation (e.g. SSVT Plan, SVT test specifications, SSVT procedures, TRR and TRB data package), as well as to the SSVT execution;
• Contribute to the METOP LEOP preparation and I/F aspects with the METOP system team;
• Contribute to the definition and follow-up of the development of engineering Off-Line tools including the Spacecraft Analysis and Reporting functions (e.g. CHART);
• Contribute to the production and maintenance of the documentation to support the development, testing and validation of the system;
• Contribute to the definition, production and maintenance of the Procedures Production Rules, Naming Convention, System Operations File, SATCOG, Analyst Operations Guide and Analysis and Reporting Operations Guide;
• Contribute to the design, development and delivery of the Operations training, mainly at Satellite level.

Mandatory skills:

• Experience of Spacecraft Operations preferably on Low Earth Orbit (LEO), spinning and/or 3-axis stabilized spacecraft with responsibility for one or more platform subsystems or instruments during operational validation, commissioning or routine operations phases;
• Experience of Spacecraft Operations Preparation preferably on Low Earth Orbit (LEO), with responsibility on development and validation of operational baseline (procedures, database etc.) including validation tools (e.g. S/C simulator) and ground segment M&C facilities;
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