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LEO Integration Verification and Validation Engineer
2014-09-16 16:42:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, EUMETSAT and CNES. The position is based fully on customer side in EUMETSAT, permanent and will start 1st of December 2014. Submission deadline for applicants will be 5th of October 2014. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineer in engineering relevant to the post, with several years of experience in the field of Integration, Verification and Validation IVV of Earth Observation Systems Satellite and Ground. The Engineer will support our customer in the overall System and Ground Segment IVV activities for the Low Earth Orbiting Satellite programmes including Sentinel3, Sentinel 6JasonCS. RESPONSIBILITIESDUTIES Consultancy support is sought primarily to perform activities of Integration, Verification and Validation IVV of the various components of the Sentinel3 Ground Segment located in EUMETSAT and the various components of the Sentinel6Jason CS Ground Segment and to support the Overall System Validation OSV activities for these two missions. All the Ground Segment IVV activities for Sentinel6 JasonCS Team will be performed by a dedicated IVV group within the System Team. The Key Person will be fully integrated in the IVV Team and would interface with the inhouse experts of the various disciplines system, operations, ground and space segment and with appropriate representatives EUMETSAT Partners Organisations ESA, CNES, NASA and NOAA. It is expected that the tasks to be performed by the Key Person will typically include Provision of support and advice to the Sentinel3 or Sentinel6Jason CS System Team Leaders for all issues related to Ground Segment IVV as well as OSV activities Contribution to the production and updates of the Ground Segment IVV High Level Plans Generation of the detailed Ground Segment IVV tests specification by integrating the inputs of the various experts into a coherent and resourceefficient Integration Verification and Validation approach Definition and support to the development of test tools and test data sets required for Ground Segment IVV Leading the preparation and the execution of the Ground Segment IVV test procedures, Leading the coordination of the testing, including dailyweekly meeting, the analysis of test results and the preparation of the test reports Contribution to the definition of the Overall System Validation Test Plan and the execution of the Satellite Overall System Validation activities Contribution to the preparation of the System Commissioning Plan and to the execution of the System Commissioning Preparation and maintenance of schedule, resource allocations and Work Breakdown Structures for IVV activities Support to the identification and the assessment of risks related to IVV activities and implementation of mitigation measures Monitor and, where applicable, steering the lifecycle for all related anomaly reports ARs nonconformance reports NCRs QUALIFICATIONSEXPERIENCE A relevant engineering degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline The Engineer shall have, as a prerequisite a demonstrated experience of several years in the area of Integration, Verification and Validation IVV of Earth Observation Systems Satellite and Ground. ESSENTIAL SKILLS This experience shall include Testing and verification of complex data processing systems Involvement in development lifecycle of Earth Observation Systems from design to validation Preparation of IVV plans, specifications and procedures Definition and settingup of the logistic tasks related to the preparation and execution of Integration and IVV tests, including the involvement by external entities partners and industry Leading the coordination activities and running dailyweekly meetings Use of standards applicable to IVV activities QA, Configuration Management, Definition and use of Test Data for IVV activities in particular with respect to the needs and the usage. DESIRABLE SKILLS Experience in the area of Satellite Operations Preparation and of Satellite Validation Testing SVT would be an asset. BENEFITS Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. APPLICATION You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your detailed application preferably online with your availability and current salary status.
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