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System Engineer Operations Preparation Support Sentinel Expansion
2021-01-29 12:12:33| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Thorn SDS is a specialist provider of engineering services within the European Space Sector. We have a new and immediate requirement for an experienced System Engineer to join our consortiums service team providing a number of preoperational support activities to the Mission Control Teams, linked to the evolutions and new developments required with the Earth Observation EO Flight Operations Segment FOS and in particular Sentinel Expansion Missions. The scope of the role is wide ranging but will specifically cover PreOperations Support in the following areas Ground Systems FOS Assembly, Integration and Validation A, IV SpacetoGround testing and Validation You should be able to clearly demonstrate experience in all these areas and, in addition, have a minimum of 5 years of experience in providing support to and integrating within Mission Control Teams for FOS development activities, ideally from early requirements definition phase to A, IV activities. You should have a good understanding of the operational concepts linked to File Based Operations FBO and the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol CFDP. A background and experience working with European Cooperation for Space Standardisation ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard PUS and a good working knowledge of PUSC would be considered advantageous. We also expect you to have experience in drafting and implementing FOS System Test Plans, knowledge and understanding of the European Ground Systems Common Core based Mission Control Systems EGOSCC MCS and demonstratable experience of SCOS 2000 Mission Control Systems. At Thorn SDS we are always seeking to identify high quality individuals who are looking to start or further their career in the space industry. These are fantastic roles with huge career development potential.
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