Ground Station System Integration Engineer

Description

The company is a European aerospace firm focused on software-centric engineering. It has been operating for 40 years and employs more than 450 people in Germany.

The team works in an international setting that values trust, integrity, participation and curiosity. Staff bring different cultural backgrounds and skills to the work.

Benefits include flexible working hours, the option to work remotely, and support for career development.

Responsibilities

• You support the European Space Agency at the European Operations Control Centre in Darmstadt, working for Telespazio Germany on ground segment systems for ESA and third-party missions.
• You handle engineering for the integration, evolution, operation, maintenance and deployment of backend ground station systems, local and wide area networks, operating systems, application software, and RF-related interfaces and compatibility work.
• You manage technical coordination, system engineering, maintenance, obsolescence and operational support across the full system lifecycle.
• You work closely with the client on ground station developments, upgrades, test campaigns, validation and deployment of operational systems and subsystems.
• You develop, upgrade, integrate, test, validate and deploy operational systems and subsystems.
• You support Mission Operations infrastructure projects.
• You support ESA and third-party missions in routine, mission-critical and contingency operations.
• You carry out integration work in line with applicable engineering processes.
• You perform corrective and preventive maintenance and obsolescence management on ground station systems and their network infrastructure.
• You take part in technical reviews, coordination activities, conferences and project meetings.
• Some work requires travel to ground station sites and to development or integration facilities.

Requirements

• You hold a university degree in electronic engineering, telecommunications or a similar field.
• You know ground station architecture and design.
• You have experience with backend ground station systems.
• You have experience integrating and upgrading large systems, including testing and validation.
• You have experience with application software and operating systems such as Linux, Windows and QNX.
• You have good knowledge of database architecture, documentation and configuration control.
• You are familiar with ESTRACK and with tools such as ECDB and CoCKPIT.
• You are fluent in English, spoken and written.
• You can coordinate and work with other service providers in operations and other fields.
• You plan and organise well, work independently and set your own priorities.
• You are available to travel, across global sites as required depending on the mission.
• Desirable: you are familiar with the ESOC environment, including its processes and configuration control.
• Desirable: you are familiar with ground station maintenance and operations.

Conditions

This is an expert-level, permanent employee position.

The primary location is Darmstadt at ESOC, Germany.

The role is hybrid.

Benefits

• The company offers flexible working hours, the option to work remotely, and career development support.