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VN 25 / 23 Ground Stations Systems Engineer

Within the Ground Stations Competence Area, the successful candidate will provide engineering support to the development and evolution of EUMETSAT’s multi-mission ground stations.

Ground stations are critical assets to the operations of EUMETSAT’s Low-Earth-Orbiting (LEO) and Geostationary (GEO) Earth Observation missions. The successful candidate will take on ground stations system engineering responsibilities for the development and upgrade of our ground stations in line with the organisation’s multi-mission approach.

Close collaboration with our international ground stations operations and engineering teams will offer the selected candidate enriching experience of contributing to the full lifecycle of the systems under her / his responsibility.

Duties

The successful candidate will be in charge of managing engineering activities to develop and evolve ground segment systems in the area of ground stations :

• Definition of concepts, analyses and trade-offs;
• Definition, engineering, and management of technical requirements in accordance to identified user’s needs;
• Support and follow-up on design and development;
• Supervision and support for integration, validation and verification activities;
• Support anomaly review boards, configuration, and quality management.

The successful candidate will cover also the following :

Certain activities will require travelling within Europe and / or going on business trips to remote sites where ground station are located such as Svalbard (Norway), Fucino (Italy) and Turkey. Exceptionally, these missions could have durations of more than 2 weeks.

LOCATION

Darmstadt, Germany

QUALIFICATIONS

University degree (or equivalent) in Telecommunication Engineering, or any other relevant discipline.

LANGUAGES

Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French.

DEADLINE

5 May

Duties

The successful candidate will be in charge of managing engineering activities to develop and evolve ground segment systems in the area of ground stations :

The successful candidate will cover also the following :

Certain activities will require travelling within Europe and / or going on business trips to remote sites where ground station are located such as Svalbard (Norway), Fucino (Italy) and Turkey. Exceptionally, these missions could have durations of more than 2 weeks.

Skills and Experience

Employment Conditions

The initial contract will be of 4 years’ duration, with subsequent 5 year contracts being awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63 and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT.

This post is graded A2 / A4 on the EUMETSAT salary scales. The minimum basic salary for this post is EURO 7, per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances) which may be negotiable on the basis of skills and experience. The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.

EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women.

Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited on the basis of their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT.