Specialist Ground Systems Engineer
D-Orbit
- Lombardia
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Be the technical responsible for ground systems and related subsystems;
- Actively contribute and monitor the development of FOS architecture and design;
- FOS systems and subsystems (MCS and software, GSEG and GS) budgeting and analyses, including coverage and availability analysis, providers and technologies trade-off analyses, etc.;
- Coordinate the integration of FOS subsystems into overall mission architectures, particularly managing all interfaces between GSEG and SSEG, e.g. physical and functional / operational ones;
- Contribute to the stakeholder/mission/project requirements capturing & management;
- Contribute to the ground systems verification and validation plan and requirements compliance;
- Define the FOS verification test procedures, and support test setup and execution;
- Work within a multidisciplinary team of specialists on the FOS and spacecraft systems and s/s design, becoming the reference point for ground ones;
- Interface with and support AIV team and related activities;
- Interface with prototyping / manufacturing to support assembly and verification (ground);
- Interface with SpaCons to support on-orbit verification and validation during mission execution;
- Experience in ground systems design and development, with practical experience on setup and execution of actual mission operations considered a plus;
- Solid knowledge of Ground Systems Engineering principles and systems-level knowledge of all ground architecture subsystems;
- Solid knowledge of Space Systems Engineering principles and systems-level knowledge of all spacecraft subsystems;
- Professional exposure to real-time flight operations of space and/or ground systems;
- Familiarity with communications link architectures, protocols and budgeting (e.g. OSI model);
- Good knowledge in software programming;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Proactive attitude and ability to work in a team;
- Experience in the use of MATLAB and Python;
- Experience in requirements management tools, e.g. DOORS or Jama;
- Good knowledge of software development and configuration management, e.g. GIT or Bitbucket;
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite;
- Experience in successfully achieving project milestones in time and on quality within the context of institutional programs;
- Experience authoring technical documents to the standards of institutional players in the space industry;
- Experience in requirements engineering for software systems;
- Experience with Agile and/or Lean methodologies;
- Professional experience in preparing and/or executing space mission operations;
- Working experience in space transportation and servicing applications;
- Knowledge of space mission analysis and flight dynamics, and related computational tools (e.g. STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT or Orekit);
- Knowledge of Linux;
- Knowledge of Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket);
- Knowledge of ECSS/CCSDS/NASA standards;