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CHIME and LSTM System Performance Engineer

  • Organization: ESA - European Space Agency
  • Location:
  • Grade: Junior level - A2 - Grade band
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Engineering
  • Closing Date: Closed

 

Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes.

 

ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged.

 

This post is classified A2-A4 on the Coordinated Organisations’ salary scale.

 

Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands  

 

Description

System and Performance Engineer for the Copernicus LSTM (Land Surface Temperature Monitoring) and CHIME (Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment) missions, presently in Phase C.


If selected for this position, you will report to the CHIME and LSTM System Managers for all technical and programmatic matters and will work within the CHIME and LSTM project teams. You will interface with and receive support from other engineers working on the projects and will also have specialised technical support from D/TEC.


The assignment covers the activities related to Phases C/D/E1 for prototype and recurrent satellite(s), including storage, where applicable.

Duties

You will provide technical support to the CHIME and LSTM end-to-end system performance activities, consolidating the performance requirements, monitoring their evolution and supporting their verification and validation until completion of in-orbit commissioning and calibration/validation.


Your responsibilities may vary depending on the project and will include the development of a performance model and budgets tool, proactive monitoring of the system performance and supporting the payload and spacecraft team members with the assessment of the design evolution and the instrument and spacecraft design compliance with the performance allocation. Supporting the System Managers, you will also analyse and propose updates to the performance allocations as required.

 

Your principal tasks and responsibilities will include:

  • consolidation, maintenance and allocation of the system performance requirements;
  • liaising, in support of the System Manager, with the Mission Scientist for the maintenance and evolution of mission requirements;
  • consolidation, implementation and maintenance of the end-to-end system performance model and performance budgets;
  • coordination with other project team members to ensure consistency of the performance model and budget with the actual system and payload design;
  • consolidation of the end-to-end system definition with respect to the performance allocation and verification (including level-1 data processing, flight calibration and characterisation, payload science and ancillary data);
  • coordinating with other project team members to ensure consistency of flight and ground segment performance and testing levels with system-level needs;
  • coordinating, together with Core Ground Segment and relevant parties, the system, instrument and level-1 product verification (cal/val activities) during the commissioning phase and supporting level-2 anomaly investigations with the various partners;
  • processing the instrument level-0 data received from industry to check consistency with the simulator and support any anomaly investigations; processing and analysing the auxiliary data required for the product generation;
  • monitoring the end-to-end data flow from geophysical parameters through the instrument and satellite subsystems up to the final data products, ensuring availability of all required models and tools;
  • supporting the monitoring of industrial and Agency activities associated with the procurement and use of the end-to-end simulator, the ground processing prototype and ground tools supporting satellite cal/val activities and validating the associated deliverables;
  • maintaining, updating and controlling the system interfaces to the ground segment elements involved in processing the provided data;
  • supporting the System Manager as required depending on the mission for technical interfaces between the project and partner organisations (e.g. NASA, CNES, DLR, ASI);
  • providing regular reporting to the System Manager on all aspects of competence, identifying risks and problem areas and proposing mitigation actions, where appropriate;
  • supporting the general project reporting tasks and other Department-level activities as required.

Technical competencies

Multidisciplinary knowledge of area of responsibility, in particular in the Optical Instruments and associated imaging chain, as well as in system modelling and data post processing domains
Experience in performance requirements and budgets definition and consequent verification of optical missions
Experience in Data processing and in the development of Ground Processors
Experience in project environment working on procurement and monitoring of industrial activities
Knowledge of ESA and Industrial procurement processes and standards for space system development, verification and Product Assurance
Experience in using performance/system simulator tools and conducting simulations and performance analysis

Behavioural competencies

Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking

Education

A master's degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline is required.

Additional requirements

Specific expertise in the optical instruments domain and/or ground processing systems would be an asset.

Other information

For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework.

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The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.     

 

The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests.

 

At the Agency we value diversity and we welcome people with disabilities.  Whenever possible, we seek to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing the necessary support at the workplace.  The Human Resources Department can also provide assistance during the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss this further please contact us email contact.human.resources@esa.int.

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Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

 

According to the ESA Convention, the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States*. When short-listing for an interview, priority will first be given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from under-represented or balanced Member States*.  (https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/careers/NationalityTargets.pdf)

 

In accordance with the European Space Agency’s security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment conducted by an external background screening service. 

 

Recruitment will normally be at the first grade in the band (A2); however, if the candidate selected has little or no experience, the position may be filled at A1 level.

*Member States, Associate Members or Cooperating States.

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