Spacecraft Operations Engineer for LEO and/or GEO satellites

Location: On-site at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Applicants must be EU citizens or eligible to obtain a work permit for Germany.

Company

CS GROUP, together with HE Space and Sopra Steria, provides digital end-to-end systems and engineering services for space and defence organizations.

What you will do

• Ensure proper in-flight operations for LEO and/or GEO spacecraft, including mission planning checks, daily monitoring, and 24/7 on-call support.
• Monitor subsystem health and performance, prepare reports, raise anomaly reports, and contribute to anomaly investigation and resolution.
• Develop and maintain operational baselines, manual and automated procedures, operational databases, documentation, and configuration-controlled data units.
• Support spacecraft operations preparation, system validation tests, rehearsals, operational validation campaigns, LEOP, commissioning, re-orbiting, and decommissioning activities.
• Contribute to spacecraft simulator, ground-segment, analysis, reporting, and offline tool development and maintenance.
• Coordinate with satellite manufacturers, system teams, Flight Dynamics, Mission Operations Facility, and other subsystem or facility experts.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.
• Experience with spacecraft operations on LEO and/or GEO missions, including responsibility for spacecraft subsystems or instruments.
• Experience preparing and validating spacecraft operational baselines, procedures, databases, simulators, and ground-segment monitoring and control facilities.
• Experience with satellite performance monitoring, anomaly analysis, procedure change control, and configuration management.
• Experience with SCOS 2000 Mission Control System.
• EU citizenship or eligibility to obtain a work permit for Germany is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with the APEX operations procedures preparation and execution tool.
• LEOP and commissioning experience.
• Knowledge of On-Board Control Procedures, ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard, and system configuration management.
• Programming or data analysis experience with Python, Java, VBA, or similar tools.
• Ability to analyze complex technical problems and communicate technical information clearly.

Culture & Benefits

• International working environment involving space and defence organizations.
• On-site work at the customer premises in Darmstadt.
• Collaboration with international satellite, system, and operations teams.