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EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency - monitoring the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Working for EUMETSAT, you can make a world of difference and be a part of something that makes a positive impact on society. You will be at the cutting edge of satellite technology, with a meaningful role in an organisation focused on space-based observations of the Earth’s weather and climate.

Background

As part of the next generation of EUMETSAT satellite programmes, the EUMETSAT Polar System Sterna (EPS-Sterna) programme aims at complementing and expanding the Microwave Sounding capability of EPS-SG and JPSS by implementing a constellation of small microwave sounding satellites, which will improve the accuracy of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models globally as well as providing frequent observations for Nowcasting especially at high latitudes which are not well covered by the geostationary satellites (i.e. MSG and MTG).

EUMETSAT will be responsible of the development and operation of the EPS-Sterna System, while the satellites will be procured in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), as the EPS-Sterna satellites will be recurrent models of the ESA Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) with minor adaptations. The initial constellation will be composed of 6 satellites in three different orbital planes that will be replenished throughout the mission lifetime of thirteen years. The EPS-Sterna programme will build on a number of existing assets from the EUMETSAT ground segment infrastructure as well as from the AWS development. This is done to ensure the overall mission affordability as well as a timely delivery of the initial constellation in orbit by 2029.

Interview of this post will be conducted during the first half of 2025. However, the contract for the successful candidate will only be issued after obtaining formal approval of the EPS-Sterna Programme by EUMETSAT Member States, expected in early-July 2025.

What you’ll be doing

· Management of the EPS-Sterna Mission Control Operations (MCO) sub-segment, ensuring an overall coherence of the MCO architecture with system architecture and with the common cross-mission available solutions and products, design and interfaces, including coordination of production and maintenance of the MCO technical baseline and documentation by the Technical Lead;

· Definition and maintenance of specifications for the MCO in consistency with the Ground Segment level requirements;

· Supervision of activities on all sub-elements of the MCO, in coordination with Technical and Scientific Support (TSS) Department as well as the Operation and Services to Users (OPS) Department;

· In coordination with the Ground Segment Lead, supervise and contribute to analysis and trade-offs and detailed design of the EPS-Sterna MCO supported by the technical experts in the TSS and OPS departments;

· Organise MCO level reviews as necessary;

· In coordination and with the support from the MCO Technical Lead::

o Manage the EPS-Sterna MCO development activities with responsibility to orchestrate and ensure adequate inputs to MCO reviews as well as lower-level reviews, maintaining the MCO baseline in alignment with the ground segment and system baseline;

o Manage the engineering and IV&V activities for MCO (including associated test tools) in consistency with the MCO versioning and deliveries;

o Contribute to successful implementation of ground segment and system level IV&V activities in coordination with the IV&V Lead to ensure consistency of the sub-segment and lower level IV&V activities with the overall IV&V strategy;

o Management of the procurement activities for the MCO, ensuring in particular technical management of industrial contracts including their planning, deliverables and implementation of the contract in coordination with the EPS-Sterna Ground Segment Lead and the Administration Department;

· Support of EPS-Sterna System and Ground Segment activities including risk management, preparation of budgets and human resource planning in concerned areas, support to prospective studies and maintenance of knowledge and skills.

What we offer

· Excellent salary, of at least Euro 8500/ month NET (after tax) based on skills and experience;

· Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave;

· Full medical coverage for employee and family;

· Attractive pension;

· 30 days of annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays;

· Training and development support;

· Relocation allowance and support (if applicable).

Qualifications

A University degree in a relevant engineering discipline

Skills and Experience:

· Proven experience in the field of Earth Observation ground segment systems specification, design, implementation, integration and testing and technical management experience in the development of complex Ground Segment systems;

· Experience in Satellite and Mission Operations Systems for polar and/or geostationary missions. Additional experience in Mission Control Systems used for constellations would be considered an advantage;

· Strong experience in procurement of complex systems and with management of associated contracts;

· Experience with working in a formal development environment, following methodologies, standards and processes; with knowledge of development standards and approaches used by EUMETSAT and ESA (European Space Agency) would be advantageous;

· Experience in leading teams of engineers would be advantageous;

· Knowledge or previous experience with Agile and/or DevOps development methods and/or experience with software engineering would be considered an advantage;

· Strong interpersonal and communications skills, and strengths in analysis, synthesis and presentation of complex problems and solutions.

More about us

EUMETSAT’s role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).

Residence permits and work visas do not meet the criteria for staff employment with EUMETSAT.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to 8,500.00€ per month