Flight Operator Engineer m/f Ref. Sat_FOE_24

OHB Italia is seeking for its Satellite and Missions Department in Rome an

Flight Operator Engineer m/f Ref. Sat_FOE_24

In the frame of IRIDE Mission, OHB-I will operate its Eaglet-2 constellation (10+ satellites) throughout the whole operational life cycle.

We are seeking an experienced Flight Operator Engineer to support the operations preparation and execution. The position is based in Rome-IT.

Tasks

• Understand the mission objectives and the Spacecraft (S/C) design.
• Support to Mission Planning System (MPS) plan generation, and MPS product approval.
• Support for Flight Dynamics System (FDS) Orbital manoeuvres and FDS product approval.
• Authoring and validation of Flight Operations Procedures and Ground Operations Procedures.
• Identify S/C anomalies, and support throughout the whole anomaly troubleshooting cycle.
• Generate report and console logs.
• Preparation of monitoring displays.
• Generation of Flight Training Material.
• Monitoring and Commanding of the S/C.
• Extractions of TM data and analyse data to assess the S/C Health and Status.
• Implementation of configuration updates.
• Support to System Validation Test (SVT) Plan and Procedure.
• Support to System Operations Validation (SOV) Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Commissioning Plan and Procedures.
• Support to Flight Operations Plan.
• Execution of SVT, SOV test campaigns.
• Execution of LEOP.
• Execution of Platform and Payload Commissioning.
• Participation to operations execution, including shift work and regular on-call.

Qualifications

• A Master degree (or equivalent), preferably in the fields of Aerospace/Space Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.
• Knowledge of Database Manipulation and data analysis.
• Knowledge of Mission Planning Systems.
• Knowledge on S/C Flight dynamics (nice to have).
• Experience with interfacing with S/C supplier.
• Experience in Anomaly resolution.
• Experience in S/C Monitoring and Mission Control Systems.
• Basic knowledge of S/C Operations.
• Knowledge of basic programming (Linux shell scripting, Java, Python, MATLAB are preferred languages).
• Knowledge of Unix based OS MS Windows and Office Suite.
• Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.

Additional Assets

• Knowledge of CCSDS Packet Utilization Standard (PUS) rev. A and C.
• Knowledge of SCOS2000 Database Import ICD.
• Knowledge of Space Link Extension (SLE) protocol.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing and Operations Information System (MOIS) tool suite (nice to have)
• Knowledge of Procedure Language for Users in Test and Operations (PLUTO) (nice to have)
• Knowledge of ECSS-E-ST-70C (nice to have)