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European Space Agency
Copernicus Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical Principal Instrument Engineer
Noordwijk
September 11, 2024
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Your duties will also involve proactive and close cooperation with members of the satellite and system teams. Specialised engineers will provide functional support, in particular for optical, mechanical, thermal and electrical engineering.
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:
- contributing to the management of the industrial activities by leading the specification, design, procurement, development and verification/acceptance of OLCI and AOLCI instruments hardware and software and the associated ground support equipment, including coordination across functional teams and end-user organisations and operators throughout the project lifetime, from ITT to flight commissioning;
- leading the AOLCI instrument requirements and specifications, technical budgets, design drivers, internal and external instrument interfaces, level instrument performance and operational concepts and ensuring their consistency with the mission requirements, specifications and technical budgets;
- ensuring that the experience and lessons learned from the OLCI instrument are incorporated into the AOLCI design and verification plans;
- monitoring industrial progress and design evolution at instrument and equipment levels, ensuring they remain consistent with the technical and programmatic requirements;
- monitoring and supporting all AOLCI technology enhancement-related activities, such as bread-boarding, pre-developments, developments and qualifications and assessing the performances, readiness status, suitability, schedule and risks for the Sentinel-3 NGO mission;
- monitoring industrial verification activities to ensure proper verification, including resolving non-conformances, and supporting the assessment of deviations and waivers;
- providing regular reporting to project management and identifying technical risk areas, proposing and monitoring mitigation measures;
- contributing to the management of the schedule and proposing schedule risk mitigation actions;
- proposing mechanisms to ensure optimisation of the payload’s assembly, integration, verification, calibration and validation, ensuring consistency with the technical specification and with project needs and constraints, including timely availability to the spacecraft;
- coordinating the instrument AIV activities and supporting the spacecraft AIV activities, the preparation of the launch campaign and the in-orbit commissioning of the instrument;
- in support of the S3 and S3 NGO System and Operations Manager and Performance Engineer, monitoring budgets and key instrument and mission performances, ensuring timely delivery of instrument data and tools produced by industry as required to support the development or updating of ground processing algorithms and instrument performance simulation, and participating in the Mission Advisory Group (MAG) as required;
- providing technical coordination for the specialised engineering support provided by the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality and the Directorate of Operations.
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook
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.
Important Information and Disclaimer
In principle, recruitment will be within the advertised grade band (A2-A4). However, if the selected candidate has less than four years of relevant professional experience following the completion of the master’s degree, the position may be filled at A1 level.
Please note that applications can only be 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.
- Member States, Associate Members or Cooperating States.
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