Satellite Ground System Engineer (d/m/f)

About Us

At Airbus, our purpose is to improve life on Earth and beyond through our cutting-edge space technologies. With every technological breakthrough, we bring people closer together, we navigate new frontiers and we discover new and unexplored destinations. And we don't just take innovations to space - our space solutions and projects help solve global challenges on Earth.

We are looking for a candidate to become our new Satellite Ground System Engineer (d/m/f) with focus on Mission Control for national space projects within Airbus Space Engineering, located in Friedrichshafen, Germany. You will be a member of the System Architecture & Lead Engineering Team with great team-players aside you.

You will join a diverse and empowered team working on Space & Ground Systems Architectures, Secure Space Solutions, Systems Engineering, Development, Operations, Data Processing, and Performance Modelling. You will benefit from training opportunities and new ways of working (home office, digital tools, flexible working hours etc.). You will find great leadership teams whose priority is to support your development, foster team spirit and give meaning to your activity in a global Airbus environment. On top, thanks to the high diversity of jobs and competencies that we can offer in our domain, you will have opportunities to grow & prepare your longer-term development plan. We are looking for diverse people to design creative ground system solutions.

As a System Engineer (d/m/f) for ground systems, you will be part of a team based in Friedrichshafen supporting our integrated national space mission project teams. You will define the architecture for the control and monitoring of satellites, specify and integrate hardware and software components, and configure the mission control components. Beside the operational activities, you will contribute to our transformation plan that has the vision to become national champion for high-performance Ground-Space Mission Solutions. You will work on concrete operational tasks while capitalising return of experience for future secure space solution improvement.

Join our empowered and engaged teams!

Tasks & accountabilities

• Definition and design of Satellite Ground Systems: use of state-of-the-art methods (Scrum, Model-Based Systems Engineering)
• Requirements analysis and architecture definition for Ground Segments regarding: satellite monitoring and control, interfaces to ground stations, mission planning systems
• Design trade-offs and interface management: evaluation and optimization of design decisions, identification of internal and external interfaces, creation of interface documents (ICD)
• Specification of hardware and software elements as well as redundancy concepts
• Support in defining ground segment operating concepts and training of satellite operators
• Cost estimates for Ground Segment development and operation
• Support in system development, AIV (assembly, integration, verification)
• Contributions to proposals and studies as well as research and development activities
• Technical management for the procurement of software components
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Space Segment Engineering, Performance Engineering, Operations Engineering

Qualifications

• Education and professional experience: completed university degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Communications (Network), or equivalent qualification, more than 5 years of professional experience in relevant fields
• Technical expertise: knowledge and practical experience in processes and standards of the space industry (eg, ECSS, CCSDS), experience in systems engineering as well as with corresponding methods and tools
• Adaptability and willingness to learn: Interest and ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new technologies
• Project experience: experience working on classified projects (an advantage), experience in managing technical stakeholders (an advantage)
• Soft Skills: good communication and presentation skills, team-oriented work style
• Language Skills: fluent German and English, French language skills (a plus)

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Computing&Comm and Info& Data Processing

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