Sentinel System Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a Sentinel System Engineer on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) for their location in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Please note, the successful candidate will be employed by ATG Europe (or one of its subsidiaries). Furthermore, upon selection, they will be subject to a general security screening performed by an external provider (further information will be provided at the interview stage). ATG is dedicated to diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer. Regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or any other reason protected by relevant state or municipal legislation, we are pleased to consider all eligible candidates for employment. The successful candidate will be tasked with, but not limited to: Coordinate the internal & external support to PLS (ESA Space Segment Development Team, TEC experts, Mission Analysis & System Support, Industry); Coordinate with the ESA Space Segment Development Team (where relevant) to exchange technical status on the flying- and non-flying satellite(s), identifying coordination issues of relevance and following them to conclusion; Support PLS at the regular (weekly) Operations Boards; Support the Operations Team(s) by providing or facilitating responses to technical support requests from either the Flight Operations Segment (FOS) or Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS); Maintain & distribute the PLS On-Call lists to the FOS (& other parties where relevant) in a timely manner; Support the Mission Manager and his/her team by providing technical advice related to issues of Satellite(s) performance; Support the Space Segment Development Team(s) by providing timely & pertinent feedback on any issue detected in-flight with potential impact on satellite(s) still under development; Provide specific technical expertise to support Performance Monitoring, Analysis & Optimisation tasks and Anomaly Investigations, with overall aim to improve mission quality and/or lifetime; Preparation of Technical Documentation, such as Reports, Technical Notes and other requested documentation; Review and synthesis of Technical Reports and documents produced by Industry, and extraction of relevant technical information for use in generation of PLS Performance metrics and reports; Organise and support the 6-monthly Satellite In-Orbit Performance (SIOP) Techn…