HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration.

As support to a European space company we are looking for a EPS Operations Engineer

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite
data, images and products for its users. You will be working onsite as part of the
Meteorological Operations Division. Your tasks will include:

• Participate in the operations preparation, launch and commissioning phases of EPS
• Collecting information from the following systems to perform regular production and quality monitoring reports:
  • EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) processing chains
  • EPS product quality monitoring (ARGUS)
  • Cal /Val Facility (CVF)
• Performing off-line analysis of product quality using ARGUS and the CVF
• Maintaining product databases
• Elaborating, tracking and publishing service level quality indicators
• Reporting anomalies in product services, contribute to their diagnosis and track their resolution
• Supporting the Metop-B launch preparation and commissioning phases
• Support to reprocessing activities
• Maintaining contact with users to obtain their feedback on product service quality
• Maintaining WWW page content on system status and service quality indicators
• Preparation of technical notes and attendance at technical meetings
• Participation in formal reviews

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in a relevant discipline
• Several years of professional experience in the operational use and quality control of satellite or meteorological data. Specifically, experience in:
  • Quality control of satellite data and products
  • Utilisation of satellite or meteorological products
  • Configuration control of software and data
  • Production monitoring and reporting
  • Operational product processing environments
  • Oracle databases and SQL
• Fluency in English is mandatory; French would be an asset

Deadline for application: 12 September 2011

Please note: Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a
European Union state or if you already hold a work permit for Germany.