E2E Space Systems Communications Engineer

Company Description

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.

We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.

HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.

We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry.

Job Description

As part of the ECSAT TT&C System Design & Testing team, you will have the following responsibilities:

Support on End-to-End Communications and Navigation Systems:

• assessing and defining architectures for end-to-end communications and navigation systems, and contributing to design of the associated functions and techniques within the system, from physical layer up to the application layer;
• assessing the end-to-end (including user) communication and navigation system design and performance in real and simulated scenarios, including performance budgets and analysis, (dynamic) link budgets, data flow analysis, and capacity and volume assessment, including interaction between different link layers, and assessment of related encryption and authentication functions;
• supporting projects throughout all phases in respect of follow-up of industrial activities relating to end-to-end communication and navigation systems on the space, ground or user segments, including system level design and trade-offs, architecture design, system development, verification and acceptance;
• participation in the preparation of relevant standards and their impact/implementation related to bodies including ECSS and CCSDS, and performing the associated technical supporting work; application and tailoring of standards;
• contributing to the definition of the Agency's R&D activities for long- and short-term needs, and addressing concepts and techniques related to EtE System Communications and Navigation;
• participating in mission studies, project reviews and support to procurement proposals;

The specific duties for the resident assignment at ESA/ECSAT with Moonlight LCNS project are further defined as follows:

• Support the end-to-end system engineering activities for the Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) system, including design, development, qualification, deployment, on-ground verification, and in-orbit validation.
• Support the definition and implementation of communication and navigation services in coordination with the relevant system functional chain leads.
• Support the definition and implementation of system integration, verification, and service validation plans, ensuring end-to-end performance.
• Support the definition, analysis, and management of service and system requirements, including user interfaces, service level agreements, and operational needs.
• Ensure consistency between technical and performance indicators, design drivers, and system specifications.
• Support the definition/management of system-internal and -external interfaces.
• Collaborate with the Space Segment team and Ground Segment team to ensure seamless integration across all segments and to support alignment between system engineering activities.
• Perform system-level analyses, including link budgets, performance budgets, and resource allocation, to ensure the system meets its technical and operational requirements.
• Support the coordination with the internal and external stakeholders to ensure interoperability and alignment with joint concepts of operations.
• Support the interactions with end users throughout the development lifecycle to capture requirements, validate system capabilities, and ensure alignment with operational needs.
• Support the study, development and elaboration of use-cases and innovative operational scenarios of the Moonlight communications and navigation services, in close cooperation with the exploration user community within the Agency and externally with Partner agencies and
• commercial users.
• Support R&D activities complementary to the Moonlight programme, including the exploration of new technologies and methodologies to enhance system performance.

Qualifications

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master's degree/ PhD in Telecommunications or Electronic engineering or similar.
• 4 years of relevant work experience, the applicant should have some years of work experience in the field of Communication and/or Navigation system engineering applied to space.

Further requirements for the resident assignment on LCNS project:

• Solid experience and expertise with system engineering gained from one space application such as communications, navigation, earth observation, and exploration.
• Experience of systems design, development and testing is desirable
• Strong understanding of space system engineering principles, including design, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience in defining, analysing, and managing users and system requirements.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional and cross-directorate teams.
• Strong problem-solving, risk management, and reporting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Candidates must be eligible for security clearance from their national security administration and be eligible for relevant export control authorisation.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

Additional Information

This job is located in
Harwell, United Kingdom.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) by clicking on the button "Apply for this job" quoting job UK-HP-25193.

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