Satellite Operations Engineer - Glasgow, United Kingdom - EVONA

Description

We are looking for an experienced, Satellite Operations Engineer to join our busy Engineering team, in a hybrid working role based in Glasgow (Scotland, UK) to support a diverse range of activities to deliver on our projects and missions.

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking for responsibility and development opportunities of a technical nature in a dynamic, fast paced working environment with exciting missions, challenging commissioning and able to engage with customers.

It is an exciting opportunity to be part of existing projects and missions where your work literally ends up in space

The purpose of the role is to lead commissioning phases for new missions as well as ensuring normal operations for existing missions in line with cost, quality, safety, and time parameters.

Drive the first weeks of our satellites' lives through planning, preparation, and execution of the commissioning phases
Analyse data and investigate in-orbit anomalies, solving problems both individually and through collaboration with other engineering disciplines
Ensure nominal operations of existing missions and help improve existing processes
Support the design of mission specific ground segment systems for service and data delivery
Proven ability to effectively identify and debug issues with existing or new software
Technical report and procedure writing to a high standard
Ability to organise self and prioritise workload of multiple projects in dynamic environment with tight deadlines
Customer focused with basic commercial understanding
Competent IT skills including Microsoft Software and familiarity with command line interfaces
Proficient in English, both verbally and written
Knowledge of space mission analysis and satellite design
Experience of programming in Python
Experience of RF / DSP engineering applied to space communications
Experience with space mission regulatory environment (ITU filings, insurances...)
Experience of testing or operating a satellite at system/mission level