Planning Engineer (m/f/d)

at  DLR GfR

Oberpfaffenhofen
Work experience
Office, administration, processing
Research, development, teaching
Published: 2024-03-27
DLR GfR mbH is a company providing reliable, safe and secure aerospace services. We operate and manage the constellation of Galileo satellites in the Galileo Control Center Oberpfaffenhofen on behalf of the European Commission.
Our company headquarters is located in an area widely known as a holiday destination - the five-lakes region in Upper Bavaria near Munich. At the space industry location in Oberpfaffenhofen, our around 260 employees work every day in international and interdisciplinary teams on the navigation for the future. Become a part of us!

YOUR QUALIFICATION:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent, preferably in Aerospace, Telecommunications, IT or Systems Engineering
• Strong organizational, communication and relationship management skills
• Positive attitude towards cooperative team working and ability to interface with customers and stakeholders
• Ability to set priorities, as well as identify and resolve appearing conflicts
• Proactive in self-learning and improvement
• Willingness to work in a multicultural, dynamic and challenging environment
• Comfortable with using Linux command line tools
• Comfortable with using programming languages like VBA, Python or other
• An advanced level of English is mandatory
• Experience in spacecraft operations would be an asset
• Experience in the space or ground segment of navigation satellite systems, such as EGNOS or Galileo, would be an asset

• Preparation of Timeline and Team Plan for routine Galileo Satellite Constellation Operations as well as for Launch and Early Orbit Phase and In-Orbit Testing campaigns
• Participation in Medium- and Short-Term Planning meetings
• Coordination of the inputs received from the different teams involved in Galileo Constellation Operations
• Conducting operations from the Galileo Control Center in Italy (up to 2-3 times per year) for planned or unplanned scenarios, as required
• Support to Ground Control Segment anomaly investigation and resolution
• Support to Ground Control Segment evolution and improvement processes
• Maintenance, troubleshooting and improvement of team internal VBA and Python tools
• Maintenance, development and improvement of operational planning processes and procedure