Spacecraft Controller (m/fd)

at  Terma AS

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you a fresh graduate or someone who already has some professional experience and interested to work in the space industry? Irrespective of the studies you have, either Aerospace Engineering or any form of technical vocational, we would love to hear from you and open the door for you to make the first steps in a career in the space industry.
For our customer EUMETSAT located in Darmstadt, we are looking for Spacecraft Controllers to support the METEOSAT mission.

WHO WE ARE

Terma provides mission-critical solutions for the defence and aerospace industry. We are guided by one overall purpose: to deliver security for countries, alliances, and individuals. We operate in a variety of areas, but security is always the key. We deliver advanced technologies to keep people safe, both in peaceful times and in times of conflict. Our systems provide security for people on land, at sea and in the air.
In space, we are engaged in reaching new frontiers and enabling people on our planet to deal with new and future challenges. Terma puts emphasis on diversity and brings passionate people together with different cultural and professional backgrounds.

Your tasks will typically include but are not limited to:

• Maintain spacecraft and ground segment operational databases, related tools, procedures, and documentation under strict configuration control
• Develop and maintain custom software tools required for efficient and effective mission planning and preparation tasks
• Organize, train, and ensure the operational readiness of spacecraft controllers assigned to the mission, in collaboration with other analysts
• Collect information and data regarding mission performance and provide inputs for mission reports
• Provide spacecraft control support during special operations when the assigned controller complement is insufficient to meet mission requirements (this task is expected to be necessary only for very limited periods of time)
• Support the generation of operational reports based on inputs from other FCT members.
• Consolidate and archive telemetry data
• Support the development and integration logic for flight operations, data processing centers, services, and operational interfaces
• Contribute to routine mission plan generation, as required

This is a full-time position, located at our customer site in Darmstadt, Germany. Fluency in English (spoken and written) is mandatory, as English is the working language.