Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come.
We are looking for a Junior IVV Engineer to work with ESA from the Starion office in Frascati, Italy.
About the client and location
The IVV and Operational Support Engineer will support the integration, validation and transfer to operations of new Copernicus Ground Segment service elements, testing evolutions of the interfaces and the data flows, and support the routine conformance and benchmarking assessment of the Service interfaces within the Ground Segment.
This position is open to protected categories under Italian Law 68/99 (“Rules for the right to work of disabled people”). Questa posizione e’ aperta alle categorie protette L. 68/99.
Tasks and activities
The scope of work will include:
- Support the definition of the test plan, cases and procedures.
- Support the definition and implementation for automating test execution.
- Test execution, interpretation of results and support to reporting.
- Preparation and the Ground Segment Conformance Test and Benchmarking Test environments.
- Identification of anomalies, anomaly investigation, monitoring and reporting.
- Support to integration and validation activities of Ground Segment service elements.
- Support the transfer to operations and reporting.
- Execution of investigations in case of operational problems and open anomalies, interacting with other team members to resolve problems.
- Provide 8/7 on-call support (on voluntary basis) in coordination with the other team members.
Skills and experience
The following skills and experience are mandatory:
- University degree in Engineering or a technical field that provides similar competences.
- At least 2 years of IVV experience on complex and critical systems.
- Knowledge of testing automation tools.
- Capacity of shell programming and bash scripting.
- Familiarity with Git and SVN.
- Capable of working to schedule and milestones.
- Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
- Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
The following skills and experience would be highly desirable:
- Previous working experience of the Copernicus Ground Segment operations.
- Knowledge of Python.
- Knowledge of cloud facilities & tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Why should you apply?
- You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
- We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
- To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
- Benefits include competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, all genders, LGBTQ+ individuals and ex-service personnel.
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