Spacecraft Controller

Company Description

The Luxembourg System Integrator for Microsatellites & Aerospace Systems
LuxSpace Sàrl is a member of the OHB group family.

LuxSpace vision is to technologically enable the use of Space by players with great missions on Earth.

Leveraging our flight heritage and our 15+ years hands-on experience, our team builds the vision by reshaping the way microsatellite solutions and Space based services are conceived, developed, and delivered.

LuxSpace focuses on:
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Complete microsatellite systems in the Kg class
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Space systems and subsystems design, specification, procurement, manufacturing, integration, and testing. This includes structure, TT&C subsystems, electronics, Radio Frequency, power supply, AOCS, simulators, on
- board software, GSEs and all major elements of satellites

Our OHB LuxSpace Team is composed of highly skilled and motivated professionals having joined us from more than 15 (mainly EU) countries.

LuxSpace offers a dynamic and challenging, multinational, open minded and innovative work environment with a cooperative management culture and flexible working time options.

Job Description:

Spacecraft Controller
/ Flight Dynamics - Orbit and Attitude Analysis (M/F/o)

Being member of a dedicated multinational project team for satellite mission services, the incumbent(s) will contribute to the successful performance of the mission operations centre in aspects of flight operations and ground segment.

The position(s) are expected to cover operations preparation and validation, pre-launch, launch and post-launch activities.

The Spacecraft Controller will be in charge of coordinating all the routine activities performed in view of satellite operations and responsible for the correct execution of all the nominal and first level contingency procedures.

Responsibilities comprise furthermore all flight dynamics activities performed during operations execution, and the orbit and attitude analysis and operations aspects including procedures.

Typical tasks to be performed:

• Participation to installations, operations preparation and validation
• Participation in commissioning and routine phases
• Participation to trainings
• Contribution and active participation to system validation test, system operation validation and S&R
• Anomalies reporting
• Corrective and emergency operations as per applicable processes and procedures
• Interfacing and collaborating with other roles as required
• Flight operations procedures coding and validation
• In particular interfacing with Spacecraft Platform and Payload Engineers
• Telecommand sequences generation
• RT telemetry monitoring, commands, and execution of nominal procedures
• Response to faults and alarms, running routine automated procedures
• Verification of correct execution of pass plans
• SAT DB and FOP management and configuration control
• Coding, validation and configuration maintenance of FOP and GOP
• Performance analysis data collection
• Orbit determination and propagation
• Collision avoidance activities
• Orbit and attitude manoeuvre estimation and planning
• Orbit products analysis and computation
• FDS subsystem configuration
• Orbit acquisition and orbit control
• AOCS commands generation and system health monitoring
• Guidance generation
• Auxiliary products generation
• Test validation
• Contribute to HW/SW/NET maintenance of FDS environment
• Ground operation procedures and documentation writing, editing and control
• Other tasks and duties assigned by manager(s)
• Temporarily or permanently performing other reasonable and equivalent duties

Qualifications:

Skills and Background:

• Knowledge of satellite subsystems
• Working knowledge of flight operation and contingency procedures
• Working experience in operation activities management
• Working knowledge in system activities supervision
• Working knowledge and supervision of flight dynamics subsystem area
• Working knowledge of orbit control and related ground operations activities and procedures
• Working knowledge of AOCS and propulsion satellite subsystems
• Engineering or technical discipline degree (Bachelor/Master/Diploma), or equivalent vocational education plus relevant proven work experience
• Entry junior level, up to 3+ years of work experience in the field of space systems operations in a relevant professional environment
• Experience in the area of attitude and orbit analysis
• Experience in the field of orbit control and computation for space systems
• Willingness to learn new tools and systems
• Excellent sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Structured handson workapproach
• Highly selfmotivated and able to work autonomously
• Excellent problemsolving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer oriented thinkingapproach
• Positive spirit to work and interface with a multinational team
• Willingness to work flexible in line with project needs and schedules
• Readiness to work i

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