Intern in The Earth Observation Missions Division - Darmstadt, Deutschland - European Space Agency

European Space Agency

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Darmstadt, Deutschland

vor 2 Wochen

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Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Intern in the Earth Observation Missions Division

Job Requisition ID:17987
Closing Date:30 November :59 CET/CEST
Publication:External Only
Vacancy Type:Intern
Date Posted:1 November 2023- Internship Opportunity in the Directorate of Operations.-
Location
Darmstadt

Our team and mission

This position is based at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) - Darmstadt, Germany

Under the direct authority of the Mission Operations Department, the Earth Observation Missions Division is responsible for the ground segment and mission operations implementation for the ESA and EU earth observation missions.

The responsibilities of the Division start typically from Phase B through in-flight commissioning to routine mission operations until end of mission.

The Division acts as the interface to the ESA Project (and later Mission) Manager of these missions and carries responsibility for all technical, financial and schedule aspects of the ground segment and operations implementation and execution.

The Division is responsible for directing and executing flight operations in all mission phases, in particular acting as Flight Operations Director for preflight simulations, for Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) and for critical and commissioning phase operations.

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Field(s) of activity for the internship

Topic:

Spacecraft Operations Automation:
bridging the gap between operational and new generation Mission Control Systems

As an intern, you will work within a Flight Control Team at ESOC and would need to become familiar with the full set of activities typically performed to take care of a real mission spacecraft health and ensure the scientific data are acquired and downlinked on a timely manner.

You will focus on the command-and-control activities together with the ancillary activities to prepare the required products and verifications.

The framework of this activity is the migration from the operationally available Mission Control System (based on SCOS-2000) to the new generation based on the European Ground Segment Common Core (EGS-CC), a product that is envisaged for adoption by ESA and Industry for both flight operations and AIT activities.

While EGS-CC is natively designed for automation, there are certain processes that would need to be adapted from the current practices to adapt them to the new system.

Your job as an intern would be understand the concepts involved in flight operations and, based on the acquired knowledge, help identifying and coding the required adaptations to enable parallel operations in both mission control systems.

Behavioural competencies
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking

Education
You must have student status and be enrolled at university for the entire duration of the internship.

You should preferably be in your final or second to last year of a university course at master's level in a technical or scientific discipline.

Additional requirements
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.

Additional Requirements:

System design skills and familiarity with complex workflows
Familiarity with Python and Linux shell
Knowdedge of Java and Groovy languages is considered an advantage

Other information

For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework.
Internships can take place remotely, onsite or partially onsite depending on the pandemic situation, and in line with the relevant Establishment's policy (e.g. possible Green Pass requirement) applicable at the time of starting the internship.