Young Graduate Trainee in Ground Stations

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Darmstadt, Deutschland European Space Agency Vollzeit

**EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY**

Young Graduate Trainee in Ground Stations Operations of Small Missions (SMILE)

**Job Requisition ID**:18370**Closing Date**:7 March 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:External Only**Vacancy Type**:Young Graduate Trainee**Date Posted**:8 February 2024- Young Graduate Opportunity in the Directorate of Operations-
- This post is classified F1 on the Coordinated Organisations’ salary scale.**Location**
- ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany**Our team and mission**
As part of the Mission Operations Department, the Ground Facilities Operations Division manages, operates and maintains infrastructure used to support operations of ESA and external missions. Facilities include Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C) stations belonging to ESA’s ground station network (ESTRACK), the Operations Control Centre at ESOC and Mission Operations Technical IT.

The Division is responsible for management of the Special Mission Infrastructure Laboratory Environment (SMILE), a flexible mission control and validation facility located at ESA’s Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Comprising an operational control lab and several ground station antennas, SMILE supports ESA internal users as well as universities, research institutes and companies prototyping, testing and validating innovative operations concepts and technologies. Typical users benefitting from access to SMILE facilities and services are:

- CubeSats and small spacecraft manufacturers and operators;
- ground station software and hardware developers;
- ground segment service providers.

**Field(s) of activity/research for the traineeship**
The main objective of this activity is to support the preparation and conducting of ground facilities operations with a particular focus on small satellite missions.

As a YGT, you will be assigned to the team responsible for operations, maintenance and evolution of the SMILE facilities. You will review, maintain and evolve procedures, tools and other systems used in the operations and promotion of SMILE. You will be responsible for the daily operations of the relevant facilities in support of ESA and external customers missions, typically in the areas of small satellites and CubeSats.

You will be supporting the evolution of SMILE facilities and services, including automation of tracking activities as well as the definition and testing of novel concepts such as optical communication and autonomous ground station scheduling.

**Technical competencies**
Knowledge of relevant technical domains
Relevant experience gained during internships/project work
Breadth of exposure coming from past and/or current research/activities
Knowledge of ESA and its programmes/projects

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

**Education**
You should have just completed, or be in the final year of your Master’ s degree in a technical or scientific discipline.

**Additional requirements**
You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and should be able to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team.
The following is considered as desirable qualification:

- knowledge of programming languages, e.g. python;
- possession of radio-amateur licence;
- knowledge of virtual private networks and/or administration of virtual machines.
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.
During the interview motivation and overall professional perspective/career goals will also be explored.

**Other information**
- For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework.- For further information on the Young Graduate Programme please visit: Young Graduate Programme and FAQ Young Graduate Programme-
Member States, Associate Members or Cooperating States.

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