Columbus Flight Director

Reference:
J23071

**Location**:
DLR Oberpfaffenhofen Germany

Category:
Operations & Engineering Services

**Who You Are**

We are looking to strengthen our service team at our customer premises in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich with an experienced and ambitious team member. If you have an eye for detail and love working in a dynamic and challenging workplace, then this could be your opportunity to be part of the Columbus Flight Control Team. As Columbus Flight Director, you will prepare and execute Columbus mission operations in the framework of the ISS activities.

We are looking forward to meeting you

**What You Will Focus on**
- Realtime operations responsibility for Columbus and Col-CC operated ESA experiments inside and outside of Columbus (ESA owned activities on the ISS).
- Responsible for crew safety, vehicle safety and mission success in the Columbus module.
- Crew interface.
- Contingency responses and resolution of anomalies by approving the execution of malfunction and corrective procedures.
- Interface to external ops centres, real-time product changes, and reporting.
- Handling of short-term shift plan changes.
- Orphan Stowage Notes Handling in case COSMO is not on console.
- Provision of Operations Product Services to ESA ODF operations products and ESA ODF management process board function.
- Provision of Operations Product Services to ISS Flight Rules and ESA payload regulation operations products and related management process.
- Provision of Operations Product Services to Joint Operations Interface procedures (JOIPs) and Operations Interface Procedures (OIPs) operations products and related management process. (JOIP work is restricted to ops needs).
- Provision of Operations Product Services to standard operations products and regular interface meetings.
- Provision of Stage Analysis Support services for Guideline and Constraints disposition.
- Provision of Operational Expertise with regards to ISS onboard emergency cases.
- Support to the Columbus Onboard SW Cycle Transition Team.
- Increment Preparation and Near-Real Time Increment Execution Support Services.
- Support to Anomaly resolution process on ISS level.
- Lead function of the nominated Flight Control Team Increment team.
- Provision of System Matter Expertise (SME) Know How and Training to flight controller trainees and certified flight controllers, including simulation support.
- Provision of Operations Services for the Columbus System and Payload Safety Management.

**What You Bring**
- Engineering degree in Aerospace or related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Years of experience in Ops Engineering and leadership function.
- Proficient user of computer systems and MS Office suite.
- Fluency in English both spoken and written.

Essentially
- Ability to work with little or no supervision;
- Prepared to deliver shift work and on-call provision;
- Outstanding communication skills and team player;
- Ability to prioritize different and parallel activities;
- Problem solving aptitude;
- Fast learner.

While, applying, please indicate your availability to start in this position.

**What We Offer**
- **Highly international environment**: You will work with talented and motivated people from different cultural backgrounds on very diverse and dynamic topics, always dealing with innovation and cutting-edge technologies that help our world advance.
- **Work-life balance**: 30 days of annual leave.
- **Financial benefits**: Company pension plan, net wage optimisation programme incl. employer loans, etc.
- **Relocation support**: We support your move to Germany with helping you with your VISA Process, as well as with an optional relocation fee
- **Career development**: For us, further education and training are an essential part of people management, because this is the only way we can achieve our goal, namely a long-term and successful work relationship with you.
- **Company events and activities**:Summer BBQs, Christmas parties and more

**How to Apply**

Your HR Contact for this position is Christian Maruszcyk.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person