ABOUT US
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) provides safe and secure European satellite navigation services, advances the commercialization of Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), and Copernicus data and services, engages in secure SATCOM (GOVSATCOM & IRIS2), and operates the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) Front Desk. Through these projects, EUSPA enhances European autonomy in space technologies, fosters innovation and creativity, supports European transport net and agriculture, all while contributing to the economic growth and health of the European Union.
EUSPA offers a diverse multicultural workplace that welcomes all applicants without distinction on any grounds of gender, race, ethnic or social origin, nationality, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, birth, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or other family situation. EUSPA wishes to employ competent talents and be representative of the diversity of the EU citizens and is committed to provide the best working conditions and benefits to its staff. For more information on the EUSPA and the EU Space Programme, click here.
The current vacancy will offer an opportunity to work in the Engineering Department which ensures the Agency’s technical leadership on all matters related to system infrastructure, service, and security engineering, and acts as the Engineering Centre of Competence. The Department is responsible for ensuring the robustness and security of the systems in operations, for developing the infrastructure of the EUSPA service facilities, for providing the operations and service requirements to new system developments, and for engineering new services and their receivers that ensure the wide usage of EU Space data. The Department interfaces the European Space Agency as design authority of EGNOS and Galileo, and with the industry in charge of the evolution of the systems in operation and of the service facilities.
The Engineering staff are located in several sites and offices (Prague/Czech Republic, Saint-Germain-en-Laye/France, Toulouse/France, Noordwijk/the Netherlands, Torrejon de Ardoz/Spain). The position requires permanent relocation to the Agency’s headquarters in the heart of Europe – Prague.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO DO
We are looking for a System Engineer who will actively contribute to the definition and implementation of evolutions of the infrastructure providing EU space services (civil and governmental) in the different EU space components (Galileo, EGNOS, GOVSATCOM, SST, etc.) including the relevant security aspects. The successful candidate needs to possess excellent organisational skills and a strong team spirit.
The System Engineer will report to the Head of Department or one of the department’s Team Leaders and will be entrusted with the following main tasks and responsibilities:
- Carry out infrastructure and hosting technical activities including specification and design (technical assessments, feasibility analyses and related studies and trade-offs) for the different Components of the Space Programme;
- Follow up on the system infrastructure and hosting development, qualification, deployment, and activities under EUSPA and ESA contracts, and the handover to operations, also ensuring the adequate implementation of the relevant security aspects;
- Handle the monitoring of system infrastructure obsolescence, anomalies and security vulnerabilities with definition of the corrective and maintenance releases;
- Maintain and update the Statement of Compliance of the infrastructure under EUSPA responsibility in line with its requirements (including security) and in accordance with the mission and service baseline;
- Assess the impact of requests for deviation and waivers issued by infrastructure developers, identify suitable mitigation actions and support the preparation of associated deviations and waivers to the system and service baseline;
- Contribute to the Service/System/Projects Reviews and Boards as appropriate;
- Coordinate the work of contractors supporting the above activities;
- Contribute to procurements, contracts, and grants (e.g. studies, developments, industrial expertise) in support of the above activities;
- Liaise with other department, in the areas of Administration and Operations, to ensure execution of related corporate tasks, such as planning, reporting, administration, financial & budget management and risk management
