To support ESA’s Debris Mitigation Facility (DMF) and related space debris analysis tools you will have following responsibilities:
- Debris Mitigation Facility (DMF) Integration and Commercialisation
- Orchestrate, as product owner and developer, the contributions of ESA internal, commercial, and R&D contributions to the DMF in ESA’s gitlab infrastructure
- Responsible for maintaining up to date CI/CD pipelines in ESA’s gitlab for DMF and underlying analysis modules
- Support ESA internal, commercial, and R&D customers of the DMF in defining their use cases and facilitate the long-term maintenance of new functionality
- Provide reporting on the usage of the software facility
- Support mission customers for the compliance verification analysis task
- Contribute to mission milestone reviews for compliance aspects w.r.t. mitigation guidelines
- Perform, in support of missions, runs with the Debris Mitigation Facility (DMF), DRAMA, Scarab and Snappshot and document the results
- Provide Training on OPS-SD software and processes to internal and external trainees also in training sessions not organised by ESA
- Contributions to the further development of the Consolidated Astrodynamics Platform, Debris Mitigation Facility, and applications based on them
- Contributions to the evolution and upgrade of ESA’s DISCOS database system and systems based thereon
- Contribute the ESA’s re-entry forecasting process
- Standby for project support in the areas of the Space Safety Programme, in particular activities in the Competitiveness Segment
- Provide support to standardisation and handbook preparation activities in the area of space debris
- Participate to the office’s regular monthly infrastructure coordination meetings
- Participate to the office’s regular routine meetings
- Present and promote ESA achievements recent research and work performed at the Space Debris Office at international conferences (once per year), and support related public relation or outreach activities
- Support the organisation of conferences and workshops, and run space debris office demonstration towards VIP tours in the space debris facility
- Provision of technical expertise to the ESA Technical Responsible in responding to TV, broadcast and newspaper interview requests on space debris
- Bachelor / Masters in Aerospace or relevant
Expert knowledge of DRAMA, MASTER, and DMF from both user and developer perspectives.
Strong understanding of orbital mechanics, orbit determination, and coordinate systems & reference frames.
- Experience with space debris modeling, mitigation, observation, and risk assessment.
- Familiarity with space surveillance techniques, principles, and re-entry aerothermodynamics.
- Solid background in system engineering and flight dynamics.
- Knowledge of ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC), and the Space Safety Program.
- Experience with spacecraft control teams and their operations.
- Proficiency in software engineering, version control (GitLab), continuous integration & deployment (CI/CD), and configuration management.
- Experience working with database systems, particularly SQL in PostgreSQL.
- Basic understanding of hardware systems, including PCs, RAID, and backup mechanisms.
- Ability to ensure seamless operation of software systems in routine processes and manage data retrieval.
- High degree of independence and ability to manage projects autonomously.
- Strong negotiation skills and experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to support outreach activities, including training, public relations, and presenting ESA research at conferences.
- Willingness to participate in standardization efforts and handbook preparation related to space debris mitigation.
- Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.
The position is to be filled in Darmstadt, Germany
If you think you have what it takes for this position, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation to quoting the position DE-HP-25048.
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