Leonardo · Darmstadt - ESOC, Germany

Job Description: Telespazio Germany is looking for an engineer to join our ESTRACK Ground Operations Engineering Service team at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. ESTRACK is ESA's global network of ground stations supporting deep-space and LEO satellite communications. As a Ground Operations Engineer (GOE), you'll be assigned to a Spacecraft Mission operations team, providing engineering support to prepare and maintain ground operation facilities—both during new mission onboarding and throughout live mission operations. Key Responsibilities The core services of Ground Operations Engineering are as follows: Validation of end-to-end ground segment configuration for critical and routine remote operations. Leading Mission Readiness tests to validate operational procedures for critical and routine operations. Generation of operational configuration of mission-specific documentation (e.g. Ground Operation Procedure, Remote and local Procedures, training material) during the lifetime of the mission. Investigations of anomalies (incidents analysis and problem management) affecting the Ground station services to any supported mission. Interfacing with ESTRACK Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Ground Station. Maintenance and Operations teams; interfacing with external station partners. Preparation of the ground segment for launch and early orbit phases of new missions. Provide training and procedural documentation for NOC operations. Supporting the development and evolution of the NOC facilities and operational concepts. Essential Skills and Qualifications University degree or equivalent education in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering. Experience in the Telecommunication Engineering domain (i.e. RF expertise), including practical experience as an RF engineer. Broad understanding of IT Systems. Configuration control expertise (i.e., knowledge and experience in configuration management). Desirable Skills Some experience with deep space and 15m antennas. Some experience with Ground Station operations. Familiarity with Satellite support ground facilities control processes and set-up. Some experience dealing with internal & external interfaces and industrial suppliers. Familiarity with ground segment maintenance and operations. Furthermore Start date 01/10/2026 or 01/01/2027. EU applications only. CV in the latest Europass format. Seniority: Expert Primary Location: DE - Darmstadt - ESOC Contract Type: Employee-Permanent Hybrid Working: Onsite

Leonardo · Darmstadt - ESOC, Germany

Job Description: Telespazio Germany is looking to for an experienced Space Link Communication Engineer to expand our on-site presence in the area of Ground segment system Engineering and support our client ESA for their cutting-edge ground station network ESTRACK. The future post holder will participate in the preparation of ESTRACK for upcoming missions and support to the flying ones in aspects related to the ground station engineering and space link communications and tracking, approached from a system perspective. Responsibilities / Tasks The daily tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Active participation in ground station developments, i.e. new antenna projects and upgrade of existing antennas, by providing support to the definition of technical specifications and statement of works, participation to procurement in the role of expert, support to design reviews as well as support to factory and site acceptance tests and supporting preventive, predictive and corrective maintenances. Design and documentation creation and review (Statement of Work, Technical Specifications, technical trade-offs, Technical Notes) Monitoring of ground station data provision and archiving, providing performance assessments in response to operational incidents. Deployment, testing and validation of technical solutions in ESA operational sites. Support to operations during critical phases. Monitoring of applicable scientific and technological trends and maintaining state-of-the-art expertise in the specific technical domain Active participation in technology development activities, i.e. support to the definition of requirements, support in preliminary prototype and bread boarding activities, support to the evaluation of achievements. Active participation in studies of new operational concepts and techniques (e.g. use of weather forecast for link optimisation) Support to development of link budget tools Space link performance monitoring and assessment. ESTRACK data management: supervision of production, archiving and dissemination of ESTRACK sub-systems data. Qualifications Essential Skills University degree in Electronic Engineering, Telecommunication, or similar Knowledge in the ground station domain: ground stations architecture and design Experience in: ground station systems engineering. development and upgrade of complex systems, including testing and validation communication systems involving e.g. modulation, demodulation, coding techniques, signal/data processing. TT&C systems and their interfaces. Experience of programming: e.g. Python, C++, Matlab. Fluency in English, both in speech and writing Good planning and organisational skills Ability to work independently to multi-task efficiently and setting priorities Availability to travel (depending on mission, working across global sites as required) Desirable Skills Familiarity with the ESTRACK and ESOC environment: processes, configuration control Familiarity with radio propagation over different media. Familiarity with ECSS and CCSDS standards and recommendations. Seniority: Senior Primary Location: DE - Darmstadt - ESOC Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid