EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, operating a fleet of geostationary (GEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites delivering weather and climate-related satellite data and images to our users worldwide; helping protect lives, property and industries.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
EUMETSAT is an international organisation employing staff from across all 30 member states and this role is being advertised on multiple international job boards, but please note that this role would be based in Darmstadt, Germany and would require international applicants to relocate if successful.
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EUMETSAT’s role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.
EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.
As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).
To sustain and evolve its global network of operational ground stations across Europe and overseas, EUMETSAT is looking for a Ground Station Systems Engineer to join the Ground Stations Competence Area within the Satellite Ground Segment (SGS) Division.
In this hands-on role, you will lead the end-to-end evolution of EUMETSAT’s ground stations, from system design and industrial coordination to testing and transition into operations. As successful candidate you will help shape future ground station architectures and drive harmonised, high-performance solutions across all EUMETSAT satellite systems.
What you’ll be doing
As Ground Station Systems Engineer you will:
Requirements
Qualifications:
University Degree or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering.
Skills and Experience:
Languages:
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