Ground Segment Engineer (m/f)

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Ground Segment Engineer (m/f) to join our Customer Support & Operations department based in Toulouse, France. This department is in charge of corrective and evolutionary activities as well as Operations for Earth Observation and Telecom satellites. The Internal GS Maintenance team is in charge of Earth observation Ground Segment for institutional and internal customers.

You will be integrated in the Control Ground Segment (CGS) transversal engineer’s team accountable for the CGS performance and effective flight operations on five fleets. In this context, you will contribute to control and maintain the satellites fleets operated from the Control Ground Segment (CGS) in Toulouse. This team is also in charge of the continuous support of the procedures and ground/on-board software specification.

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city of the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.

• Work / Life Balance:  Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.

• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.

• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects  with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly.    Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Interface with Flight Director to prioritize and organize CGS activities on various projects (PNeo, Azaleo, CO3D , CSO-SCC, PNEXT),
• Analyze and qualify operational ground anomalies,
• Maintain CGS internal sub-systems,
• Prepare and validate new software deliveries,
• Update test environments for these new deliveries,
• Generate and upgrade operational procedures,
• Be controller interface and integrate the on-call duty (typically once a month).

Your profile:

• Educated to Master degree or equivalent in Engineering,
• Knowledge in software development cycle and Maintenance process,
• Knowledge of LINUX and scripting,
• Desired knowledge of Ansible, jenkins,
• Knowledge of software maintenance processes and configuration management tools (GIT, GITLAB),
• Knowledge in functional interfaces and functional chains,
• Capacity to analyze, synthetize and present complex problems and solutions,
• Capacity to build technical proposals,
• Good relationship skills and team spirit,
• Autonomy, decision making,
• Sensitivity to customer relationship,
• Languages: Advanced level French and English.

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F11

Experience Level:

Entry Level

Job Family:

Software Engineering

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.