Senior Payload Data Ground Systems Architect
Portsmouth
Salary neg c £40K - £55K

The successful Payload Systems Engineer is required to work within the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science group. The role will involve varied tasks including:
• Mission analysis and requirements capture
• Development of system specifications, and performing associated trade-offs
• Payload Data Ground System architecture modelling
• Definition of system level Integration, Verification and Validation concepts and plans
• Definition of PA and Safety Requirements for Ground Segment
• Definition and analysis of system availability and qualities of service
• Technical proposal authoring

The group undertakes a variety of end-to-end and ground segment related projects.

The successful payload engineer needs to be flexible and able to work on a number of tasks across a project and to work on multiple projects at the same time. Strong technical leadership coupled with willingness and capability to learn on the job is essential. The capacity to be fully responsible for a large scale system design is required.

The person appointed will also be required to undertake work package management, maintaining technical tasks to schedule and budget, provide inputs to internal and external reviews, and support internal R&D activities related to the activities of the group. Technical authoring for proposals is another key role that will need to be undertaken as part of the job.

The ability to assimilate the big picture and liaise technically at all levels to progress system definition is central to this role as is an understanding of the lifecycle of space mission projects and the ability to interface with customers, industrial team partners and sub-contractors.

Skills and Experience required:

• Good experience of Systems engineering
• Requirements management
• Good understanding of Payload Data Ground systems architecture and operations.
• Knowledge of UML/Sisal.
• Telelogic DOORS, understanding of end-to-end service chain especially for Earth Observation Missions, high level understanding of a range of onboard instruments ideally including Synthetic Aperture Radar, understanding of calibration/validation strategies and mission planning
• Significant experience of Payload Data Ground Systems engineering and operations, experience of technical proposal authoring
• Experience of ESRIN Payload Data Processing infrastructure or equivalent.