Training and Simulations Officer (m/f/d)

DLR GfR mbH is a company providing reliable, safe and secure aerospace services. We operate and manage the constellation of Galileo satellites in the Galileo Control Center Oberpfaffenhofen on behalf of the European Commission. 
Our company headquarters is located in an area widely known as a holiday destination -  the five-lakes region in Upper Bavaria near Munich. At the space industry location in Oberpfaffenhofen, our around 300 employees work every day in international and interdisciplinary teams on the navigation for the future. Become a part of us!

As a Galileo Training and Simulations Officer you will take over a key role in guiding the new team members of the Flight Control Team through their training process for Routine and LEOP Operations. You will operate the Constellation Simulator in order to lead both Routine and LEOP Simulations to get the teams ready for their work at the Galileo Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen.
 
This position is composed of 3 main parts:

Routine Training & Simulations

• Organize nominal and contingency simulations for the training of the Flight Control Team (FCT) (certification and refresher)
• Guide the trainees through their certification process, which also includes maintaining their personal training schedule and training records
• In cooperation with the technical responsibles, develop, update and improve the training and certification process (including training material and scorecards in Training Management System) for the FCT, when and where necessary
• Support FCT with training and validation of operational scenarios as part of a simulation
• Represent DLR GfR mbH in Training and Simulation related activities
• Support generation and maintenance of Training documentation  with the parts relevant for FCT

Constellation Simulator (CSIM)

• Support the maintenance and update of routine breakpoints. Create and maintain scripts for breakpoint generation for different simulations and/or validation scenarios e.g. PL activation, clock swap, eclipse, maneuvers, safe mode recovery, LEOP
• Ensure that the simulator configuration is as close as possible to constellation configuration.
• Generation of KAF files for the CSIM set-up
• Act as a point of contact between CSIM developer and the facility users to facilitate Anomaly Reports (AR) resolution, including general information exchange on ARs and workarounds

LEOP Training & Simulation

• Organize nominal and contingency simulations in preparation for launches, including generation of breakpoints and contingency scenarios
• Coordinate with external facilities in preparation for SIM campaigns
• Post-Process LEOP simulations and support ORR DP deliveries
• Represent DLR GfR mbH in activities related to LEOP Simulation Campaigns

• Master´s degree in telecommunications, aerospace engineering, informatics or equivalent
• Experience in Spacecraft Operations
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Excellent coordination skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Service oriented and problem solution working style
• An advanced level of English is mandatory
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The following additional qualifications are an advantage:

• Previous experience in the GSOp project
• A good understanding of satellite subsystems, preferably SOE background
• A good knowledge of the CSIM element
• Knowledge on Javascript and GNU Bash

We have aroused your interest but you still have questions about the position? Then please contact us!