CO2M MAP Instrument Performance Engineer

Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of EOP – Engineering Support to Earth Observation, for the specific mission of CO2M.

Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service.

Specific Tasks

• Monitoring the industrial activities concerning the prediction, assessment, analysis and computation of end-to-end instrument performance.
• Supporting the flow-down of the end-to-end instrument performance requirements onto the Payload instrument and subsystems specification, and, in close cooperation with the Spacecraft team, the Spacecraft related subsystems specification.
• Supporting the overall Payload instrument characterisation definition, and supporting the monitoring of the subsystem and component characterisation (including dedicated Ground Support Equipment) as required.
• Supporting the definition, development and verification of the instrument software simulator, ensuring that the required specification is met and the resulting performance is appropriate to fulfil the instrument verification as required.
• Supporting, in his/her area of expertise, the definition of the Payload Assembly, Integration, Characterisation, Calibration and Verification approach.
• Supporting the execution and assessment of the calibration of the instrument on-ground, the instrument performance tests at satellite level and ultimately the in-flight commissioning.
• Reviewing the project documentation as produced throughout the project lifetime in the area of instrument performance.
• Developing any needed software tool and preparation of instrument data to support all the mentioned activities.
• Providing necessary inputs for the relevant internal and external meetings.

Specific qualification requirements

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• Understanding in polarization, data analysis and knowledge in optics.
• A sound and proven experience in remote sensing instrument techniques.
• A sound and proven experience in instrument performance parameter definition.
• A sound and proven experience in instrument performance computation.
• A working knowledge of complex systems modelling and simulation.
• A working knowledge of instrument data processing and performance analysis tools.
• A good experience of interacting with other stakeholders (engineers, scientists).
• A good knowledge of the English language.
• A good level of autonomy and organizing skills.

Legal and Security Requirements

• All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands
• Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA.
• Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident.

Location

The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) at Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Contract

• The selected candidate will receive good remuneration.
• Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands.
• The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
• Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
• Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially.
• Aurora contributes 15,4% of pensionable salary to a company pension scheme and employees can optionally make additional contributions.

To be considered for this Position

Prior to 31 May 2025, please apply via our Job Application form quoting EOP-208 (CO2M MAP Instrument Performance) as reference.

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