End-to-End Mission Performance Engineers (2 positions)

Are you fueled by a passion for people and the ambition to create an awesome workplace? Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey with us to help earth benefit from space?

If you answer yes to these questions, we invite you to seize the opportunity to make a significant impact. We are looking for a dedicated professional who shares our core values of Customer passion, Care, Collaboration, Curiosity, and Courage.

Requirements

Specific Qualification requirements

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Physics, Engineering or Computer Science.
• Knowledge of Linux environments: able to work comfortably in the command line, run scripts, review and filter logs, manage basic permissions, connect to remote servers via SSH, and transfer files using FTP/SFTP/FTPS from the terminal.
• Good understanding of C/C++ and Python: enough to follow general code structure, interpret build or runtime error messages, adjust simple parameters, and use tools or utilities associated with the software (build systems, helper scripts, etc.).
• Competence in using Docker technology: capable of starting and stopping containers, checking container status, accessing containers for basic diagnostics, rebuilding simple images, and maintaining a stable dockerized execution environment.
• Proven expertise with optical instruments (imagers), both for simulation and processing.
• Expertise in the field of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing is highly desirable.
• A good knowledge of the English.

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. SSC Space Netherlands 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 SSC Space Netherlands a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident.

Welcome to SSC Space (formerly Swedish Space Corporation), the perfect workplace for those passionate about technology in general and space in particular.

With space organizations, research institutes, institutional and commercial actors as customers, we offer specialist expertise in satellite communications, space consulting services, rocket and balloon systems, flight test services, satellite propulsion systems, and much more.

SSC Space also has one of the world’s largest global networks of ground stations for satellite communications. We own and operate the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, northern Sweden, with the aim of launching satellites in the near future.