Performance Engineer at the Galileo Reference Centre

Please submit your application by 25/05/2021 11:59 (Prague time) 
The only means of submitting an application for this vacancy is through the GSA e-recruitment portal https://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/jobs-opportunities

ABOUT THE JOB:

The European GNSS Agency is looking for a Performance Engineer for GRC who will be involved in all activities within the mission of the Centre to elaborate and implement GNSS service and signal performance monitoring.

For more information on the GSA and the European satellite navigation programmes, click here.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The jobholder will be entrusted with the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Conduct routine and ad-hoc technical performance assessments related to Galileo service performance commitments and signals interoperability, and compatibility with other systems;
• Analyse in-service performance degradations in order to identify the origins of problems and propose recommendations for corrective measures, in liaison with the relevant stakeholders;
• Generate Public Regulated Services (PRS) reference products (orbits, clocks, biases), prepare PRS navigation reports and carry out performance investigations into navigation service related issues;
• Define the approach for independent performance monitoring of the new European GNSS services (e.g. HAS/CAS/EWS/SAR) and of the evolutions of the current ones;
• Specify and carry out procurements and grants related to GRC infrastructure development, hosting and operation according to the applicable rules and procedures;
• Carry out technical management of GRC infrastructure development and operation activities;
• Contribute to the design of the European GNSS services, of their extensions and evolutions (Service Requirements, Service Definition Documents, Performance, User and Signal Requirements and Interfaces);
• Contribute to standardization activities through the exploitation of historical GNSS performance related data stored in the GRC archive;
• Contribute to the design, development, implementation and validation of solutions for Safety of Life (SoL) applications, such as integrity monitoring algorithms and Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring related activities;
• Coordinate with other GSA sites as well as with EC, ESA, Member states, aviation stakeholders and other service providers through the IGMA activities;
• Liaise with the European Commission and ESA regarding performance monitoring aspects of the Galileo services;
• Represent the GSA in the relevant boards as necessary (including but not limited to Change Control Boards, Anomaly Review Boards, Qualification Review Board, Acceptance Review Board);
• Support the department in any other tasks, as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on the closing date for application:

• A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more

                         OR

• A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and at least one year of appropriate professional experience when the normal period of university education is three years
• In addition to the above, appropriate professional experience of at least six years after obtaining the required diploma
• Be a national of a Member State of the European Union
• Be entitled to his or her full rights as citizen
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service
• Meet the character requirements for the duties involved
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties
• Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post.