The Luxembourg System Integrator for Microsatellites & Aerospace Systems

LuxSpace Sàrl is a member of the OHB group family.

LuxSpace vision is to technologically enable the use of Space by players with great missions on Earth. Leveraging our flight heritage and our 20+ years hands-on experience, our team builds the vision by reshaping the way microsatellite solutions and Space based services are conceived, developed, and delivered.

LuxSpace focuses on:

• Complete small/ microsatellite systems in the 20-300 Kg class
• Space systems and subsystems design, specification, procurement, manufacturing, integration, and testing. This includes structure, TT&C subsystems, electronics, Radio Frequency, power supply, AOCS, simulators, on- board software, GSEs and all major elements of satellites
• Satellite services and applications with a focus on Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Earth Observation (EO)

Our OHB LuxSpace Team is composed of highly skilled and motivated professionals having joined us from more than 20 countries.

LuxSpace offers a dynamic and challenging, multinational, open minded and innovative work environment with a cooperative management culture and flexible working time options.

OHB LuxSpace is looking for motivated candidates to join for an exciting opportunity as:

IT Systems Engineer / Integrated Logistics Services (ILS) and Maintenance Tools (m/f/o)

Job Profile:

Being member of a dedicated multinational team, the incumbent will contribute to the successful performance of ILS and IT services for space mission operations and general operations in aspects of Logistics and Maintenance, as well as Hardware and Software infrastructures and Databases Management.

The position is expected to cover general operations, service operations preparation and validation, pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities.

The IT Systems Engineer / ILS and Maintenance Tools will be in charge of logistics and maintenance operations, supervision and control of related activities; logistic software tool operation / administration and databases management. Tasks comprise the execution of all activities relating to integration, configuration, administration and operation of hardware and software in new and existing infrastructures.

Typical tasks to be performed include:

• Participation to installations, operations preparation and validation
• Participation in commissioning and routine phases
• Participation to trainings
• Contribution and active participation to system validation test, system operation validation and S&R
• Deal with general operation procedures and documentation, ground operation procedures and ILS life cycle documentation
• Supporting and contributing to achievement of project milestones
• Planning, supervision and execution of maintenance
• Optimization of maintenance resources and scenarios
• Logistic support analysis
• Spare parts optimization and consumables management; executing ordering processes in cooperation with purchasing team
• Acknowledge maintenance
• Anomalies detection, reporting and analysis, trouble ticketing
• Analysis and evaluation of system performances
• Statistical data processing and ILS data analysis
• Report generation
• Criticalities submission
• Information security aspects
• Administration and updates of databases and configuration of control assets, e. g. for documentation configuration control, HW and SW, logistics, spare parts
• Logistic engineering software tool operation and administration (LORA, LCC, SO)
• Execution of all activities relating to HW and SW maintenance in order to ensure nominal operations
• SW and HW problem reporting, resolving and managing new SW and HW releases
• Maintaining SW and HW configurations
• Preparation, execution and monitoring of device tests
• Management and execution of general logistic aspects, such as PHST

• Coordination and exchange with system engineering, test and software development teams
• Interfacing and collaborating with other roles as required

• Other tasks and duties assigned by manager(s)
• Temporarily or permanently performing other reasonable and equivalent duties.

Skills and Background:

• Proficient knowledge of Software and Hardware maintenance, administration and management
• Solid knowledge of office automation SW
• Working knowledge of tools for logistic procedures
• Knowledge of ILS aspects including LSA
• Proficient knowledge of hardware and software COTS
• Working knowledge of PHST activities
• Confident handling of Microsoft and/or Linux operating systems
• Specialized knowledge in such areas as networking, virtualization, Powershell, shell scripting, cloud services and other fields is considered an advantage
• Knowledge of ITIL and/or SCRUM is considered an asset
• Base knowledge of satellite systems considered an asset

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Engineering or technical discipline degree (Bachelor/Master/Diploma) in the field of IT or comparable relevant field; or equivalent vocational education plus relevant proven work experience
• 3+ years of work experience in relevant fields
• Experience in project work
• Adequate leadership and decision making in logistics and technical aspects
• Willingness to learn new tools and systems
• Excellent sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Structured hands-on work-approach
• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer oriented thinking-approach
• Positive spirit to work and interface with a multinational team
• Willingness and availability to work flexible in line with project needs and schedules
• Willingness to travel from time to time if needed
• Languages: Good English language skills (spoken and written), German and/or French knowledge considered an asset

• In line with applicable (immigration) legislation, all candidates must have an EU and NATO membership country citizenship, and possess all applicable work and residence permissions for Luxembourg. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from the applicants as part of the recruitment process.
• In view of the nature of the work and job profile, candidates will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
• Readiness and eligibility for security clearance procedures, including legal records as per applicable process, is required from all candidates.

Work Environment:

• Dynamic, innovative, and challenging
• Join our team of highly skilled and motivated professionals.
• Living and working in Luxembourg info: www.guichet.lu ; www.luxembourg.public.lu

Framework Information:

• Permanent
• Full-time (40 h / week)
• Flexible working time options
• 24/7 environment: On-call from time to time to support contingencies

Your Application:

• Please in English language
• Let us know your motivation
• Submit your Curriculum Vitae (Europass appreciated)
• Kindly include your salary expectations (EUR annual gross)

Please apply solely online via our LuxSpace Career Page.

Thank you!