Instrument Performance Engineer

Updated: April 05, 2024 01:05 AM GMT

Aurora Technology BV

Noordwijk

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.

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

Overview

MetOp-SG consists of two series of satellites with three satellites in each series. The industrial Phase B2/C/D contracts started on 1 June 2014 and the PDR was completed in November 2015.

The payload of the two satellites consists of ten different instruments, including, in particular, a set of three microwave radiometers (MicroWave Sounder, MWS; MicroWave Imager, MWI; Ice Cloud Imager, ICI).

For the above group of three instruments, the duties include:
• Review of Characterization, Calibration and In-Orbit Verification Plans.
• Technical support to the assessment and verification of the instruments end-to-end... More Detail