Telespazio - System Operations Engineer
Pubblicato il 31-08-2026 - Leonardo in Italia
Job Description: Closer to Space, closer to the Future: join Telespazio – Leonardo Space Division
Leonardo is a leading global industrial group in Aerospace, Defence and Security, delivering advance multi-domain technologies across Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cybersecurity, and Space.
As part of the Leonardo Space Division, Telespazio a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), is a global reference in the field of satellite solutions and services.
With a workforce of over 3.500 professionals across its offices in Europe and around the world, Telespazio operates an international network of Space Centres and Teleports, offering cutting‑edge solutions in Geoinformation Services, Satellite Systems and Operations, and Satellite Communications.
Join us as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in Space.
We are looking for a System Operations Engineer to join our Operations & Logistics Engineering unit, within the Navigation & Exploration domain, for Galileo Second Generation (G2G) program.
You will be embedded at ESA/ESTEC as part of the System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) team to aid ESA in its role as System Design Authority.
In this role you support the Agency in shaping the operational design of the system, in specifying what Industry has to deliver, and in assessing what is provided is operationally consistent and ready for use.
G2G introduces a new satellite generation, a renewed ground segment and enhanced services, to be deployed while the first generation remains in full operation.
Achieving this transition while ensuring uninterrupted service operation is one of the program’s key engineering challenges.
You will:
- Support the definition, consolidation and maintenance of the G2G System and Mission Operations Concept (OpsCon), covering nominal, degraded and contingency scenarios across space and ground segments
- Derive and consolidate operational and operability requirements, ensuring their traceabi