Ground Segment Engineering
Pubblicato il 19-10-2026 - Thales Group in Roma
A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & are looking for a Ground Segment EngineerPermanent responsibility:Within the Ground Segment Department of Domain Observation and Navigation Italy, he/she has to perform Ground Segment engineering activities, with particular focus on GS mission specific building blocks and relevant interfaces definition,
with the aim to design advanced solutions for the Ground Segment of EO Products.Task description:As member of the Engineering Team he/she shall be in charge of:* Analysis of input requirements and applicable documentation* Contribute to the definition of requirements at Ground Segment and subsystem level, ensuring proper flow-down and traceability* Contribute to the analysis and trade-offs among different design solutions, in particular for large satellites constellation management solutions in a multi-mission environment* Contribute to the detailed definition of GS building blocks and relevant external/internal interfaces* Contribute to development of Mission Planner system for different EO missions, in terms of system design and algorithms prototyping.* Contribute to the consolidation of the Ground Segment Baseline documentation (ADD, ICD, requirements baseline, DVCM)* Maintain the requirements baseline (through DOORS/Polarion)* Participate to technical meeting (internal and with customer)Language: fluent English, spoken and writtenPersonal requirements:* Working heritage on major earth observation ground segment systems* Knowledge of RADAR princi