Biomass Aiv Manager

Job Introduction
At Serco, we strive to promote and enable the diversity, development, wellbeing and safety of our people. We understand that healthier, happier employees go hand-in-hand with strong business performance, enhanced productivity and better outcomes for those we serve. We want everybody who works for Serco to have a positive experience and access to opportunities to develop in their chosen careers.

Dedicated to the European Space Agency’s Earth-observing activities, ESA-ESRIN is the European centre of excellence for exploitation of Earth observation missions. The mission and payload operations of ESA's Earth observation satellites are managed here, and ESRIN is the primary source for the acquisition, distribution, and exploitation of data from these and other non-ESA satellites.

Serco Italy has a long history of providing Earth Observation operations, maintenance and front-end services to ESA. To provide continual service improvement, Serco has recently introduced a special focus on evolution and innovation, with the aim of supporting ESA in further evolving the services and products.

Does working in a Serco environment sound appealing to you?

We would love to hear from you and your interest in the new opportunity of **BIOMASS AIV Manager** in Frascati

Main Responsibilities
Are you looking to secure a career in a public sector environment? We would love to hear from you

As **BIOMASS AIV Manager** you will be responsible for:

- Preparation and maintenance of the PDGS Integration and Validation Test Plan;
- Preparation and maintenance of the PDGS Integration and Validation Test Specification;
- Contribution to the preparation of Tests Procedures and Test Scripts;
- Coordination and execution of the PDGS Integration and Validation tests;
- Analysis of the PDGS Integration and Validation test results and generation of test reports;
- Contribution to PDGS Test Readiness Reviews and Test Review Boards;
- Support to generation of the GS Validation Plan;
- Support to generation of the GS Validation Procedures;
- Preparation, organisation and execution of the GS Validation test;
- Support to the analysis and reporting of the GS Validation test results;
- Participation to the GS Test Readiness Reviews and Test Review Boards;
- Support to management of the Anomaly Reports resulting from the test execution, and coordination of the implementation of mitigation actions;
- Support to the management of the operators training and contribution to preparation of operational/ training documentation;
- Support to the definition and documentation of the PDGS Commissioning Implementation Plan;
- Support to the preparation and execution of PDGS commissioning activities;
- Support to the preparation of the launch and implementation of rehearsal activities;
- PDGS system behaviour monitoring and reporting during commissioning;
- Support to preparation of the Operational set-up for phase E2 and for the PDGS Transfer To Operations;
- Generation of technical notes whenever needed during the Project lifetime;
- Operations of the various supporting tools (e.g. Documentation Management System);
- Participation to Ground Segment Reviews and PDGS reviews organised either by ESA or by Industry;
- Ad-hoc development of tools for the accomplishment of the PDGS testing and validation.

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Italy and around the world.

**Your skills**:

- University degree or equivalent qualification in engineering;
- Strong experience in integration and validation test activities, preferably in the field of Earth Observation Ground Segments;
- Good ability to plan ahead and follow schedule of testing activity;
- Experience in System and Software anomalies management: reporting, analysis, classification and resolution;
- Experience or knowledge of the ECSS standards and as an asset documentation and configuration control management techniques;
- Knowledge of the ESA Earth Explorers missions (and instruments) and processes related to their PDGS development would be an asset;
- Programming skills (in order to develop tools for the accomplishment of the PDGS testing and validation).**_Important:_**
- Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law._
- Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process._
- Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization._

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