At SSC, we provide our customers access to Space. With over 700 employees around the world, we provide expert-level competence in customer support including the design, test, launch, in-orbit and routine operations of flight and space systems. To achieve this, SSC uses our global network of ground systems and multi-mission antennas to provide satellite management, data downlink, antenna hosting and launch support to some of the largest names in the space industry including NASA, ESA, JAXA and many other New Space customers as well.

YOUR ROLE

We offer an opportunity to be part of the Service Commissioning team, a global team that has the end-to-end responsibility of setting up SSC systems as well as execute the critical operations to our customers, providing a link from the ground to the customers satellites. As a Systems Engineer, your role is to perform multi-domain technical leadership, coordination, configuration, testing, documentation, and support. This is executed in the form of participation in projects, analyses/technical investigations as operational support, as well as support interactions with customers.

The work includes international travels to customers and other SSC facilities. As this position is critical to the operations of the SSC Services it may include out of hours working and/or being part of an on-call team with up to 1 week on-call per month.

Examples of work tasks:

  • Systems Engineer in service establishments, lead integration of new space missions into the SSC telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) system.
  • Perform critical operations and early handover phase to operations for non-critical support, as well as support incident management for routine operations.
  • Interaction with customers on technical matters, document decisions, track changes and follow up on actions and overall deliverables on your projects during the integration process.
  • Planning, executing and reporting testing both internally and with customer to enable a successful integration.
  • Interaction with technology suppliers and vendors on technical matters.
  • Providing coordination and reporting, internally and externally with customer to enable the technical implementation, on time and budget.  

 WHO YOU ARE

To thrive in this role, you have a drive to provide excellence in technical solutions as well as a drive to learn new things. You like technical challenges, collaboration, and teamwork in an international environment. You have some years of experience of working with systems, preferably both hardware and software, and likely excited by the growing space industry. You are able to describe your designs and ideas to customers and colleagues with the ability to communicate complex technical solutions in an easy and understandable way. As required in the Space business, you are able to write technical documentation and follow formal processes.

We also believe you have:

  • Bachelor or Master degree or corresponding experience in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication Science or Space Technology and a general interest in all three areas.
  • Experience in Systems Engineering hardware/software design, integration, test or critical support.
  • You are comfortable communicating in English, both written and spoken.

 It is a merit if you have:

  • Comprehensive understanding of the theoretical aspects of the Space-to-Ground communications, and Software architecture. 
  • Experience of the Space-to-Ground Segment domain.
  • Experience of Project Management, perform project planning, reporting and risk management.
  • Familiarity with ground station/network equipment and protocols in satellite communication (RF modulation techniques, error coding, and standards).
  • Good proficiency in Swedish.

 WE OFFER YOU

  • A unique chance to work with a variety of Space projects in an area that is in rapid development and innovation with the inclusion of new technologies such as Software Defined Radio and cloud technologies.
  • Great possibilities to influence our way of working.
  • An excellent opportunity for personal and career development.
  • An exciting and dynamic workplace with employees and locations all over the world.
  • Extensive customer contacts and internal coordination between different parts of the organization.
  • A workplace characterized by an open atmosphere and proud employees.

 LOCATION

This is a permanent full-time position located in preferable Kiruna. For the right candidate there will also be a possibility working from our office in Solna, Stockholm. 

NEXT STEP

If this opportunity sparks your interest, don’t wait—apply today! We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and interviews will be conducted continuously.  

We kindly ask that you only submit your CV when applying. By focusing solely on CVs, we can ensure a fair and efficient recruitment process that allows us to evaluate your skills and qualifications directly.  

Please note that the job advertisement may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications. This allows us to ensure a fair and efficient recruitment process and give each application the attention it deserves.  

This is a security-classified position and will require a background check prior to employment.