Outline job profile:A versatile, experienced Senior Systems Engineer is required for the Galileo GCS project. The successful candidate will join a team of engineers working on the design of the flight operations system for the Galileo constellation of satellites.The successful candidate will report to the Head of System Engineer and will take on significant responsibilities within the design team.The candidate must be able to demonstrate experience within a large technical complex programme.In addition, the candidate must have customer facing abilities, as the position entails technical exchanges and meetings with the European Space Agency ESA System Prime and Subcontractors.The main tasks and responsibilities will include: Requirements analysis and functional decomposition Design of software systems architectures System Performance budgeting Delivery of incremental systems design Authoring of technical specifications Interface definition Technical review of software subsystems Technical analysis of system design issues Interaction with the customer and suppliers Support of the deployment and verification systemThis role will involve some travel for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly. This will include mainly traveling to Europe.Essential: Software Engineering, basic networking experience, formal Approach to documentation. Pro - active and problem - solving approach.Desirable: Satellite flight operations system, security engineer.