WIVERN Payload Manager

WIVERN Payload Manager in the WIVERN Project in the Earth Explorer Missions Programme within the Earth Observation Project Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. WIVERN, WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope, is the 11th Earth Explorer Mission. It is designed to deliver the first global observations of the three-dimensional wind field, along with associated cloud and precipitation structures, across a wide range of atmospheric phenomena. In addition, it will provide valuable observations of sea ice and snow, as well as ocean surface currents. These observations will address critical gaps in the current global observation system. At the heart of the mission is a conically scanning 94 GHz Doppler radar, which operates from a 500 km near-polar orbit. With a 3 metre conically scanning antenna, the mission will sample across an 800 km swath, with vertical resolution of 600 metres and horizontal resolution of approximately 1 kilometre. With near-daily global coverage, WIVERN will enable the measurement of in-cloud winds from the surface to the upper stratosphere. You will report to the WIVERN Project Manager within the Earth Observation Programmes Department. You will be responsible for managing the implementation (Phases B1/B2/C/D/E1) of the WIVERN payload. You will be in charge of functionally leading and coordinating support from other engineers working on the project, as well as specialised technical support from the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. As WIVERN Payload Manager, you will be in charge of the WIVERN payload development, i.e. the conically scanning 94 GHz Doppler Radar. You will be responsible for payload design, development and verification, including the coordination of all payload engineering disciplines within the WIVERN project. Your tasks and responsibilities will include: leading the payload-related Phase B industrial technology predevelopment procurement to ensure TRL6 achievement on time for the satellite PDR milestone; preparing, evaluating and negotiating the Phases B2/C/D/E1 procurement of the WIVERN payload and the Phases B/2/C/D/E1 procurement of the complete WIVERN satellite for the payload aspects and the interfaces with the satellite; completing Phases B/2/C/D/E1 (design, development and commissioning) of the WIVERN payload, ensuring consistency with the specifications and the timely availability of the flight hardware; monitoring the payload procurement industrial work, ensuring the timely resolution of any payload-related non-conformance or anomaly and coordinating appropriate expert support; in coordination with the system and spacecraft engineering teams, consolidating and maintaining the instrument requirements, ensuring coherence with the mission requirements and constraints; in coordination with the system and spacecraft engineering teams, consolidating and maintaining the payload interface requirements, ensuring consistency of satellite interfaces with payload needs; ensuring that the operability of the payload is fully compatible with the overall WIVERN satellite operations, observability and availability requirements in coordination with the WIVERN System Manager; ensuring the consistency of the design, testing and performances of the WIVERN payload with mission needs; monitoring AIV/AIT activities at payload equipment and payload level to ensure the proper and timely conduct of all payload AIT activities; ensuring the timely availability of all payload design, interface data and associated operations documentation and databases, consistent with the overall satellite needs; supporting the payload aspects of the other sections of the WIVERN project as regards the interface with the Mission Advisory Group (e.g. payload performance and specific calibration needs); coordinating with the other sections within the WIVERN project to ensure compliance with space debris mitigation requirements as regards payload aspects (e.g. design for demise); monitoring the payload development risks and defining and managing the implementation of mitigation; in close collaboration with the Product Assurance Manager, ensuring compliance with PA and safety processes and standards; coordinating with the WIVERN system team the needs for payload calibration, and monitoring the calibration implementation; supporting the WIVERN Project Manager for related general Project reporting tasks (weekly, monthly, risk review, QSR) and Project management task delegation when required; building up and leading the payload team, including the definition of day-to-day tasks, objectives and priorities as well as the setting of annual performance objectives and their assessment (including training needs), ensuring the team’s motivation and commitment to the Project's goals. You will also be responsible for identifying, assessing, managing and reporting the health and safety risks in your area of responsibility.