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Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we're pioneering the future of space logistics and transportation. Established in 2011, our company is leading the way in helping businesses profitably and sustainably unlock the full potential of the final frontier. As a member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, all driven by a shared passion for innovation and excellence. Join us in our global mission to push the boundaries of what's possible and take your ambition to new heights. Register your interest to join us in shaping the future of space.   We have internships available in Italy, UK and Portugal.   We are seeking highly motivated Aerospace Engineering Interns to join our team at D-Orbit. As an intern, you will work with our engineering team to help design and develop new space technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the space industry and contribute to real-world projects.   Responsibilities: - Assist with the design, analysis, and testing of space systems and components - Support the development of new technologies for satellite deployment, propulsion, and in-orbit servicing - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and objectives - Participate in engineering design reviews and contribute to technical documentation - Help maintain laboratory and testing equipment - Assist with other engineering tasks as required Requirements: - Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, or a related field - Strong academic record and demonstrated technical aptitude - Basic understanding of spacecraft systems, including propulsion, power, and thermal control - Excellent communication and teamwork skills - Self-motivated with a desire to learn and develop new skills - Strong attention to detail and the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines Benefits: - Gain hands-on experience in the space industry - Work with a team of experienced engineers and learn from industry experts - Opportunity to contribute to real-world projects and make a meaningful impact - Competitive compensation and a positive, supportive work environment   At D-Orbit, diversity and inclusivity are not just values, they are integral to our mission and the way we operate. We are committed to fostering an environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and celebrated for their unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not only the right thing to do, but it also leads to better decision making, innovation, and overall success. We actively strive to build a culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, and where all voices are heard and valued. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels safe, supported, and empowered to share their ideas, and where everyone is given equal opportunities to grow and excel. We believe that our differences make us stronger, and we will continue to work diligently to create an inclusive culture at D-Orbit that reflects this belief. #LI-DNI Please include a cover letter outlining your experience, what you are studying and why you think D-Orbit would be the right place for you to have an internship.

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we're pioneering the future of space logistics and transportation. Established in 2011, our company is leading the way in helping businesses profitably and sustainably unlock the full potential of the final frontier. As a member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, all driven by a shared passion for innovation and excellence. Join us in our global mission to push the boundaries of what's possible and take your ambition to new heights. Register your interest to join us in shaping the future of space.   With the aim to understand the performance and health of our business, you will support the Quality team of D-Orbit, a Space Logistics Company, to design and implement a reporting system for the upper management, monitoring the trends in the business processes via Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as embedded in the D-Orbit Quality Management System and as required by the ISO9001/EN9100 requirements.   Giving support to the Chief Quality Officer and interacting with upper management and area leaders you will have the opportunity to:   ·       Do critical review of already existing KPIs of all the processes ·       Optimize existing KPIs and the actual calculation system ·       Define new KPIs with related computation formula ·       Automatize collection of raw data and calculation of the KPIs with an autonomous script to have (almost) in real time values ·       Perform a trade-off to select the best software to create the D-Orbit Upper Management dashboard ·       Present the KPIs trends in a visual format in the selected software   The work will be structured as follows:   ·       Software selection to present KPIs trends and values selection ·       KPIs and related formulae definition with process owner ·       Programming of the tool for autonomous KPI (Key Performance Indicators) calculation and above selected software set-up and deployment   Qualifications and Requirements   ·       Degree in Space Engineering/Management Engineering/ Economics ·       Programming skills as Python or similar programming languages, to program automatic KPI calculation ·       Extensive knowledge of Excel and ability to use Macros ·       Problem solving and analytical skills ·       Proactivity ·       Basic knowledge of Company organizations and reporting   Language Working proficiency of the English language is required.   At D-Orbit, diversity and inclusivity are not just values, they are integral to our mission and the way we operate. We are committed to fostering an environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and celebrated for their unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not only the right thing to do, but it also leads to better decision making, innovation, and overall success. We actively strive to build a culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, and where all voices are heard and valued. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels safe, supported, and empowered to share their ideas, and where everyone is given equal opportunities to grow and excel. We believe that our differences make us stronger, and we will continue to work diligently to create an inclusive culture at D-Orbit that reflects this belief. Please include a cover letter outlining your experience, what you are studying and why you think D-Orbit would be the right place for you to have an internship.

 We are looking for a Cloud Engineer with 4-7 years hands-on experience to join our IT team, with the aim of building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure for our organization, providing support to our space engineering team to optimize, implement, and maintain our organization's cloud-based systems and pave the way for "new space economy" operations. As a "cloud-first" oriented company, D-Orbit runs all of its workloads in the cloud, including enterprise and productivity solutions, virtual server infrastructure, cloud-native applications. We are a hardware-free company. Ultimately, you will work with different IT professionals and teams to ensure our cloud computing systems meet the needs of our organization and customers.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Design, develop, and deploy cloud-based systems; - maintain cloud-based systems, meeting consistency, security, availability objectives in accordance with best practices and compliance procedures; - deploy and debug systems, as well as execute new cloud initiatives; - ensure efficient functioning of infrastructure and process functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security; - monitor costs regularly on pay-per-use services; - identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues; - regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements; - interact with suppliers and internal clients, provide cloud support, and make recommendations based on client needs; - find brilliant solutions to get rid of annoying day-by-day tasks and focus on more exciting topics; - modify and improve existing systems; - educate teams on the implementation of new cloud technologies and initiatives; - collaborate with Tech. Engineering and Development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions (DevOps/SRE approach)   Qualifications and Requirements:   - Proven work experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role. Microsoft 365, Azure and AWS certifications preferred; - K8S hands-on experience preferred, also -but not only- via EKS or AKS; - wide middleware and systems architecture experience, including but not limited to MTAs, DNS, balancers, DBs, caching/proxies etc.; - knowledge of CI/CD best practices and tools, proven experience as DevOps or SRE a plus; - good understanding of cybersecurity issues, compliance and best practices - Programming and scripting skills to automate tasks: Bash, PowerShell, PowerAutomate, CloudFormation, Ansible, Terraform, Python are preferred. Willing to automate everything; - troubleshooting and analytical skills (Excel mastering is a must); - other relevant training and/or certifications as a Cloud Engineer; - strong communication and collaboration skills. Consolidated Agile experience a plus; - curiosity and self-driven approach; - ability to transform business requirements in technical proposals.   Language:   Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.

We are looking for a Junior Product Assurance and Safety Engineer to join our team. You will become part of the growing Quality and Product Assurance group, supporting product assurance and safety of institutional projects at D-Orbit.  Within this team, you will be part of the quality of assigned projects and technology developments. You will be involved in the development, implementation and maintenance of product assurance and the related safety engineering and management program. You will carry out technological research (R&D) in the fields of PA&S management, techniques, methodologies and tools. You will collaborate in standardization and training activities. Tasks and Responsibilities - Preparing and implementing project-specific programmatic and technical documentation starting from the applicable product and quality assurance baseline. - Supporting tailoring and statement of compliance on externally provided project requirements. - Ensuring compliance of the product with respect to internal and external standards and requirements (monitoring operations, reporting inconsistencies). - Supporting to monitor and report about supplier PA&S program execution to ensure compliance with applicable requirements; - Supporting establishment and implementation of standards and best practices in the product and quality assurance field. - Supporting implementation of the configuration management system under D-Orbit projects. - Managing non-conformances, their solution and analysis of root causes. Additional duties may be assigned as needed. Experience Required We are looking for the following experience: - Experience working within a quality assurance environment - Experience in the technical domains covered by the position - Experience with Space Quality Standards (and Space Standards in general), their implementation and of the space industry in general. - Experience with ISO9001 and/or EN9100 standard is considered an asset. - Experience working with requirements management tool. You will have many of the following skills: - The capability of working in autonomy - Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment - Ability to work well in a team setting to meet tight schedules - Knowledge of any topics within configuration management, quality auditing or assessor certification is considered a plus Experience At least 2years of proven experience in space product assurance activities in multiple complex projects, working with institutions is required. Education Bachelor or higher engineering degree, in any relevant area such as electronic, aerospace or mechanical/materials engineering. Language Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.

We are looking for a Configuration Manager to join our team. You will become part of a growing Quality and Product Assurance group, with responsibility for the configuration management system at D-Orbit. You will be responsible for the configuration and information/documentation management within the program or project's life cycle. You will collaborate in standardization and training activities.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Establish CM requirements, plans and procedures - Support implementation, maintain and validate programmatic, contractual and technical Baselines - Establish the program product trees and CI - Play an active role in SW configuration management - Contribute to the generation of project/product documents such as CIDL, ABCL, CSAR and CSR - Play an active role in CI definition - Follow-up and document product configuration evolutions from as-contracted, as-designed, as-developed, as delivered, as-deployed, as-installed to as operated - Perform configuration audits and inspections - Configure, maintain and improve Configuration Management and requirement database tools - Chair Change Control Board (CCB), MRBs, TRR/PTRs, VCB and other meetings as per team leader's request - Support to project design reviews (e.g. PDRs, CDRs, QRs, ARs and others) - Implement and monitor the application of CM procedures - Implement, monitor and report CM performance through KPI - Additional duties may be assigned as needed   Qualifications and Requirements:   You will have at least some of the following skills...   - Experience working within a quality assurance environment - Experience in the technical domains covered by the position - Experience with Space Standards (in particular ECSS-M-ST-40C), their implementation and of the space industry in general. - Experience with ISO9001 and/or EN9100 standard is considered an asset. - High level of autonomy and pro-activeness - Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment - Ability to work well in a team setting to meet tight schedules - Knowledge of any topics within configuration management, quality auditing or assessor certification is considered a plus   Education:   - Bachelor or higher engineering degree, in any relevant area such as aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, computer science or automation.   Language:   - Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.  

We are looking for a production planner that will perform all the activities needed to ensure the achievement of both short and medium-term production goals.  The production planner's responsibilities include the timing alignment between the supply chain and production schedule and the monitoring and updating of the schedule to meet the production deadlines. You will also be on the front line for the alignment of the activities with our ERP/MRP system recently implemented. You will be involved in the management of industry 4.0 funding opportunities and grants aimed at funding future production tools and machinery. Your role will also require significant interaction with other company departments, such as Procurement and Project Management. This is an operational role, which will involve you in concrete process-related activities rather than team management activities.   Tasks and Responsibilities: - Maintaining and updating production schedules to ensure that deadlines are met; - Supporting the implementation and Management of industry 4.0 funding opportunities and grants for production tools and machinery; - Alignment between production activities and EPR/MRP system; - Implementation of our new ERP planning module; - Schedule periodical maintenance of complex tools and machinery; - Interface with the procurement team to ensure that the delivery of needed components, materials and services is in line with the production schedule; - Interface with the project management team to report status and performances; - Identification and resolution of production issues to minimize delays; - Work with the schedule in Excel and Project to support current and future activities. Qualifications and experience: - 3 ? 6 years of experience as production planner; - Knowledge of ERR/MRP solutions ? familiarity with INFOR LN will be considered a plus; - Resiliency and ability to work in a fast-paced environment; - Ability to work in a team committed to meeting tight schedules; - Good organizational and time management skills; - Good problem solving skills. Education: - Bachelor's degree in industrial management engineering ("Ingegneria gestionale" in Italian).

We are looking for a Program Manager to be integrated in D-Orbit PMO Office. As a PM, you will be responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing Company projects, ranging from the strategic planning of activities to their implementation and control. This position offers you the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, in one of the fastest-growing high-tech industries. Your job will also require you to draft, edit, and deliver proposals for grant applications or budgets and support data for the sales department. Your function will also require significant interaction with other Company departments, such as Technical, Sales, Administration, Purchase, Production, and Quality.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Coordinate internal resources and third parties (whenever applicable) for the flawless execution of projects; - Ensure that the projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget; - Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders; - Develop detailed project plans to track progress and measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques; - Perform risk management, foreseeing and eliminating possible blockers ; - Communicating effectively on each status of the project to corresponding stakeholders; - Documenting each step in the process using different project management tools available; - Implement and manage change when necessary to meet project outputs; - Proposal drafting and delivery as support to the sales team.   Qualifications and Requirements:   You will have at least some of the following skills...   - 5+ years of previous experience in project coordination and management, preferably in the aerospace industry; - Knowledge of project management techniques; - Experience in aerospace projects gained from structured and dynamic environments; - Technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in space technologies; - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; - Proactive attitude and ability to work in team and individually;   Education:   - Bachelor or higher engineering degree, in any relevant area such as aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, computer science or automation.   Language:   - Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.  

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer you will contribute to the design, development, verification, roll out and maintenance of the flight operations tools that allow D-Orbit to keep their fleets of Carriers, Reconnaissance and Servicing Vessels achieving their mission objectives. In this context, you will be expected to have consolidated bases in Flight Dynamics topics ? such as orbit and attitude dynamics modelling, propagation and determination, manoeuvres planning and optimisation, etc. - or to proactively learn and make proficient of topics within the Flight Dynamics realm with less expertise, with the aim to translate this knowledge into software applications that will implement the D-Orbit flight operation tools. You will also be expected to have strong basis in coding of software application, as well a methodical attitude ensuring task completion within the given deadlines, and satisfying the required standards of organisation and precision. Additionally, as part of D-Orbit's Flight Dynamics and Operations Development Team you may be expected to contribute in any of the three pillars of the team: Flight dynamics simulators and operational tools, Mission operations development and Mission analysis studies. To achieve this vision, you will closely collaborate with D-Orbit's Flight Software, Ground Software, Systems Engineering and Flight Operations teams in all phases of a space mission ranging from early conception and definition down to spacecraft decommissioning operations.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Implementation of Flight Dynamics functionalities, such as orbital propagation, determination and events detection, manoeuvres planning and optimisation, attitude guidance generation, etc. - Testing of the implemented functionalities, from unit-test level to validation & integration testing - Interfacing with satellite system teams, to agree on best strategies to model satellite components or sub-systems for Flight Dynamics applications development - Interfacing with software teams, to make best use of tools and infrastructure provided for Flight Dynamics software development - Interfacing with operations team, to identify any operational requirement/constraint to take into account in Flight Dynamics applications development and setup - Setup and maintenance of Flight Dynamics operational tools and simulators - Support in the definition and verification of operational sequences and flight operational procedures - Authoring of Technical documents   Requirements:   Mandatory - At least 2 years of working experience in spaceflight dynamics or related fields, as manoeuvres planning / trajectory optimisation, satellite navigation, GNC, etc.; - Strong knowledge of Orbital and Attitude Dynamics; - Knowledge of object oriented programming (preferably, Java and/or C++); - Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Python) and flight dynamics libraries/tools (preferably, Orekit); - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; - Methodological and proactive attitude - Ability to work in team and individually; Nice-to-have - Satellite navigation knowledge; - System Engineering knowledge and/or experience; - Experience in spaceflight operations;   Education:   - Advanced University degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Aerospace/Space Engineering;   Language:   - Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.  

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer/Mission Analyst you will lead mission analysis and flight dynamics activities for some of the most innovative projects at D-Orbit involving the design, development, verification and validation of D-Orbit's Fleet of Carriers, Reconnaissance and Servicing Vessels. While primarily focusing on tasks requiring strong astrodynamics knowledge, you may be expected to contribute to any of the three pillars of D-Orbit's Flight Dynamics and Operations Development Team: Flight dynamics simulators and operational tools, Mission operations development and Mission analysis studies. To achieve this vision, you will closely collaborate with D-Orbit's Flight Software, Ground Software, Systems Engineering and Flight Operations teams in all phases of a space mission ranging from early conception and definition down to spacecraft decommissioning operations.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Support to top level missions design and requirements definition and analysis; - Flight dynamics analyses and optimisation tasks in diverse mission scenarios; - Definition of manoeuvre strategies, implementation of manoeuvre plans and cost analysis; - Support in the definition and verification of operational sequences and flight operational procedures; - Support in the development and maintenance of flight dynamics simulators and operational tools. - Interfacing with all subsystems and software teams to agree on design/implementational approaches and define constraints and safety margins; - Interfacing with Operations team to agree on design/implementational approaches and define constraints and safe manoeuvring procedures; - Authoring of Technical documents;   Requirements:   Mandatory - 2-5 years of working experience in spaceflight dynamics and/or trajectory optimisation; - Strong knowledge of Orbital and Attitude Dynamics; - Knowledge of either Java or C/C++; - Knowledge of scripting languages (Python) and flight dynamics libraries/tools (preferably, Orekit); - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; - Proactive attitude and ability to work in team and individually; Nice-to-have - System Engineering knowledge and/or experience; - Experience in object-oriented programming; - Experience in manoeuvre planning; - Experience in Earth Observation missions; - Experience in spaceflight operations and/or AIV processes;   Education:   - Advanced University degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Aerospace/Space Engineering;   Language:   - Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.  

As a Spaceflight Operation Planning Engineer you will be involved in the design, development, verification, rollout and maintenance of D-Orbit's flight operations planning tools. You will expand D-Orbit capabilities of autonomous planning and execution of in-orbit activities for our Fleet of Carriers, Reconnaissance and Servicing Vessels. You will develop algorithms that enable our Flight Operations Team to achieve the objectives of an increasing number of missions, optimizing the use of in-orbit time and allowing for autonomous management of activity requests received from our customers. While this will be your primary focus, you may be expected to contribute to any of the three pillars of D-Orbit's Flight Dynamics and Operations Development Team: Flight dynamics simulators and operational tools, Mission operations development, and Mission analysis studies.   Tasks and Responsibilities:   - Support to top level design and requirements definition and analysis; - Definition of detailed operational requirements; - Design and development of Autonomous planning algorithms; - Verification and validation of Flight Operations tools; - Provide support to spaceflight operations as needed during missions; - Interfacing with all subsystems and software team to define use cases, on-ground and on-orbit operations; - Support to ground systems and integration with space segment; - Authoring of Technical documents;   Requirements:   Mandatory - 0 to 5 years experience with Autonomous Planning algorithms; - Experience with the development of planning tools; - Experience with the development of application software in a production environment using Python, Java, C++ or other object oriented language; - Familiarity with typical software development methodology and release versioning processes; - Familiarity with Git versioning system or any similar DVCS; - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; - Proactive attitude and ability to work in team an individually; - Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively; Nice-to-have - Knowledge of System Engineering, Orbital and Attitude Dynamics; - Experience and/or knowledge of Spaceflight Operations; - Knowledge of Ground Segment architectures; - Familiarity with On-Board Control Procedures concepts; - Knowledge of spaceflight dynamics and manoeuvre planning;   Education:   - Advanced University degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Aerospace/Space Engineering;   Language:   - Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory.