• Function title: Surveillance System Expert
• Reference: NOC-NM-AD-2023/637
• Location: Brussels – Information about living in Brussels
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
• Type of post: Administrator
• Job level: AD6-AD9 – Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Generic job title: Expert
• Number of posts: 1
• Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) – extension or conversion of the contract is possible – see “Useful information” section
• Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
• Directorate/Service: NMD/INF/CNS – Integrated CNS Unit
• Working arrangement: Hybrid work (remote and onsite)
• Competition publication date: 22/06/2023
• Competition closing date: 20/07/2023 (23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable – See details in the “Useful information” section

Your team

Within the Network Management Directorate, “Infrastructure” manages the European infrastructure deployment projects and programmes, and aims at making the SES digital sky a reality. It develops, organises and provides European common services including network support services, aeronautical information services and the radio frequency function.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Contribute to the work of the Surveillance System and Sensors team; support the development, implementation, modernisation and optimisation of the surveillance system in Europe, with global interoperability.
• Perform surveillance system evaluations, data analyses and develop or use tools to facilitate the analyses.
• Produce and/or contribute to technical documentation including reports, standards, specifications, guidance material, etc.
• Support the development of new initiatives and approaches in relation to the surveillance system and define and manage their scope to ensure alignment with the overall strategy.
• Prototype and assess solutions for new technologies and approaches for potential use and provide recommendations based on thorough analyses.
• Provide support and expert advice (e.g. on surveillance implementation, emerging technologies, etc.) to stakeholders (ANSPs, Airspace Users, Member States, European institutions, international organisations, etc.) and participate to various international groups.
• Contribute to procurement and contract management actions (development of tender specifications and evaluation of tenders) related to surveillance system and sensors.
• Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Completed university studies of 4 years in a relevant domain (e.g. Aeronautical or Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Mathematics, Physics).
• Internal candidates should go to page check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant professional experience to perform the described responsibilities.
• Experience in surveillance systems (from an end-to-end perspective) and its sensors (Radars, ADS-B, WAM, and MLAT).
• Experience with surveillance standards and specifications.
• Experience with surveillance system evaluation, data analysis incl. big data, and reporting, incl. statistical and geographical representations.
• Experience with scripting, programming language Python and SQL databases. Experience in Matlab and Linux is considered an asset.
• Experience in collaborative activities in international working groups on surveillance is considered an advantage.
• Knowledge of Performance-Based Surveillance.
• Knowledge of surveillance of new entrants, such as drones and their integration in the traffic management system is considered an asset.
• Analytical thinking: You analyse information and are able to identify relationships.
• Problem solving: You anticipate and solve business issues.
• Customer focus: You know how to respond effectively to customer needs.
• Quality focus: You deliver a consistent quality of work.
• Result focus: You seek to improve personal performance.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1. The selected candidate will be required to become at least a basic user of French at level A1 before the end of the probation period.
  The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
• The selected candidate will be offered a contract of 5 Year (s) pursuant to the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing officials at EUROCONTROL. The contract may be renewed up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the selected candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of their degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
• Internal candidates
  If selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
  The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year(s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years.
• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade set out in this vacancy notice, or if a group of grades has been published for a job level, in principle at the basic grade of the published job level.
• In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the closing date of applications .
• Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site
• EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
• Candidates should go to our Careers site and read the tips on how to apply.