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2 Engineers Support to LISA Pathfinder Science Operations, RTCSRE066
2014-05-06 15:43:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
2 Engineers Support to LISA Pathfinder Science Operations, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the European Space Astronomy Centre we are currently seeking to employ 2 Engineers to support Scientific Operations for the LISA Pathfinder project. You will be required to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing science operations systems and tools, including System engineering and architectural design activities, including operating plans and procedures, Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining software tools and systems, e.g. Observation proposal handling, mission planning and quicklook systems, parts of which may be distributed to the community, User support tools, Interactive analysis and calibration systems, to be distributed as needed to the community for data reduction and analysis, Data processing pipelines, Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the virtual observatory. Scientific and technical WWW systems to support Science Operations Centre, Science Ground Segment and the scientific community. For such tasks you require Knowledge in system and software engineering practices Knowledge of software development language JAVA, database systems Knowledge in ECSS standards for software development Specific task STOC Operations preparation Provided by the Operations Engineer will entail supporting the final preparation of the STOC for operations. This includes Support the generation of the detailed payload operations Support the validation of the payload activities using simulators Support the writing of the STOC Operations Plans and Procedures STOC SW development The Operations Engineer will support the installation of the STOC software modules e.g. Mission Planning, Data Ingestion, Simulator in their operational environment at STOC, their configuration control and their acceptance tests. STOC integration Ground Segment Tests The Operations Engineer will provide service support for the definition, preparation and execution of i the STOC integration tests, ii the Ground Segment tests SOVTs and iii the STOC Simulations. This includes Prepare test plans, test data and procedures to applied during these tests Participate in the tests, the debriefings and write the necessary test reports and raise SPRs as well as nonconformance reports as appropriate Activities during the operational phase STOC operational duties The Operations Engineer will be responsible for providing a service to a number of operational duties. This includes Generate the operational payload mission planning files to be sent to the MOC Monitor the data ingestion tasks that will receive the telemetry and auxiliary data from MOCs Data Disposition System Support the data archiving tasks that will populate the archive Support the investigation of payload anomalies and the implementation of the recovery STOC offline support activities The Operations Engineer will support the maintenance of the STOC facilities during operations. This includes Maintenance of the STOC operational databases e.g. payload telecommand sequences, payload activities Maintenance of the STOC Operations Plans and Procedures STOC SW maintenance The Operations Engineer will cover the monitoring of the maintenance of the software modules and provide to the developers the priorities for the resolution of the software problems as seen from the users side. The Operations Engineer will cover the support for the installation of these tools and their configuration control at STOC Qualifications and Requirements Applicants should possess a university background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant experience of at least 5 years. In particular Experience in the preparation, testing and operations of a scientific operations centre or a similar system Experience in satellite payload operations You will have worked in an international scientific environment and be willing to travel if required, with extensive stays. The working language is English Please note that Serco reserves the right of changing the advertisement closing date or to close vacancy at any time. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly in order to avoid any disappointment in such exceptional circumstances. Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid52395 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position 2 Engineers Support to LISA Pathfinder Science Operations Reference RTCSRE066 Application closing date 5th June 2014 Start date 1st August 2014 Duration 2 years Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope
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