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ALTIUS Mission Performance Engineer
2021-04-19 15:14:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 2.000 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. For over 30 years comprehensive CS Group solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. What are the benefits for you? This position is supporting our client ESA at their ESTEC location in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. In this large European agency, you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities with the opportunity to gain exposure to various projects and missions at the heart of European space research and development. You will have the chance to grow your career with us internationally, in different projects for different clients. Moltek is a subsidiary of CS Group SA SXFPEN Paris. and part of the CS space divisions in Holland, but within the CS group we can offer you different worldwide opportunities should you wish to specialize in dedicated technologies or in project or team management. You will receive a permanent Dutch employment contract with a competitive salary and associated benefits such as 3 pension contribution, 30 days vacation, an annual training budget, ESTEC social club membership, generous geographic relocation and an internal structured bonus. You will be supported throughout your career and of course, training and development are part of this. If this all sounds interesting for you, then we look forward to hearing from you! Deadline for applications 30th April The ALTIUS Project aims at the development of an Earth limb sounder mission based on a small satellite. Its main objective is the monitoring of the distribution stratospheric ozone at high vertical resolution in support of longterm monitoring and operational services. ALTIUS Measurements of concentration profiles of other atmospheric species as well as of aerosol extinction vertical profiles are also envisaged in the frame of monitoring and scientific activities. Tasks Responsibilities You will contribute to all aspects project internal activities, monitoringreview of the relevant industrial activities, interaction with Mission Users and Scientists relevant to the mission performance of the ALTIUS mission up to Level 2. You will report to the ALTIUS System and Engineering Manager and the principal tasks and responsibilities include 1 Maintenance of mission and system level requirements, monitoring and critically analysing the requirement allocation, their flow down to the relevant contributors, the associated margins, their evolution and their verification, in the following areas Observation requirements and mission data products requirements EndtoEnd simulator and Ground Processor Prototype GPP Internal and External characterisation and calibration of the instrument 2 Support the payload team for aspects relevant to instrument performance requirements flowdown and instrument performance verification, including relevant models and tools 3 Follow up the EndtoEnd Simulator and GPP procurement, verificationvalidation and acceptance activities Acquire working knowledge of the tools for test data generation purposes and internal mission level verification activities Develop and maintain additional mission performance mathematical models and tools to support the assessment of the relevant industrial development activities 4 Maintain mission level performance and error budgets, and analyse their compliance with the endtoend mission performance requirements and propose corrective actions in case of deviation 5 Monitor and review the definition and implementation of the ALTIUS characterisation, calibration and validation plans and follow up the specification, procurement and verificationvalidation of the relevant equipment and activities 6 Support the preparation, execution and analysis of the relevant inflight CALVAL operations during the commissioning phase 7 Support Payload Data Ground Segment PDGS development for what concern the Ground processor aspects and crossverification activities of the PDGS operational ground processor against the GPP 8 Support the running of the ALTIUS Mission Advisory Group MAG for what concerns mission instrument performance aspects, including endtoend mission performance verification and compliance status 9 Interact with the ALTIUS Mission Users Community and Scientific Community for what concerns Mission definition, Products definition and mission instrument performance aspects. 10 Support the System and Engineering Manager and the other ALTIUS project team members in all aspects related to mission performance, as necessary for the effective execution of the ALTIUS project. The Mission Performance Engineer will cooperate closely with the ALTIUS Instrument team in the execution of the relevant tasks. You will be supported by and are expected to closely cooperate with specialist engineers from the ALTIUS team, from the Earth Observation Projects Department and from the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management DTEC as appropriate. Requirements You should have a university degree at least Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant physical science or engineering subject. You will be able to demonstrate experience in performance assessment of optical instrumentation for atmospheric observation including image processing. You will also have experience working with Earth limb observation systems as well as knowledge of aerosols and ozone observational data are assets. You shall demonstrate proficiency with programming languages relevant to the implementation and maintenance of the system performance models e.g. MATLAB and python. You shall possess solid analytical skills together with broad, systemoriented thinking, and the ability and motivation to rapidly learn and switch within a wide range of application domains. You shall have the capability to critically analyse the work performed by industry in the relevant areas, identify problems and propose corrective actions. You shall demonstrate good communication skills, ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and a stringent schedule, and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the outside world Industry, MAG and User Community.
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