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Aerosol Implementation Engineer
2013-02-22 10:36:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The activity is assumed, as a baseline, to require the fulltime participation of one Consultant for the duration of the contract. The tasks of the Consultant will be carried out mainly at EUMETSAT facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities. The tasks of the Consultant will include update, maintenance and verification of an operational processor for multisensor satellite retrievals of aerosol optical properties from Metop data based on preexisting prototype versions and or processor specifications integrating the operational processor into the operational product processing chain of the EPS ground segment developing operational continuous functional, performance and quality monitoring processes to be implemented in the EPS operational monitoring system deriving relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring in the EPS operational monitoring system performing offline analysis of processor performance and product quality supporting the validation of aerosol products from EPS and the compilation of the relevant product validation reports. contributing to the update of the product specification and algorithm specification for multisensor satellite retrievals of aerosol optical properties from Metop reporting anomalies in aerosol product services, contribute to their diagnosis and track their resolution Profile In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years experience of the development and implementation of software for operational processing of satellite or meteorological data. The Consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years work experience in UNIX application development and testing in C and C. Experience in scientific processing in general and the Fortran programming language would be a distinct advantage. Specifically, the Consultant shall have experience in Quality control of satellite data and products, Operational product processing environments Software build environments and tools e.g. make, imake, eclipse, insure Source code control system, e.g. Subversion or CVS Experience and skills in working in projects and environments characterised by a diversity of stakeholders. The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Inverse modelling of atmospheric composition using vector radiative transfer Models Aerosol optical properties retrieval from satellite data Calibration and validation of satellite products Knowledge of the EPS missions and instruments. Java programming Experience with Scripting languages e.g. Python, Perl, TclTk, shell Production monitoring and reporting The Consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and structured manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore consultants must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. Location Darmstadt, Germany Application deadline 10032013 If you are interested, please send your EUROPASS format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager, or to careeropportunitiesrheagroup.com Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. RHEA provides you with an attractive employment package based on the candidates experience, the opportunity to build experience in the space sector and to grow within an international company. RHEA is an independent Space Engineering Consulting and Software company that offers knowledgebased services and innovative solutions to the space industry. Our technical expertise is coupled with the provision of software tools for both Space and Ground segments. For the past 18 years RHEA has supported over 40 space missions, including comet chasers, planetary and Moon missions, deep space astronomy experiments to understand the fundamental laws of physics, climate monitoring, meteorology, navigation and communications. Rhea is the market leader for MOIS solutions and procedure management systems. Rhea has successfully brought together engineers and scientists from 13 nationalities to support its clients across 7 European countries, Canada and the USA.
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