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BepiColombo Configuration Management Engineer
2017-10-11 16:14:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support within ESAC. Overview BepiColombo is a joint ESAJAXA mission to Mercury. The mission comprises two spacecraft, ESAs Mercury Planetary Orbiter MPO and JAXAs Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter MMO. The two spacecraft will be launched in October of 2018 with arrival at Mercury in December 2025. The activities of the MPO Science Ground Segment SGS include Science Operations Planning of the MPO payload, science data processing and data distribution to the instrument teams, quick look data analysis of science data and archiving of data in the BepiColombo science archive. The MPO SGS has interfaces with the Operational Ground Segment OGS at ESOC, the MMO JAXA Sagamihara Space Operations Centre SSOC, the MPO Instrument Teams and the Scientific Community. The SGS is based at the European Space Astronomy Centre ESAC in Villanueva de la Caada, Madrid, Spain. Specific Service Tasks 1. Service specific tasks in support to the Instrument PI expert contracts Overall tracking of 10 contracts with PI Teams from an administrative point of view. Maintain the CONFLUENCE pages concerning Instrument contracts constantly up to date, taking into account the outcomes of the Progress Meeting and the mail communication with Team i.e. actions closed, deliverables received, deliverables reviewed, etc Inspect progress reports and assessconfirm progress notify the Development Manager DM in case of problems Upload progress reports to Business Intelligence Reporting Framework BIRF General maintenance of the BIRF setupinformation Report periodically to DM about overall status attend weekly meetings Day to day communication with the Teams on administrative matters, e.g. resolve doubtsquestions, trackclarify missinglate payment if any, etc. Track closure of actions related to contracts both on Science Ground Segment SGS and on the Teams and send reminders as appropriate maintain status in JIRA, as appropriate. Coordinate internal review of deliverables and make sure all reviewers are contributing as expected and timely Assemble comments on deliverables e.g. from Reviewers and provide them to the teams Coordinate provision of the Customer Furnished Inputs CFIs and make sure that all inputs are provided to the Teams in Livelink in due time Carry out configuration management of all contractual documentation in Livelink Organize progress meetings with Instrument Teams send reminder, book meeting rooms, arrange webextelecom as required prepare Minute template to be used as basis for meeting conduct Attend progress meeting and review the minutes prepared by the Instrument Teams, making sure that all actionsagreements have been properly captured Interface with Contract Officer, as required Interface with Project Controllers and Finance, as required 2. Service specific tasks in support to PAQC CMEngineers and Librarian Support the CM PAQC Engineers in the tracking of SGS actions crosscheck status with actions track, update and maintain the status in JIRA. Report to DM, as required Take care ofimplement the documentation approval cycle e.g. signature gathering Prepare the Baseline documentation folder in preparation for SGS reviews Followup post review RID closeout through documentation update e.g. iterate with RID authors for approval of RID implementation and documentation changes 3. Service specific tasks in support to the Development Manager Support the Development Manager in the preparation and organisation of SGS Progress Meetings Support the DM in preparing and maintaining the SGS Schedule Track report on achievement of schedule milestones Support the DM in the maintenance of the SGS manpower Plan Support the DM and Project Controller SCIM in the maintenance of the SGS CaC Coordinate the team work planning planning meeting, recording of WP spend, reporting Track the WP spend and monitor and report any deviation to the plan Specific qualification requirements The service to be provided requires that the personnel should possess University background in a scientific or technical subject. Relevant professional experience of several years in Project Support activities Contract management Configuration management Organisation of meetings IT web based technologies and WINDOWS MAC systems Elaboration of management and technical documentation. Good knowledge of project management standards and concepts. Good knowledge of standard configuration control methods and practices. Good knowledge of configuration control tools e.g. JIRA. Good familiarity with ESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools. In addition, the service personnel should Possess excellent communications skills. Be able to document their work. Feel comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English a high level of written and spoken English is essential. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. In line with ESAs security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and Aurora will validate your employment history. Location It is expected that the work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The FTE request for this position is 0,5. Therefore, the standard working hours are 20 per week. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 8 November2017a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailedCandidate Proposal Formor CV and Motivation Letter toMr. Davide Starnone, at emaildavide.starnoneaurora.nlquoting referenceSCO03. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting them by 15November 2017, 1300 hours.
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