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BepiColombo Science Operations, SGS Software Development, RTCSRE062
2014-03-04 11:40:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
BepiColombo Science Operations, SGS Software Development, 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 a Software Developer to support the implementation of the Data Processing Subsystem DPS within the BepiColombo Science Control System at the Science Ground Segment. The activity also covers integration, operation and maintenance of the Data Processing infrastructure, components and tools. Tasks You will be contributing to the requirements definition, design, implementation, and testing of the BepiColombo Science Control System BSCS with specific focus on the Data Processing side of the BSCS by contributing to the following main activities Develop and maintain the BepiColombo Data Processing System DPS. The DPS activities will comprise the implementation of the pipelines under SGS development responsibility, and the integration within the BSCS of the pipelines developed and delivered to SGS by the different instrument teams. The DPS activities will also include the development and implementation of the data processing monitoring and control facilities and the different data transfer mechanisms. Participate in the development and maintenance of the other subsystems of the BSCS. These subsystems cover the acquisition of data from ESOC OGS, the science planning and the quality control, and the interfaces for data ingestion and retrieval tofrom the BepiColombo Archive Core System BACS. Contribute to the installation and setup of the Configuration Control tools used by the BSCS, and in the definition and implementation of the BSCS software development environment. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience, at least 5 years in general software development and software engineering with good understanding of space operations. Essential Skills Programming languages Java, IDL and C. Scripting in Unix environments. Graphical User Interface GUI development and maintenance Development of data structures, accessing them locally and from relational databases Administration of relational Databases, MySQL and ORACLE Provision and maintenance of tests harnesses Development of Web Applications, experience with Apache Tomcat technologies. Knowledge of XML and experience in mapping XML files to Java Objects and viceversa Experience with configuration and version control tools, SVN, GIT Experience with software building tools MAVEN, Hudson, Jenkins ECSS standards for software development ECSS Packet Utilization Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structures Desirable Knowledge of inter process communication Knowledge of scientific processing and data analysis Science mission planning and instrument commanding 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?refSearchrequirementid50333 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Software Developer Reference RTCSRE062 Application closing date 23 March 2014 Start date April 2014 Duration 1 Year 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
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