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Climate Data Inventory Engineer
2015-05-19 13:04:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Our client, based near Frankfurt in Germany, is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. One of their objectives is to contribute to the operational monitoring of the climate and the detection of global climate changes. They are seeking engineering consultancy support in the area of Climate Data Inventory. The consultant they seek shall have a basic understanding of satellite remote sensing related to climate including the framework of Essential Climate Variables ECV. The development of the ECV Inventory shall involve the population and maintenance of the Inventory with inputs from global data providers Space Agencies etc as well as a scientific and technical quality and consistency check of all entries. The Consultant shall have the following mandatory skills and experience Basic understanding of satellite remote sensing related to climate including the framework of ECV Experience in systems engineering methodology, practices and standards including familiarity with requirements engineering and system development methodologies Experience in designing, developing, implementing and maintaining database management systems such as PostgreSQL or MySQL or others Experience in active participation in international projects. Desirable experience includes Familiarity with functional modelling techniques and languages such as UML Experience in development of web applications using GWT serverclient framework, Java, Javascript, HTML and CSS Experience developing scientific software using higher programming languages such as CC, Fortran and IDL as well as the use of scripting languages such as Python, Perl and Shellscript in Unix environments. The working language is English. This is a permanent employee assignment starting in September 2015. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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