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Consultancy support on Ground Station Software MC
2013-10-17 12:37:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Dear Sir or Madam, We are currently in search of support for the following project. This position is available on a permanent basis. POSITION ID 1971 ROLE FUNCTION Consultancy support on Ground Station Software MC in Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START 01 March 2014 PERIOD 22 months 2 options for extension, each option stands for 1 year LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Science CONTRACT Fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE The working language for the position is English. Therefore, the Consultant must be able to work effectively in this language. The official languages are English and also French. Knowledge of French would be an advantage. INTERVIEW DATES Interviews are planned to take place during the course of week KW 4950 DEADLINE 21 November 2013 TASKS The key person shall support the activities of ground segment developments in the area of Software and Monitoring and Control MC related to the ground stations. In doing this, the key person shall support The Engineering activities of Phase B of future ground segments in the areas of ground stations software and MC systems. The follow up of the detailed design and development activities of Phase CD of the future ground segments in the areas of ground stations software and MC systems. The analysis and the implementationtesting of changes, or reengineering that may be required on the basis of user requirements or maintainability issues The testing and validation of new software and databases releases The automated operational Ground stations procedures and related databases The remote operation and the maintenance of EUMETSAT Ground Stations in the areas of Monitoring Control and SW architecture Transfer protocol for the spacecraft telemetry, telecommand and mission data The STC Lab activities by contributing to the system definition and specification of STC Lab applications in support of the different programmes and by contributing to the working practices definition and improvement The key person will be a member of a multidisciplinary system engineering team and will report directly to the SEP Ground Stations Engineering Team Leader, however when working in a given programme, the key person shall report also within the established programme structure. MUSTHAVE SKILLS MANDATORY The Key person shall have a university degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline relevant to the job profile together with the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision. Heshe shall have, as a prerequisite, a demonstrated experience in a similar function for at least 5 years. This experience shall include in particular System software engineering in an operational earth observation environment Monitoring Control software application Maintenance and Configuration Ground Stations Monitoring and Control LinuxWindows operating system TCPIP, SNMP, Serial based communications C and Java programming languages and XML Longterm maintainability analysis and integrating software into a new operating system andor across computer platforms NICETOHAVE SKILLS CONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE Ground stations system and subsystem design and development for TTC, mission specific andor satellite communications ground stations C and Java programming languages and XML Knowledge of multiplexingdemultiplexing schemes applied in Space Links for TTC and payload data transmission e.g. ECSS and CCSDS Standards. Data Base Applications and related configurations control mechanisms REPORTING Formal reporting is required at monthly intervals or in the event of a major task completion The monthly reports and any other reports or technical documentation generated shall be submitted in writing directly to the technical representative The work will be released in individual Work Packages
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