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Data Processing Systems and Applications Engineer MW
2015-03-25 18:05:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems and applications. The engineer will be member of a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting operational and future programmes. A core activity will be the support to the maintenance and evolution of the EPS Front End Processing Facility FEP, the EPS Product Generation Facility PGF and MSG Image Processing Facility IMPF data processing systems. PROFILE In In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Key Person shall have the following mandatory skills and significant and relevant experience in Engineering of large, complex, realtime data processing systems, including requirements specification, design, software maintenance or development, formal software testing and system integration Operating or maintaining software systems in a UNIX or LINUX based environment Software build environments and tools e.g. IBM XL C and GCC compilers, make, automake, autoconf, RPM Software debugging and profiling tools e.g. GDB, IBM Purify, Valgrind Source code control systems e.g. primarily Subversion, Git CC programming language experience in a UNIX or LINUX based environment Scripting languages e.g. Perl, shell Analysis and processing of softwaregenerated reports and logfiles Web technologies and programming e.g. Apache, CGI, JavaScript Networking technologies and tools e.g. Space Data Link Protocols, TCPIP, UDP multicast, PGM, FTP, Wireshark Very good technical writing skills, in particular in the area of formal technical documentation, e.g. requirements specification and design documentation, test plans and procedures, maintenance procedures Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following areas will be an advantage Support to the management of the technical interface with external providers or clients Satellite Earth observation processing systems, especially experience in the areas of specification, design and implementation of large satellite instrumentrelated data processing systems andor subsystems. User interface design and programming Other programming languages, primarily Java Distributed computing and parallel processing XML and related technologies Performance analysis and improvement including Performance monitoring tools and techniques e.g. top, NMON, iostat, sar, etc. ECSS Standards, Quality Assurance and Configuration Management principles and applications. Basic UNIXLINUX System Administration Operating systems and application software upgrades andor porting to new platforms Familiarity with data formats used at EUMETSAT, such as the Metop and NOAA global data formats, EPS native data format Objectoriented software design, implementation, and maintenance, including the use of UMLSysML based tools for supportingdocumenting the design, at least at the architectural level. Fluency in English is mandatory and a working knowledge of French would be an advantage, together with good communication skills. TASKS The core task of the Key Person, as a member of the Processing Applications Engineering PAE Team within the SEP DPSA CA, shall be to support the maintenance and evolution of the EPS and MSG data processing facilities, in particular the EPS FEPPGF and the MSG IMPF. The Key Person shall also provide support to the maintenance and evolution of the IDRS facility and the NRT processing centre of SARAL, and may also be assigned to similar tasks in the context of any other activity within the scope of the DPSA CA. The Key Person duties will include a range of tasks, from the support of the day to day operations and maintenance, to the handling of anomalies, upgrades and configuration changes for these facilities. Tasks will also contain the settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures. For procurements and maintenance services provided externally, the Key Person shall provide support to the management of the technical interface with the external contractors. Besides the above described routine tasks, the Key Person will also be expected to contribute to requirements specification, design and system engineeringreengineering, development and testing activities in the field of science data processing that will become necessary for existing and future production systems. In support to operations, the Key Person may also be required to provide on call support during special activities for limited periods of time e.g. short periods during spacecraft commissioninglaunch phases as part of a team of maintenance engineers. The tasks will include Maintenance and development of the Data Processing SystemsApplication Software it should be noted that for many of the facilities the first line maintenance is being performed by EUMETSAT in conjunction with the industrial contractor the second line maintenance is being performed by the industrial contractor under supervision and with support from EUMETSAT Support to procurement activities for maintenance and evolution activities, such as specification and maintenance of requirements for new or enhanced Data Processing SystemsApplications Software components that are going to be implemented by external contractors monitor their detailed design and implementation generate the test plans, test specificationprocedures, perform the acceptance of the externally developed components, support the integration testing in the ground segment and the operational validation Contribute to the definition and design of architectures of data processing ground segments and their components, their interfaces, and the validation and verification methods Coordinationinputs to planning and preparation of releases Coordination with other EUMETSAT Teams andor contractor to prepare introduction of newupgraded components Generation and maintenance of technical baseline documentation Support the operations of existing data processing ground segments Participation in technical meetings and formal reviews Analysis of the maintenance requirements and identification, procurement or implementation of the tools required to fulfil them Settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures Perform routine tasks in operational systems under configuration control such as o Anomaly investigations, documentation and classification o Participation in relevant Anomaly Review Boards o Follow up of the delivery of SW resolutions for these anomalies o Support to Configuration Management change control practices o Support to building and distribution of application software releases and patches o Verification of correct facility installation for the assigned facilities o Support to the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, and configuration and testing o Perform SW testing in a structured approach to verify that delivered SW is fulfilling o the requirements or to demonstrate that problems have been corrected How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 26 April 2015 Start July 2015
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