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Gaia Science JAVA Software Engineer SCJ 2588
2013-01-18 17:39:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An experienced JAVA software engineer to support Gaia Science Operations at ESAC. Objective An exciting opportunity to work at ESAC, supporting, maintaining and testing systems for the Gaia mission. Responsibilities Duties The Gaia mission is planning to map to microarcsecond accuracy 1 of the stellar population of our galaxy that is around one thousand million objects. Each object will be seen about 100 times over the fiveyear mission. The data reduction of the 100 Terabytes of downlinked data is estimated to require a Petabyte storage system. The processing will be community wide effort performed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC in which ESAC plays a coordination role. The ESAC team is forming Gaias Science Operations Centre SOC and is heavily involved in DPAC especially in the overall architecture and the core processing. The processing is distributed over five locations and ESAC will form the hub for data exchange via the Main Database. This main database will form the input for all processing and will be augmented with the output of all processing to arrive at a new version. Core processing including initial data treatment and the Astrometric Global Iterative Solution AGIS to solve the many unknown astrometric parameters The production of processing software for Gaia Maintain core software as well as receiving packages from external entities to be integrated and run in SOC The selected person must be willing to work in a team environment and to travel Qualifications Experience The chosen language for the Gaia Core processing is Java. The position requires strong Java skills and operational experience. ECSS standards for software development JDK 1.6 1.7 OO design Database interaction using JDBC Distributed processing JUnit Eclipse Ant Subversion Large Databasesdata processing 1TB University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields Basic educational or workacquired knowledge of astronomyphysics and standard numerical methods and techniques would be a strong asset Scientific background is a strong advantage The candidate should have a good grasp of ECSS standards and be aware of required documentation for a large project In addition knowledge of the following would be beneficial LaTeX Experience working with large data volumes, ICDs, data dictionaries would be an asset Essential Skills Experience interacting with the science community would be an advantage. The ability to analyse problems and provide solutions efficiently in a busy environment while adhering to formal procedures, and to be proactive, are important assets. The incumbent should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA. Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Closing Date for applications is Friday 8 February 2013 Location of the position is Villafrance del Castillo, Madrid Benefits Competitive salary Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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