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Ground Station Software and MC Engineer
2013-10-16 18:35:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
TaskDescription The successful person will support the activities of ground segment developments in the area of Software and Monitoring and Control MC related to the ground stations. You will 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 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 successful 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. You will apply the relevant organisational and programmatic quality management procedures as well as the relevant ground stations system engineering standards. Skills Requirements 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 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 A prerequisite, a demonstrated experience in a similar function for at least 5 years. In addition to the above requirements, experience knowledge in the following areas shall be considered a distinct 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 The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other, together with good communication skills. AVAILABILITY WORKING HOURS The activity is assumed, as a baseline, to require fulltime participation and it may require very limited travel within Europe for certain activities. The work will be released in individual work packages based on rolling wave resource plans and related project plans. Two types of support are required from the successful person Normal Support WeekendLate Night Support Normal Support The task will be performed during normal office hours Monday Thursday from 0830 to 1715 and Friday from 0830 to 1600. A 30 minute lunch break shall be taken during the interval 1200 1330. Weekend Late Night Support Rarely tasks may require weekend and latenight work outside normal working hours. It will always be agreed in advance between both parties at least one week in advance. The following provisions shall apply for weekendlate night work The client will specify in advance, on a work package basis, the schedule and scope for weekendlate night work. Requests for weekend and late night work must be authorised by technical representative.
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