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Lead Software Architect
2013-01-23 17:37:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Astrium brings space to you. Number 1 in Europe and number 3 worldwide, Astrium employs over 17,000 men and women mainly based in five European countries France, Germany, the UK, Spain and the Netherlands. Our technical excellence and extensive prime contractorship experience extend across all sectors of the space business launch vehicles, manned space activities, satellite systems and related services. A vacancy has arisen for a Lead Software Architect with Astrium in Stevenage, to work within the Data Processing On Board Software Department for the Solar Orbiter. The Solar Orbiter mission, developed by ESA in collaboration with NASA, is designed to carry an extensive complement of scientific instruments to the nearsun environment and will be able to provide unique insights in the workings of our sun. The department is responsible for the On Board Software design, development and verification and the direct monitoring of the Independent Software Validation Verification ISVV. As such, the Software Architect is responsible for ensuring all software development activities are properly coordinated across the whole project, that agreed schedule are maintained, and that all activities are successfully completed within the defined budgets. The key responsibilities of the role are as follows Monitoring and reporting of progress and status of all software related activities to Solar Orbiter project management team and the department management team. Coengineering discussions with other system architects Functional Validation, Thermal, AOCS etc. in order to shape software requirements cost and schedule to meet project needs. Management and coordination on project basis of a small team of Software Architects working on the Solar Orbiter project. Organising software technical meetings and teleconferences. Technical definition and review of all inputs to the software development team Astrium internal Software Department, plus some contractors. Notably collection, consolidation of all software user requirements. Identification of data interface exchange needs and software interfaces with the other projects components. Supervision of the overall cycle of the software development and verification specification, design, coding, unit tests, integration tests, verification tests. Preparation and supporting of all related reviews with ESA. Defining the maintenance concepts for the software. In coordination with the Engineering team of the projects, managing the changes of the software requirements through the software life cycle, defining the new versions of the software and the schedulecosts consequences. In coordination with the project anomalies manager and the software QA, managing the anomalies found in the software through the software life cycle, defining the new versions of the software and the schedulecosts consequences. Controlling project budget and schedule, defining risks and risks mitigation strategies. ISVV technical subcontracts management technical review of the ISVV subcontractors inputs, outputs and coordination control of ISVV feedback to the software subcontractors. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline Extensive experience of the full Software Development Lifecycle, including requirements gathering Experience of writing software requirements, design and verificationvalidationtesting Design of complex systems using embedded software Experience of managing team members and subcontractors Knowledge of Embedded C Knowledge of DOORS Experience of working within the Space Aerospace or related industry TO APPLY click here
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