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Level 1 Mission Performance Chain Engineer
2021-04-30 12:13:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary Brand new opportunity for an experienced Earth Observation professional to join the Telespazio UK team, working onsite at ESTEC, supporting EO Projects specifically CHIME and LSTM within end to end mission performance. Objective The work will focus on providing support to Earth Observation Projects CHIME and LSTM in the domain of Endtoend E2E Mission Performance covering mainly software aspects. The E2E performance chain comprises several components scene generator, instrument simulator, instrument data processors. The contractor will work integrated in the relevant Project Teams and will report to the System Manager. Responsibilities Duties The successful individual can expect to be involved in Operating an up to date copy of E2E software components in ESTEC to perform specific runs in order to checkrepeat verification and validation procedures provided by industries, and ensure proper methods are implemented Extending the test plan from industry to make sensitivity analyses or execute specific tests requested by Projects in order to monitor instrument performance, and to analyse impacts on the mission performance resulting from deviations during the development programme Supporting reviews of the E2E software components and participating in project meetings Supporting Test Data production and verification Supporting the analysis of the data collected during onground and inorbit calibration and characterisation campaigns Developing any required software tools to support all the mentioned activities Providing necessary inputs for the relevant internal and external meetings Detecting SW anomalies to be reported to SW developer for analysis Ensuring that the E2E Mission Performance Simulator chain and its components and algorithms meet the required functionality and performance, taking into account system, instrument, geophysical model and calibrationvalidation facility aspects Qualifications Experience University Masters degree or equivalent in Physics, engineering or a related discipline. Essential Skills Firsthand experience and proficiency in the development of numerical modelling software preferably using compiled languages CCJava, development environments and using the Unix operating system. Familiarity with highperformance computing environment such as GPU and cloud processing Good familiarity with co mputer programs such as Matlab, Python or IDL. Knowledge of specific tools such as image analysis tools. Background knowledge of the problematics involved in Earth Observation modelling. A system viewpoint with the ability and willingness to assess the impact that each element brings to the overall mission performance. Qualities Proactive attitude to solving problems Good English language skills Good organisational and communication skills Able to work independently and in international teams [ more ]
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