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Mission Control Applications Engineer
2016-03-04 17:10:07| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA is currently recruiting a Mission Control Applications Engineer to support the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team at our clients premises in Darmstadt, Germany. Tasks and Activities The scope of work will include Support to New Mission PhaseCD activities Support to Applications development Follow the software requirement definition, design and development, of Mission Control Applications produced by internal and external contractors. Participation and contribution in software requirements, design and implementation reviews related to Mission Control Applications produced by internal and external contractors. Interfacing with the Mission Operations Team to consolidate the operational concept in the area of the Mission Control Applications. Support to the Ground Segment engineering activities i.e. requirements, external interfaces and design consolidation, in the area of the Mission Control Applications, Support and document the evolution of all interfaces ICDs between the elements of the Mission Control Applications and other Ground Segment or external elements. Support the production of design models using CASE tools. Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors related to the Mission Control Applications. Support to GSI MCA Activities Reference Architecture Participation to the definition and maintenance of the EUMETSAT TSS reference architecture for the Mission Control Applications part of the Ground Segment. Skills and Experience The following skills and experience are mandatory University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, the key person shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Control Applications Experience in the definition of Ground Segment system level requirements and production of system architectural design artefacts in the domain of the Mission Control Applications. Experience minimum 5 years in the definition of software requirements and architectural design and implementation of Spacecraft Monitoring Control applications. Experience minimum 5 years in the customization of Spacecraft Monitoring Control applications based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. In particular experience in the telemetry and commanding chains and in the archive component is considered mandatory. Knowledge and understanding with actual working experience of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS concerning spacetoground interfaces and applicable to Satellite Mission Control Systems such as ECSS Packet Utilization Standard PUS, CCSDS Space Packet Protocol SPP and CCSDS Space Link Extension Protocol SLE. Experience minimum 3 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of Mission Control Applications following formal software engineering processes. This includes user and system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design, implementation, corrective, perfective and adaptive maintenance activities. The following skills would be highly desirable Experience with Mission Control Applications andor operations specifically for LEO spacecraft. Knowledge of the Mission Control System interfaces with the Mission Planning Systems function and the Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience with test tools for Spacecraft Monitoring Control System, e.g. Satellite Simulators. Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Experience in IVV integration, verification and validation definition e.g. test plan, test procedures for Mission Control Applications. IBM DOORS requirement management Tool. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Tool. Linux Operating System. Experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 01042016. Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of SECRET or above. About RHEA RHEA is a leading engineering consultancy firm with demonstrated expertise in space, system and secure software solutions. We attract skilled engineers, scientists and management professionals and offer a range of exciting career paths working alongside clients such as the European Space Agency, the European GNSS Agency, EUMETSAT, NATO and Airbus Defence Space.
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