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Mission Control Applications Software Engineer
2016-08-09 12:05:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Mission Control Applications Software Engineer 1621127 Job Description We are looking for a Mission Control Applications Software Engineer to support software development and maintenance aspects of MC components and applications at EUMETSAT. The support is focused on but not limited to the elements that are designed with an object oriented approach and following a clientserver architectural organization. The development cycle includes the typical phases requirements, design, development, testing with formal procedures related to configuration control, verification against the software requirements and rollout into operations. Development ranges in a mixed multiplatform environment, from fixing problems and engineering changes, technical support to the continuous operation of the system, including analysis, investigation and resolution with the creation of appropriate documentation. Main duties include Maintenance and Evolution activities Software development using C and Java engineered in Windows and Unix environments, interacting with Commercial Off The Shelf COTS products Preventive maintenance Support to the 247 smooth running of facility software applications and their operating systems and in the case of anomalies affecting operations, identifying and applying appropriate first line corrective actions ensuring that in the case of problems with applications, operating systems or COTS, that the operational configuration can be restored Corrective maintenance Investigation into relevant anomalies and solutions, their documentation and classification, with suitable, followup of the delivery of software updates System Evolution Analysis of userdriven requirements, generation of software requirements, design, implementation and verificationtesting activities Verificationtesting activities Generation of verificationtest procedures and delivery documentation, participation in verification and regression testing activities at unit and system level, participation in factory acceptance testing campaigns and execution of onsite verification testing at integration level System Upgrades Analysis, planning and management of application, operating system and COTS upgrades and reconfigurations, taking into account any compatibility issues Definition and management of technical documentation and procedures in support of these activities. User Support Applications support Software and technical support to the endusers of the application software by request Attendance in meetings Participation in technical, progress and team meetings, submission of reports as required On call service On occasions, provision of standbycallout support to operations and support to critical operations out of normal hours Additional support Provision of support to other areas and programmes as required, for example, supporting the simulations infrastructure. Technical Management Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Meeting participation participation to technical, progress and team meetings as needed and requested Routine reporting preparation and production of routine reports as necessary Contractor management at technical level acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organising periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Software engineering framework support Analysis activities focused on a common software engineering framework for the GSI Mission Control Applications and Tools Team Development of tools implementing this software engineering framework. Required Skills and Experience Extensive experience minimum 5 years in the definition, development and maintenance of Mission Control Functions software applications with focus on development whole life cycle for typical MC applications covering aspects like TMITC, Automation schedule and procedure execution, Operations Preparation, Good knowledge and understanding with working experience evidence of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS related to spacetoground interfaces. Extensive experience minimum 5 years in software development and maintenance following formal software lifecycle processes resulting in multiple customer deliveries covering production of requirements, design engineering artefacts and implementation reflecting corrective and evolution software maintenance activities as well as new applications definition Extensive experience minimum 5 years in verification and validation process and experience of supporting testing campaigns and related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. Extensive experience minimum 5 years in designing and developing software components and applications using Object Oriented 00 approach including design patterns Extensive experience minimum 5 years designing and developing software components and applications using C, Java and scripting languages under both Windows and Linux platforms Experience with formal software development environments like Eclipse IDE and Microsoft Visual Studio. Good knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and experience with Documentation Management systems Experience in using Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting and Tacking tools. Desirable Skills and Experience Knowledge of ESA mission control software products, such as MICONYS suite e.g. SCOS2000, NIS, EDDS, GFTS, etc ... Spacecraft andor TTC GSt simulation environmentssystems e.g SIMSAT, TEVALIS Experience with MC systems and related user requirementsneeds for GEO miSSIOnS. Experience developing interacting middleware components and applications using TCPIP and CORBA Experience with scripting languages e.g. Python, PHP, Unix Shell scripts, etc ... Experience developing software components and applications making use of Web Applications technologies client and server side Tomcat, Javascript, HTML5 Knowledge of Open VMS platform. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 22 August 2016 Start of Work January 2017 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 22 August 2016 Learn more about us in Facebook
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