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Pipeline and Software Engineer XMMNewton, RTCSRE053
2013-12-04 14:36:39| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Pipeline and Software Engineer XMMNewton, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the European Space Astronomy Centre we are currently seeking to employ a Software Engineer to support the Software Maintenance and Operation of the XMMNewton Science Pipeline Processing subSystem. Task The Software maintenance of the whole XMMNewton Pipeline Processing System, PPS, comprising of PPS modules, suite of Perl scripts containing the whole of the data reduction schemes for all the XMMNewton instruments and modes Pipeline Control Management System PCMS, the control unit using a Sun Grid engine to distribute the processes across as many processors as available for maximizing the processing efficiency PCMS DB, a Postgres Database storing all the configuration information RUNDAT DB, a Postgres metadata storing processed data information Pipeline Operations Engine POE, a web management tool for operating and monitoring the data reduction execution Data Processed Screening System DPSS, the system used by screeners for efficient manual data quality and problem screening Data Transfer System, used for transferring data between the different SSC nodes for screening, and for transfer and return of source lists to the Archival Catalogue and Database Subsystem ACDS in Strasbourg for crosscorrelation against archival catalogue data Data Processing of the XMMNewton Data, including all of the following Running PCMS from raw Observation Data Files ODF for pointed observations to event files, images, spectra, lightcurves, and source lists, etc, Running PCMS from raw Slew Data Files SDF for slew observations to images Generation of serendipitous source catalogues from the generated source lists, both for pointed as for slew observations Support and coordination of Science Products Generation Delivery of the processed, screened Science Products to the XMMNewton archive Completeness checks of the Science Products, including the screening reports before delivery to the XMMNewton archive Maintenance tasks will include both first and second line maintenance. You require to keep interaction not only within the SAS team, but also with the SOC, SSC screeners and with the CDS. Maintenance activities include the setup and run support to the several pipeline chains eventually under use Operational, Reprocessing, Validation, and Development. You will be integrated in the SAS team, and as such, keep the flexibility to assume eventually also SAS maintenance or integration activities, not exclusively linked to the Pipeline Processing System. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree or equivalent in computer science or a related field and a background in a scientific discipline Essential Proven experience in the development andor maintenance of space observatory science analysis systems You required to be open minded and be able to understand the different subsystems as a whole integrated systems. Experienced in data processing systems for space astronomy missions Be experienced with Data Base management tools, mostly POSTGRES, and protocols for information access from SOC systems. You will have an excellent command of programming languages, CC, F9095, Perl, TclTk and others You knowledge of UNIX operating system will be outstanding You must be willing to operate in an international team environment with good interpersonal and communication skills You are required to be systemminded, flexible and able to work as a member of a small interdisciplinary team. You will be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, spoken and written, additional EU languages are an asset Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. Additional information The require attendance is normal office hours. You will be located at ESAC, Madrid If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid47910 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Pipeline and Software Engineer XMMNewton Reference RTCSRE053 Application closing date 02nd January 2014 Start date February 2014 Duration Until end of 2016 Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope
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