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Precise Orbit Determination Engineering Support
2015-06-03 16:06:02| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide Precise Orbit Determination Engineering Support. ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. Tasks in the area of Precise Orbit Determination routine operations will typically include Support to the operations of the Near Real Time NRT Precise Orbit Determination POD software imbedded inside the operational Product Processing Facility for the GRAS instrument on board of the Metop spacecraft performing Radio Occultation standby callout support may be required Support to the design, implementation, testing and operational validation of new versions of the operational GRAS NRT POD software Maintenance and evolution of an offline POD environment where the most accurate POD solution, as well as alternative NRT POD solutions, are computed for the inflight satellites MetopA,B and Jason2 Evaluation of the performances of the operational NRT POD solutions for the flying satellite versus the solutions computed in the offline POD environment and identification of improvements in the operational software Monitoring of the performances of the GRAS support network GSN, providing NRT solutions for the GPS constellation used as reference for the GRAS NRT POD, evaluation of the impact on the operational solution and identification of improvements in the operational software Support to reprocessing activities for the inflight satellites as well as for partner Radio Occultation Satellites Cosmic, Champ, Grace, making use of improved software implementations Generation of precise reference orbit and estimated manoeuvres for the Metop satellites, to support FlightDynamics and satellite performance evaluation. Tasks in the area of preparation of Precise Orbit Determination operations for future satellites will typically include Ensure availability of same POD support for the MetopC and Jason3 satellites as currently in place for the inflight satellites Support to the design, implementation, testing and operational validation of the operational NRT POD software for future mission Support to the design, implementation, testing and operational validation of the systems providing NRT GPS solutions for future mission Preparation on the offline POD environment of the software required to compute, shortly after launch, the most accurate POD solution for the any new mission Support systemsmission analysis on future missions related to POD topics, including development of required prototypes. The specific tasks will be specified in the applicable work package and mutually agreed in advance. Mandatory skills University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Key person shall have at least 5 years of experience on Precise Orbit Determination of a LEO satellite Knowledge of GNSS, POD and geodesy principles Experience with operational POD of LEO satellites Experience with the development of operational POD systems. The Key person must be able to work effectively in English and have knowledge of French. A distinct advantage an experience with some of the following Operational GNSS orbit and clock estimation Familiarity with configuration control practices for operational software Skills in the area of software development and validation Experience with one or more of the following Fortran, C, TCL, Java, Python Familiarity with statistical and graphical analysis tools. Able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, demonstrating analytical approach and attention to detail and shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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