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Precise Orbit Determniation Engineer
2015-06-09 18:07:01| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For the location in Darmstadt Germany we are looking for a Precise Orbit Determination Engineer at EUMETSAT. Tasks The Key person shall work in the Operations and Services to Users Department as part of the Flight Dynamics Team in the Flight Operations Division FLO and heshe shall report to the POD Team Leader inside the Flight Dynamics Team. The Key person shall support the Precise Orbit Determination routine operations for the inflight satellites MetopA, MetopB and Jason2 as well as the preparation and after launch execution of Precise Orbit Determination operations for future satellites MetopC, Jason3, Sentinel3, EPSSG, JasonCS support to Flight Dynamics operations for the inflight Low Earth Orbiting satellites may also be required. The Key persons 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. Hisher 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. Essential requirements In addition to having a 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 in particular, the Key person shall demonstrate as a minimum the following mandatory skills Knowledge of GNSS, POD and geodesy principles Experience with operational POD of LEO satellites Experience with the development of operational POD systems. Desirable requirements Furthermore, it would be a distinct advantage for the Key person to have 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. Other Information Start date is 1st January 2016 Fluency in English is mandatory The candidate must have a valid German work and residence permit or be an EU Citizen To ensure your application reaches us please apply online at httpwww.scisys.dewowirarbeitenspacekarrierespacejobs.html
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