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Product Processing Integration Engineer
2013-06-26 12:36:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently seeking a Product Processing Integration Engineer to support the maintenance and evolution of the EPS Ground Segment, specifically the development and integration of the new Product Processing Facility. Tasks Contribute to the definition and design of architectures of data processing ground segments and their components, their interfaces, and the validation and verification methods Monitor the detailed design and implementation of new system software components by industrial contractors and perform the acceptance of externally developed components Support the operations of existing data processing ground segments and their maintenance and evolution. This will also include software upgrades, implementing and maintaining new algorithms and products for the EPS instrument suite and rationalising common data processing components such as software libraries to reduce cost Support to procurement activities for maintenance and evolution activities as described under previous point Perform routine tasks in operational systems under configuration control such as Support the Configuration Management process and the building and distribution of software releases and patches Support the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, configuration and testing Anomaly investigations, documentation and classification Follow up of the delivery of SW resolutions for these anomalies Perform standard SW engineering activities such as SW testing in a structured approach to verify that delivered SW is fulfilling the requirements or to demonstrate that problems have been corrected SW integration and verification in the EUMETSAT ground segments Settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures Support to the procurement and installation of software, and the coordination with external providers of support services Participation in meetings and formal reviews. Qualifications and Requirements In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the engineer shall have experience in SW development, configuration controlled software build environments, experience with the operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of large, complex, realtime data processing systems. Heshe shall have a minimum of 5 years work experience in UNIX application development and testing in C, C. They should possess very good communication, presentation and team working skills and be able to cope with very high workloads. An ability to adapt to a rapidly changing, often stressful environment and retain a system overview is also essential. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported, require the engineer to be able to work with a high degree of autonomy and to demonstrate good analytical skills. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the engineer must be able to work effectively in this language. Essential Experience of operating and maintaining software systems in a UNIX based environment specifically LINUX and AIX Software build environments and tools e.g. IBM XL C and GCC compilers, make, automake, autoconf Software debugging and profiling tools e.g. GDB, DBX, IBM Purify, Valgrind Performance analysis and improvement including Performance monitoring tools and techniques top, NMON, iostat, sar etc. in UNIX environments Source code control systems, preferably Subversion and CVS CC programming language experience in a UNIX based environment Competence in the use of scripting languages e.g., shell scripting and highlevel languages e.g., Python, Java. Competence in SW testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation. Desirable Experience with operational Earth Observation science data processing Knowledge of web technologies, programming and markup languages e.g. Apache, CGI, JavaScript Data visualisation tools, e.g. IDL, ENVI Competence in the exploitation of modern hardware and operating systems at the application level e.g. multithreading, parallel programming e.g. MPI, OpenMP, virtualization. Competence in objectoriented software design and implementation in the context of satellite instrument data processing systems, Familiarity with data formats used, such as the Metop and NOAA global data formats, EPS native data format, formats based on XML Knowledge of relevant Standards, Quality Assurance and Configuration Management principles and applications. Very good technical writing skills, in particular in the area of formal technical documentation, e.g. design documentation, test procedures, maintenance procedures. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply by either clicking on, or copying into your browser, the URL below. httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid43569 If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Product Processing Integration Engineer Reference G013111EUM Application closing date 260813 Start date 010114 If you are not yet registered with Serco we advise you to register your details by adding your details and attaching your CV via 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 For additional information about EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int
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