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Product Processing Integration Engineer for the EPS Data and Product Processing Facilities 131304
2013-06-27 14:35:01| 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. Product Processing Integration Engineer for the EPS Data and Product Processing Facilities 1313046 Job Description As members of the System Engineering and Projects Division SEP LEO Mission Data Processing Operational Applications maintenance team, the Key Person shall support the maintenance and evolution of the EUMETSAT Polar System EPS Ground Segment, specifically the development and integration of new Product Processing Facilities PPF. The application software is mainly developed in C and for the PPF support knowledge of C will be needed in addition. The Key Persons duties will include a range of tasks, from the support of the day to day operation and maintenance, the analysis, design, development and testing of the facilities which also includes the handling of anomalies, upgrades and configuration changes for these facilities. The Key Person will be the focal point when it comes to integrating each individual Product Processing Facility into a system context, covering all aspects from early SW development, definition of interfaces, system integration and testing, and end to end testing of the production system. Tasks will also contain the settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures as well as the coordination with external providers of maintenance services. In support to operations, the Key Person may also be required to provide on call support as part of a team of maintenance engineers. Besides the above described routine tasks, the Key Person will also be expected to contribute to design and system engineeringreengineering activities in the field of science data processing that will become necessary for existing and future production systems. Candidate areas are programmes such as Jason, Saral, EARS, Sentinel 3, etc. Typically tasks will include 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 Upgrade software, including implementing and maintaining new algorithms and products for the EPS instrument suite, including rationalising common data processing components such as software libraries to reduce cost. Support to procurement activities for maintenance and evolution activities. 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 to the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, and 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. Required Skills and Experience University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Experience in SW development, configuration controlled software build environments, experience with the operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of large, complex, realtime data processing systems. Minimum of 5 years work experience in UNIX application development and testing in C, C. 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. 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 addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Key languages e.g., Python, Java. Competence in SW testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation. Fluency in English. Desirable Skills and Experience 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. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 26 August 2013 Start of Work 01 January 2014 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 26 August 2013.
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