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Satellite Simulator Software Engineer
2014-01-16 15:40:06| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Satellite Simulator Software Engineer, based at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 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 EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for an engineer to support the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT spacecraft simulators Systems. The work covers the support to routine operations for existing missions e.g. EPS and MSG, upcoming missions Copernicus and Sentinel3 and other future missions MTG, JasonCS and EPSSG. Tasks The key person will provide hisher prime support to the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Spacecraft Simulators in general and in particular to SIMULUS based simulators. The tasks of the key person will typically include Maintenance and Evolution Activities Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction orfollowing the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in thesoftware facilities and verification testing of the fixes Evolutions and changes generation andor analysis of userdriven and maintenance drivensoftware requirements, software design of the technical solutions, followingthe procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of thechanges Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test proceduresat software facility level and at system level Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andorprocurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression,functional and performance testing Analysis and implementation of mechanisms ortools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the applicationsoftware Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, deliveryacceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination ofthe production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the applicationsoftware, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation to technicalreviews, participation to infactory at contractor premises acceptance testingcampaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite atEUMETSAT Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testingcampaigns. This activity includes preparation of test data, running the test procedureson the target system, generation of test reports, analysis of results and troubleshootingof problems. User Support Software support software support to the endusers of the application software Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support tooperations Training prepare and provide training covering systemusage and maintenance aspectsof the mission control systems. Technical Management Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Meeting participation participation to technical, progress and team meetings as neededand requested Routine reporting preparation and production of routine reports as necessary Contractor management at technical level acting as point of contact with the contractorfor technical discussions, organizing periodical technical meetings with the contractor Critical review of industry provided requirements and design definition related toexisting andor future simulators spacecraft models and simulator infrastructurecomponents. Software engineering framework support Analysis activities focused on a common software engineering framework for the GSIMission Control Applications and Tools Team Development of tools implementing this software engineering framework. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline. Essential The key person shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of simulator software maintenance, evolution and testing as well as space segment requirements and design with the followingareas Domain Skills Minimum of 3 years of experience, in software maintenance and evolution of SpacecraftSimulators based on SIMULUS software suite from ESAESOC. In particular,experience in all the following SIMULUS components is considered mandatorySIMSAT, Ground Models, Generic Models, REFA, Emulator Suite and tailoring,UMFEGOSMF. Minimum of 3 years of experience in the definition and design of SMP2 compliantsoftware models of spacecraft service platform subsystems DHS, AOCS, Thermal,Electrical, etc... Knowledge and understanding with actual working experience of space relatedstandards ECSS and CCSDS with specific reference to ECSSE7041A TM andTC packet utilization. Software Development Maintenance Skills Minimum of 3 years of experience in the full cycle of development of application softwarefor SIMULUS based simulator, following formal software engineering processes.This includes system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, softwaredesign and implementation reflecting maintenance activities as well as newapplications definition. Minimum of 3 years of experience in corrective maintenance, integration andverification testing activities of application software following formal softwareengineering processes. This includes requirement verification, generation of test planand test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of testtools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports, andanomaly tracking, investigation, correction and testing Experience in defining automatic testing suites at unit and components integrationlevel. Software Engineering Skills Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing and maintaining software applications using Java and C programming languages under UNIX operating systems and development and maintenance of Javascript scripts SIMULUS scripting technology Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing and maintaining software applications using objectoriented technologies, Unified Modelling Language UML for software design and CASE design tools like Magic Draw. Desirable Domain Skills Experience with MICONYS ESOC components SCOS2000, NIS and SLE API Experience on TMTC front ends like CORTEX Experience with software support to operations and in particular to TMTC databaseand OBSW images import. System Maintenance Skills Experience with technical management of contractors working at offsite premises andresponsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Software Technology Skills IBM DOORS requirement management tool Experience in version Control Systems CVS and SVN Linux Operating System Interprocess communication mechanisms, in particular TCPIP and CORBAstandards XML processing schema design and validation Eclipse Rich Client Platform applications development and maintenance Experience with static and dynamic software analysis tools in support to testing andtroubleshooting. The key person should be able to work proactively in an individual or team environment, with the minimum of supervision and perform effectively under high workloads and be able to adapt to a rapidly changing timecritical environment. Heshe must also conduct activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, working calmly and correctly under stress. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the key person must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. 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?refSearchrequirementid48291 If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Satellite Simulator Software Engineer Reference G013221EUM Application closing date 310114 Start date 010414 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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