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Science and Operations Support
2018-08-09 18:28:20| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Specific Tasks Contribution to instrument calibration or scientific performance monitoring. Development of new algorithms or shared scripts for scientific analysis. Requirements Science PhD or Masters Degree from a recognised Institution of seconday studies or equivalent. In order to capably and efficiently support the XMMNewton user community, the following competencies are required Sufficient expertise in astronomical observations, preferably Xray astronomy, to understand the needs and requirements of the XMMNewton community for the planning and implementation of requested observations and to competently deal with community questions on these observations. Sufficient command of commonly used generic analysis software, like IDL, or Python, and of Xray astronomical data analysis software in particular, with preference to the XMMNewton SAS, FTOOLs and XSPEC or similar, in order to competently interact with and support the community in their use of XMMNewton data. Good understanding of the tasks in scientific operations support for an international space or ground based observatory. Knowledge of the specifics of astronomical Xray detectors,preferably those of XMMNewton. Ability to interact with and provide support to users from a worldwide community and crossing multiple disciplines. This includes fluency in written and spoken English.
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