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Scientific Documentation Writer
2018-06-08 19:28:31| 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. We are looking for a Scientific Documentation Writer to work at EUMETSAT Darmstadt, Germany. Tasks The EUMETSA T public documentation related to remote sensing and products includes e.g. Study reports, Formal product specifications, e.g. Product Format Specifications, Product Generation Specifications, Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Documents, Product Guides and Fact Sheets, Product validation reports, The EUMETSAT Web site www.eumetsat.int is the main medium where such documents are made available. In addition, such documents are stored and controlled via a document management system. The Contractor shall manage information in a variety of forms, life cycles, type of input, purpose and readership. The inputs to scientific documents are provided by EUMETSA T remote sensing and products scientists and experts, product operation experts, trainers, etc. An important corpus of legacy and current scientific information is updated continuously, and new information is added regularly. Scientific information plays a key role in the use and uptake of EUMETSA T products and services, and it is important that the Contractor manages it in a consistent and complete manner. The tasks of the Contractor will include Collect input to documents from scientists and engineers Ensure consistency of style across documents Prepare draft documents for review and document issues for publication Coordinate document releases with the User Services Division responsible for Web site contents Definition of scientific documentation maintenance procedures, including templates and guidelines for contributors Manage information e.g. metadata extracted from documents Act as a point of contact in the RSP division, for all issues and queries related to the document management system The Contractor shall apply the documentation control processes in place at EUMETSAT. Essential requirements In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the key person shall have a minimum of 3 years experience in scientific documentation editing and maintenance. Specifically, the key person shall have demonstrated experience in Writing documents of a technical or scientific nature Compiling documents from multiple contributors Processing of large text documents with Microsoft Word Processing of complex documents including images, equations, etc. Web publishing of documents Controlling documents within a Document management system Desirable requirements The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Webbased information services Processing andor applications of Earth Observation satellite data Knowledge of LaTeX Knowledge of Framernaker Other Information Start date is July 2018. To apply online please visit www.scisys.despacejobs
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