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Simulation and Modelling Engineer
2014-06-18 17:40:58| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Vitrociset Belgium is looking for a candidate with the profile described below to deploy in ESTEC Please submit applications ASAP and not later than 30062014 by EMAIL to Mr. Massimiliano Mazza, Head of Engineering services Satellite Operations M.Mazzavitrocisetbelgium.com cc. jobsvitrocisetbelgium.com Work Package Overview Within the EGSE and Ground Systems Section, support is provided to the Science Operations Centres SOCs of the current and future ESA planetary missions, such as Rosetta, BepiColombo, SolarOrbiter, ExoMars 2016 and JUICE. This support includes the development of planning and simulation tools and in particular of MAPPS, which in use by the MarsExpress and VenusExpress missions and is currently being adapted for use by the Rosetta mission. The contractor will be assigned in a small team, to contribute to the maintenance and further evolution of the MAPPS software, as well as to provide firstline support to the SOCs mission planners and scientific users, based at ESAC Madrid. Specific requirements The contractor will be assigned to the EGSE and Ground Systems Section of the Software Systems Division and shall function as an integrated team member of the development team, in charge of the following initial tasks Providing the MAPPS software deliveries following the existing maintenance and release procedures. Improving these procedures where needed also considering the long lifetime of the software. Verification and validation of the software and execution of the test procedures. Further evolution of the test software, e.g. extending the test cases to cover new features and improving the level of automation. Implementation of new MAPPS features, especially in the area of the Graphical User Interface, but also in backend processing software. Provide firstline user support e.g. helping the user configuring and using any new features, analysing potential bugs and providing fixes. Qualification Requirements A university degree or equivalent qualification in Electronic Engineering, Space Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related discipline. In particular experience with Software engineering and objectoriented programming Programming languages CC andor others Graphical User Interface programming Qt toolkit, others Software Engineering Standards such as the ECSSEST40C Software bug reporting systems e.g. Mantis, JIRA, etc. Software versioning systems, such as CVS, SVN and GIT Windows and Linux, others Knowledge of Space Systems and Space System Engineering will be an asset. The contractor shall be able to function as part of a team. Because of the operational nature of the support, a proactive and flexible attitude will be required. Experience with operational software development will be an advantage. This position may in the long term 2 3 years evolve into a more direct integration at the user premises ESAC, Madrid. As such, the contractor shall be willing to relocate to Madrid in due time.
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