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Spacecraft Analysts for Sentinel 1 and 2
2015-02-19 15:04:37| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities Duties Tasks The Analyst is responsible For the support to the Sentinels missions as a member of the Flight Control Teams FCT during the operational phases, including special operations i.e. LEOP, Commissioning, deorbiting, etc.. For the participation to testing campaigns SVT, inflight tests of the above mentioned missions. The Analyst position within the Sentinels missions includes the following responsibilities Implementation and maintenance of tools needed to manipulate the S2K based databases, to create synthetic parameters and to support the data analysis tasks, as required e.g. MSEXCEL, MSACCESS, Visual Basic, S2K Operational Language. Maintenance of spacecraft operational databases, related tools, procedures and documentation under strict configuration control. Organisation, training and operational readiness check of the spacecraft controllers assigned to the mission, in cooperation with the other Sentinels Analysts. Collection of information data regarding the performance of the mission and provision of inputs for mission reports. Provision of spacecraft control support in case of special operations where the SPACONs complement assigned to the mission is not in a position to cover the needs this task is expected to be necessary for only very limited periods of time. Support the generation of operational reports based on inputs received from other FCT members. Telemetry Data Consolidation and archiving. Support the FCT in the configuration, setup and operation of the Sentinels NDIU CORTEX and Lite. Training will be provided within the team, no previous experience required. Support the FCT in the configuration, setup and operation of the Sentinels MUST servers. Training will be provided within the team, no previous experience required. Routine Mission plan generation supportchecking, as required. The Service Team Element is required to familiarise himherself with the missions heshe is supporting and in particular with the procedures and tools that are needed to perform the routine Spacecraft control operations. The Service Team Element will take part in test campaigns and simulations, and if necessary arrange for the participation of the spacecraft controllers. The Service Team Element will conduct regular operational readiness training and simulations with controllers proficiency training. The tasks to be performed require considerable initiative, flexibility and independence in executing the assigned tasks. Qualifications Required knowledge Knowledge of satellite or ground operations. Experience in working in an operational environment. Good experience with office automation tools, including MS EXCEL and MS ACCESS use of functions, queries, macros, reports, input forms, etc.. Programming experience, possibly with Visual Basic andor SQL. Service provision will be exclusively in English. Ability to organise, coordinate and train a SPACON team. Familiarity with operational training. Familiarity with operational simulators, ideally SimSat. Familiarity with satellite control systems, ideally SCOS2000. Familiarity with programmingscripting languages e.g. C, Java, JavaScript, S2K OL. Experience of reporting on operational systems, including generation of data analysis reports. Familiarity with effective teamwork principles and team building aspects. Some knowledge in the operation of NDIU servers in Earth Observation. Some knowledge in the operation of MUST servers. Some knowledge with Quality Management Systems and its implementation in medium to big organisations. Some knowledge or practical handson experience with mission planning systems. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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