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Support to EUCLID Science Operations RTCSREODE100
2015-01-21 10:06:44| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public services, including science and defence. 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. For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Support to EUCLID Science Operations. Tasks and Responsibilities The distributed nature of Euclid development requires the Key Person to communicate with developers and operations scientists at ESAC as well as with experts within the Euclid Consortium in order to support the software development and survey generation and monitoring, and the development and operations of the instrument command generation system. The Key Person participates in working groups and meetings to provide recommendations to ESA on the prioritization of fixes and enhancements. Examples are Configuration Control Board groups Milestone meetings User workshops and developer meetings with the Euclid SGS system team SOC Calibration and Operations Team Euclid Consortium Instrument Operations Teams Euclid Mission Operations Centre. Generic tasks native to Software Development and Maintenance Develop and maintain modules, applications and tools specific to product generation framework and quality control framework Ensure timely delivery of SW releases and relative increments Perform SW architectural design as needed Prepare and maintain SW documentation Develop and maintain unit test harnesses Report on progress and problem areas Participate in the Configuration Control Boards applicable to the development Followingup and tracking the correction and resolution of problem reports Implement approved software enhancement requests. Tasks specific to the Euclid SOC Development and Maintenance Develop and maintain the Euclid quick look system within the SOC software development environment Develop and maintain the Euclid health monitoring system within the SOC software development environment Develop and maintain the additional tools to process auxiliary data within the SOC software development environment Delivery of software to the configuration control system Support to definition of ICDs controlling the interface of the quick look system to SOCinternal and external systems Support to definition of ICDs controlling the interface of the health monitoring system to SOCinternal and external systems Support to definition of ICDs controlling the interface of the services providing auxiliary data to SOCinternal and external systems Communicate with operations team at ESAC and instrument experts in the Euclid Consortium. Tasks specific to validation and operation of the Euclid SOC system Deploy and configure new versions of the quick look, health monitoring and auxiliary data provision systems on the validation and operational systems Test and validate new deliveries of software, including regression testing Report on progress and problem areas Participate in the Configuration Control Boards applicable to the development. Requirements The Key Person should possess a university background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience of at least 5 years in software development. In particular, possess the following experience, knowledge and proficiency in At least five years relevant experience in professional software development and software engineering coding with experience with Python applications with good broad knowledge of Python Implementation of data processing, imaging processing and statistical techniques with Python e.g. using numpy, scipy and matplotlib Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS Development andor maintenance of complex ground segment systems Software system architecture Software development with specific experience in object oriented software design and development using version control systems Software development processes and tools configuration management, code generation, continuous integration, automated testing, metrics, coding styles and rules Working knowledge of Linux systems Modelling technologies and methodologies and IDE UML Experience with configuration control systems Subversion Experience writing user documentation is an advantage Knowledge of data structures is an advantage Knowledge of design patterns is an advantage ECSS Packet Utilization Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structures Working with ESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools e.g. ECSS. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in our corporate careers website httpwww.serco.comcareersindex.asp If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Support to EUCLID Science Operations Reference RTCSREODE100 Application closing date 11.02.2015 Start date March 2015 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 ESAC, please consult httpwww.esa.intAboutUsESAC
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