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2014-05-06 17:40:03| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
A Spanish leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA seeks a candidate for a postion of System and Software Engineering for Science Operations at ESACVillafranca, Spain. Specific Service tasks Main Service Tasks Responsibilities Service work to be provided as part of the Gaia SOC AGIS team in close coordination the scientific community to develop the Global Iterative Solution into an operational system Service Work Package Descriptions and Scope 1. Development and integration of scientific algorithms Service support must be provided for o Coding scientific algorithms in Java following detailed mathematical descriptions o Integrating these algorithms into the AGIS framework o Testing and validating new implemented functionality unit integration tests using simulation data o Optimize new code in terms of memory CPU usage All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. 2. Maintenance of existing code modules Service support must be provided for maintenance of existing code. In particular o Analyse and resolve known deficiencies and inadequacies Issues of existing AGIS software modules o Verify and validate that issues have been resolved usually in the form of extending existing tests andor conduction of new largescale tests. 3. System verification and scientific validation o Aid in the definition, conduction and analysis of largescale testing campaigns including a first assessment of the scientific quality of results. o Documenting results of test campaigns in the form of validation test reports 4. Aid in the creation of the first astrometric solution L22m Service support must be provided for assisting SOC personnel in all activities needed to generate the first astrometric solution with real flight data, such as o Populating the operational AGIS processing DB with IDT and all needed auxiliary data o Starting the AGIS run o Monitoring the execution of the run from a technical and scientific viewpoint o In case of problems, diagnose their cause and implement rectifying actions All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. 5. Other Activities In addition to AGIS the Gaia SOC is responsible for operating and maintaining a number of other key systems like the Initial Data Treatment IDT or the central Gaia Tools Java Library. The service personnel may be asked to support maintaining these systems in phases of manpower shortage. Specific qualification requirements The service to be provided requires that the personnel 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, experience and proficiency in the following fields is required o Development andor maintenance of complex scientific data processing systems, preferably in Java o Strong background in mathematics and numerical modelling of data o Standard Software development techniques and associated tools Eclipse, Subversion, JUnit, ant, continuous integration, automated testing o Scripting with Python and SciPy NumPyMatplotlib o UNIX, Linux, operating system o Product assurance processes and techniques o Working with ESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools e.g. ECSS o LaTeX Other qualification requirements The service personnel must o Have good communications skills o Be able to document their work o Willing to travel to meetings with the scientific community andor working visits o Feel comfortable in an international working environment o Be fluent in written and spoken English Applications Interested candidates should send cv and cover letter to curriculumisdefe.es by 23th may 2014. The Job code must be included on the subjet.
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