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System Engineer for ISS FSL Experiment SW Facility Operations mf
2013-06-18 23:34:52| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Astrium brings space to you. Number 1 in Europe and number 3 worldwide, Astrium employs over 17,000 men and women mainly based in five European countries France, Germany, the UK, Spain and the Netherlands. Our technical excellence and extensive prime contractorship experience extend across all sectors of the space business launch vehicles, manned space activities, satellite systems and related services. For Astrium Space Transportation in Friedrichshafen within the area PayloadsLife Support Systems for the department Fluid Physics External Payloads we are looking for a System Engineer for ISS FSL Experiment SW Facility Operations mf. As part of the project core team the System Engineer for ISS Fluid Science Lab FSL Experiment SW Facility Operation will coordinate the SW development inhouse and at external subcontractors 1. Coordination of distributed SW architecture for EC operation Experiment Containers in FSL Facility environment Flow down of fluid science experiment requirements and FSL system functional and performance requirements into SW system and user requirements Tailoring of applicable ECSS requirements to specific application in fluid physics experiments Conceptual, architectural design of SW elements distributed on FSL and experiment specific insert Tradeoff and selection of operating systems and commercial SW modules Definitions of SW IF and functionperformances requirements based on in depth knowledge of FSL facility architecture and SW target hardware Planning of SW verification, integration on target hardware and system verification 2. Avionics SW System Engineering for FSL experiment inserts Coordination of interfaces with hardware development teams, while synchronizing SW development cycle with hardware development phases ABCDE Plan system level SW verification engineering SW System integration with avionics HW with FSL rack and experiment HW Iterate scientific experiment protocol for fluid science experiments together with science team and integrate protocol with experiment insert and on FSL facility Implementation and support to product assurance during experiment functional integration according to tailored ECSS processes 3. Technical coordination of SW Engineering inhouse and at subcontractors Define data acquisition functions, SW algorithms for actuators, control loops and image processing, telemetry and command structure, communication protocols, humane computer displays layouts, define experiment protocols Monitor SW development progress, assure compatibility of SW development with system architecture, ground and flight segment Perform Software transfer for integration on the target hardware Coordination of Electrical ground support equipment EGSE SW development, EGSE SW integration and documentation 4. ISS Experiment operation support in phase E for FSL ECs and others Operational analyses for FSL experiments Prepare input for ground and crew procedures for operation of experiments on the ISS Setup ground infrastructure for facility and experiment engineering support Define architecture, coordinate development of data processing tools for scientific data products Support realtime operation ground control team with experiment specific consultancy in order to resolve on orbit operational problems Analyse problems by postprocessing of telemetry data streams , support failure isolation and propose recovery actions Propose, coordinate and validate SW updates in order to recover hardware and software problems 5. Responsible for all SW related system documentation for FSL ECs Preparation of design and operations data packages for system reviews SRR,PDR, CDR, FAR, Inputs Safety review 03 Review SS SW documentation, iterate documentation with subcontractors Degree in aerospace engineering with focus on systems andor SW or fluid physics or similar Experience preferably in microgravity experiments and ISS payload operation Experience in fluid physics experiments Experience in leading a small development team or technical subcontractor management is an asset, but no must Knowledge and experience in realtime embedded SW development for microcontrollers and DSP Virtoso, Windows 2000 and embedded XP Experience in commercial and custom microcontroller and DSP architectures, PC architecture Experience in sensor, data acquisition and signal processing chain, onboard and ground humane machine interfaces, image processing Experiment Protocol Development for fluid physics experiments, knowledge of on orbit flight operation of ISS racks Programming skills C, C, TCL, Labview Knowledge in SW engineering for ISS racks and experiment inserts Willingness to work hands on with rack facilities, experiment HW for SW and system verification Familiar with ECSS SW requirements and experience in project specific tailoring of SW development requirements Preferable experience of Laboratory Operation of Fluid Physics Experiments Breadboard, Engineering or Flight Models, specific knowledge in ISS Rack Facilities e.g. MSG or FSL or EDR is an advantage Language skills advanced English, basic German If you are interested in this position, please apply online via www.jobs.eads.com. 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