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System Software engineer BepiColombo mission SCJ2787
2014-02-28 15:36:02| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
System Software engineer BepiColombo missionJ2787 Summary An experienced engineer with sound knowledge of JAVA, IDL and C to work for Telespazio VEGA onsite at ESA,developing science operations systems and tools. Objective The engineer will be contributing to the requirements definition, design, implementation and testing of the BepiColombo Science Control System BSCS with specific focus on the Data Processing. Responsibilities Duties The main area of activity will be SW development for the implementation of the Data Processing Subsystem DPS within the BepiColombo Science Control System at the Science Ground Segment. The activity will also imply integration, operation and maintenance of the Data Processing infrastructure, components and tools. This work will include System engineering and architectural design activities, including operating plans and procedures Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining software tools and systems, e.g. Observation proposal handling, mission planning and quicklook systems, parts of which may be distributed to the community User support tools Interactive analysis and calibration systems, to be distributed as needed to the community for data reduction and analysis Data processing pipelines Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the virtual observatory Scientific and technical WWW systems to support Science Operations Centre, Science Ground Segment and the scientific community Qualifications Experience Degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant scientific or technical subject Good experience of system and software engineering practices Programming languages Java, IDL and C Scripting in UNIX environments Graphical User Interface GUI development and maintenance Development of data structures, accessing them locally and from relational databases Administration of relational Databases, MySQL and ORACLE Provision and maintenance of tests harnesses Development of Web Applications, experience with Apache Tomcat technologies Essential Skills Experience with configuration and version control tools, SVN, GIT Experience with software building tools MAVEN, Hudson, and Jenkins Experience with ECSS standards for software development ECSS Packet Utilization Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structures Desirable Skills Knowledge of XML and experience in mapping XML files to Java Objects and viceversa is an advantage. Knowledge of inter process communication is an advantage. Knowledge of scientific processing and data analysis is an advantage. Science mission planning and instrument commanding is an advantage Qualities The engineer should possess good communications skills. The engineer should be able to document their work. Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Closing Date for applications is Friday 21st March 2014 Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid, Spain Benefits Competitive Salary Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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