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System and Software Engineer for Herschel Science Operations fm
2013-02-22 17:37:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites, ESO, Columbus Control Centre, the German Galileo Control Centre and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For our project near Madrid in Spain we are looking for a System and Software Engineer for Herschel Science Operations fm at ESAC. Tasks The objective is to lead the efforts to document the Herschel Data Processing system, keeping up with software, product and calibration changes. Documentation covers the Herschel Interactive Processing Environment HIPE offline documentation, online WWW and TWiki documentation, video tutorials and podcasts and the HIPE Twitter. This software and documentation is developed jointly between ESA, the instrument teams and the NASA Herschel Science Centre, with ESA in charge of the overall coordination. The Herschel Data Processing System is distributed to the astronomical community. Specific tasks beyond the general duties of a technical writer are Maintenance and development of HIPE documentation in DocBook Coordination of Editorial Board activities. Organisation of telecons and facetoface meetings. Liaising with the developer of the help system. Steering and prioritising development according to user needs. Maintenance and development of documentation on the HSC TWiki. This includes documentation aimed at internal developers, other members of the Editorial Board and external users and contributors Development and maintenance of Known Issues and Whats New pages for each HIPE version Maintenance of the HIPE Community Wiki Monitoring and replying to user comments on HIPE documentation pages and Wiki pages Maintenance of the learnhipe Twitter account Development of video tutorials and maintenance of the HIPE Academy YouTube channel Essential Requirements The service to be provided requires the following qualification, knowledge and experience A university degree in computer science, physics, signal processing, or equivalent At least five years relevant experience in technical writing and software engineering coding Java applications Ability to write clear, concise and correct English Good knowledge of DocBook Good knowledge of Java and Jython Experience writing content for Wikis, in particular TWiki Experience developing video tutorials. Knowledge of video recording software such as Camtasia Studio Working knowledge of CVS Some knowledge to develop under UNIX based systems Linux Very good communication and interpersonal skills Some team leading skills The selected contractor must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Heshe should be used to working independently in a focussed way against tight deadlines. The contractor should be used to paying attention to details. Heshe should be comfortable in an international working environment and must be fluent in English. Desirable Skills The following knowledge and expirience would be regarded as an asset Some knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript Knowledge of other operating systems Experience in scientificastronomical data reduction systems Experience data reduction algorithms is an advantage Experience in interacting with instrument and calibration scientists and the science community Additional Information The candidate must have a valid Spanish work and residence permit or be an EU Citizen Planned start date is 01 April 2013 To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.dewhereweworkspacecareersspacejobs.html
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