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System and Software Engineer for XMMNewton Science Operations fm
2013-02-01 17:37:18| 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 XMMNewton Science Operations fm at ESAC. Tasks The Instrument Operations Team IOT within the XMMNewton Science Operations Centre SOC at ESAC provides the System and Software Engineering support of the XMMNewton Science Operations Control System XSCS. The IOT also performs the Data Processing of the XMMNewton science data ODFs as well as the support activities in the Science Operations area in close collaboration with the Mission Operations Control Centre MOC located at ESOC and the Science Support Team SST at ESAC. The main activities of this service position should include but are not limited to Software maintenance of the XSCS XMMNewton SOC Control System Subsystems. XSCS subsystems comprise SCOS 2000 based downlink subsystems PMS, ODS and QLA Non SCOS 2000 based uplink subsystems HRPSXRPSPHS SGS Non SCOS 2000 based service subsystems AMS, XFTS and DTS Migration of the XSCS subsystems to Solaris Virtual Machines Migration of the Solaris8 based subsystems to Solaris10 based Virtual Machines Data Processing of the XMMNewton Data, including Raw TM handling and maintenance, including TCX generation and Long Term Archive Trend Analysis ODF generation and supervision Qcheck support and maintenance with evaluation of results Supervision of ODF Reprocessing In general, support and coordination of overall Science Products Generation Operations Support, including Support to the Instrument Operations Manager Support of activities related to routine payload operations preparation, execution and evaluation Support to the On Board Instrument Software activities Quality Assurance, including Configuration Control support activities and Documentation Management CCB issues handling Maintenance tasks will include both first and second line maintenance. The incumbent holder will keep a strong interaction with the XSCS users on what concerns the daily operations of the XSCS systems. Maintenance activities include the setup and run support to the several chains where XSCS is installed Operational, Reprocessing, Validation, Development and AO Chains. Essential Requirements The service to be provided requires the following qualification, knowledge and experience A University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields Proven experience on data processing systems for space astronomy missions Experience with Data Base management tools mostly ORACLE and protocols for information access from SOC systems Good knowledge of UNIX mostly Solaris and Virtual Operating systems Experience with the management of TM and subproducts trend analysis, long term archive Good command of modern programming languages CC, Perl, Tcl, Fortran The candidate should be open minded and be able to understand the different subsystems as a whole integrated systems. The selected contractor must be willing to operate in an international team environment. Heshe should be systemminded, flexible and able to work as a member of a small interdisciplinary team. The contractor should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English. Desirable Skills The following knowledge and expirience would be regarded as an asset Background in a scientific discipline Experience with ESAs operational systems SCOS Proven experience in the development andor maintenance of space observatory science control systems Good interpersonal and communication skills 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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