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Technical Author Herschel SCJ 2602
2013-02-08 17:38:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary VEGA have an outstanding opportunity to provide the support to Herschel Space Telescopes users. Objective An experienced technical author needed to develop documentation and training material for the Herschel Interactive Processing Environment HIPE, a data analysis and visualisation application developed by ESA. Responsibilities Duties 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 Heschel Science Centre 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. Monitoring and replying to user comments on HIPE documentation pages and TWiki pages. Maintenance of a Twitter account with news and tips about HIPE. Development of video tutorials and maintenance of the HIPE dedicated YouTube channel. Qualifications Experience Degree level qualification in physics, astronomy or space science or similar Good demonstrated experience of writing software documentation API documentation experience Experience writing content for wikis, in particular TWiki. Essential Skills Ability to write clear, concise and correct English. Good knowledge of DocBook. Good knowledge of Java and Jython. Ability to develop video tutorials, including knowledge of video recording software such as Camtasia Studio. Working knowledge of CVS. Desirable Skills Knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Qualities Good communication skills. Strong organization skills. Team leading skills. 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 28 February 2013 Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid, Spain Benefits Competitive salary plus a benefits package 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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