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Venus Express Science Operations Planner SCJ 2619
2013-02-21 12:39:13| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Venus Express Science Operations Planner J 2619 Summary An exciting opportunity to join the Venus Express VEX Science Operations team as a mission planner. Objective To support the Venus Express Science Operations mainly on medium term mission planning with ad hoc support to long term, short term and software engineering planning. Responsibilities Duties It is expected that, after getting acquainted with the VEX science operations, the majority of the tasks will be devoted to mediumterm planning support. The longterm planning needs to be detailed a few months before operation to match to the real VEX orbit and the specific requests from the instrument teams. In 4week intervals, mediumterm plans will need to be prepared. The planner will act as an interface point to coordinate the mediumterm planning inputs from the PI teams. In detail, the following tasks need to be performed Collect the mediumterm planning input from the PI teams Using the EPSPTB and MAPPS software tools, check the PI input for correctness Where required, support specific PI teams in the generation of their MTP level products Iterate, if required, the operational requests with the PI teams Forward the consolidated operational requests to the VMOC in the form of Pointing Requests PTR and Payload Operational Request POR files Iterate, if required, the operational requests with the VMOC Expected output One mediumterm plan per month, consisting of Pointing Requests PTR and Instrument Timelines ITL Documented process and planning files storage in Concurrent Versioning System CVS Planning files delivery to the VEX Mission Operations Centre Long term short term planning shall be performed whenever the main responsible person is not available or needs support. Planning software engineering support shall be performed on an asneeded basis. Qualifications Experience Experience with ESA science missions and interaction with PI teams Familiarity with Venus Express Science Operations and Planning Good knowledge of geometrical constraints for planning of spacecraft pointing Experience with the software tools EPS and MAPPS Familiarity with the format of operational request files POR, ITL, PTR files In addition knowledge of the following would be beneficial Familiarity with the software tool SOLAB Concurrent Versioning System CVS SPICE IDL University degree or equivalent in space engineering, planetary science or a related field Essential Skills Good communication skills Be willing and capable of working in a small, highly motivated team Be fluent in English 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 15th March 2013 Location of the position is Madrid, Spain Benefits Fixed Term Contract 18 months Competitive salary benefits 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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