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Senior Research Scientist fm

2017-11-14 19:10:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

SRONs mission is to bring about breakthroughs in international space research. Therefore the institute develops pioneering technology and advanced space instruments, and uses them to pursue fundamental astrophysical research, Earth science and exoplanetary research. As national expertise institute SRON gives counsel to the Dutch government and coordinates national contributions to international space missions. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society. Current instruments with SRON contributions in the development and proposal phase are a.o. the farinfrared grating spectrometer SAFARI on the ESAJAXANASA SPICA mission proposed ESA M5 mission, launch 2029, the exoplanet mission PLATO ESA, launch 2029, the XIFU instrument for the Athena Xray mission ESA, launch 2028 and the gravitational wave mission LISA ESA, launch 2034. The Instrument Science group has a vacancy for a Senior Research Scientist fm Vacancy 1341 Job summary The successful candidate will lead all technical aspects of future space optical and farinfrared instrument development all the way up to launch, take the lead in the instrument design, and will be the technical point of contact both for the internal team as well as for the international instrument consortium. Candidate will act as lead instrument scientist of the instrument, and is in charge of monitoring the overall endtoend performance of the instrument. Tasks Lead the development of all aspects of innovative, international and multidisciplinary spacebased optical instruments including optical, mechanical, electrical, and thermal designs Acquire funds for largescale projects Develop and give advice on current and future innovative space instrument proposals Lead a team of experts Build up and maintain an international network in the area of optical and infrared space instrumentation. Required qualifications PhD in Physics or Optics or equivalent in a discipline related to remote sensing e.g. Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Astronomy 5 years of experience in developing innovative opticalinfrared instrumentation Considerable national and international reputation and experience as a researcher in the own discipline Experience in a Lead System Engineer role and in writing proposals Good verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment Experience with project management techniques Prince II, IPMA or equivalent Innovative, Persuasive, Helicopter view. Candidates at the start of their career and therefore partly compliant, are also invited to apply. Employment conditions Employment of this fulltime position as a senior instrument scientist at SRONGroningen is by NWO The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and will be for a period of 2 years with the possibility for a permanent position. If you have shown to perform well at SRON, there is ample opportunity to continue your career. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWO between 3,157. and 5,512.. gross per month on a fulltime basis depending on education and experience. NWO has good secondary employment conditions such as An end of year bonus of 8,33 of the gross yearly salary 42 days of vacation leave a year on fulltime basis An excellent pension scheme We offer generous relocation expenses and support with finding accommodation Options for additional personal development Excellent facilities for parental leave A holiday allowance of 8 of the gross yearly salary. For information For further information about the position, please contact dr. ir. G. de Lange, Section manager within the expertise group Instrument Science, telephone 31050363 4051. Information about SRON can be found at www.sron.nl. Letter of application If you wish to apply you can send a motivation letter with CV to jobssron.nl. Please state the vacancy number 1341 in the subject of your mail. Candidates will be considered until the position has been filled. Internal and external recruiting will be executed in parallel. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to female applicants.

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Sea Surface Temperature Senior Scientist

2015-08-05 16:10:14| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Sea Surface Temperature Senior Scientist to support our customer in Germany. Sea Surface Temperature Senior Scientist Key Tasks and Responsibilities As part of the Oceanography Team in the Technical and Science Support Department, you will have the following responsibilities Support to the verification and validation oflevel2 products Support to verification and calibration activities for level1 products Support to the development of new tools for calibration andor validation as well as utilisation of existing tools Support to the development of new tools for product processing monitoring as well as utilisation of existing tools Investigation of anomalies and issues related to Level 1 and Level 2 product quality Support to the setup and operation of product quality monitoring and reporting tools Contribution to the analysis, assessment and maintenance of L 1L2 marine satellite data processors and algorithms Contribution to scientific development of algorithms to support CaiN al activities Contribution to the execution of scientific support studies. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and extensive relevant experience University degree in remote sensing, oceanography, meteorology, physics, or equivalent Good interpersonal skills in support of team work Satellite Sea Surface Temperature andor visible and infrared data sets Knowledge of the precursor mission to Sentinel3 SLSTR Calibration and validation of remote sensing products Development of calibration andor product validation methods Operational satellite data processing Scientific programming language skills including C, IDLIPVWave, ENVI or equivalent and optionally Fortran, Python Skills in writing technical and scientific documents Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in Darmstadt. We welcome applicants who are available from October 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivationboth in English and in Word to Ms Elisa Manfreda at jobshespace.com, quoting job DEDSC2721 before24Aug15. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

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Senior Support Scientist for XMMNewton Operations

2014-08-14 14:41:37| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Senior Support Scientist for XMMNewton Operations to support our customer in Spain. Senior Support Scientist for XMMNewton Operations Key Tasks and Responsibilities The XMMNewton Science Operation Centre XMMSOC at the European Space Astronomy Centre ESAC currently operates the scientific instruments on board XMMNewton. Starting from reception of the observers proposal to the final delivery of calibrated scientific products to the observer, the activities of the SOC comprise all the necessary steps for ensuring high quality and reliability of the scientific data. This includes daybyday operations, calibration of the instruments, user support and scientific research. Your main tasks will include Calibration and monitoring of the health and performance of the scientific instruments Optimisation to the observations of accepted proposals Shortterm mission planning and scheduling of routine observations as well as of Targets of Opportunity Provision of a helpdesk service Contribution to the Scientific Analysis Subsystem SAS scientific validation and provision of occasional input to the SAS Original science research using mainly XMMNewton or related data. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience Required experience Ph.D. degree in a relevant science area, with preference for astronomy or physics Strong background in astronomical research, with a good record of science publications in the astronomical refereed literature and with part of those signed by the candidate as first author Astronomical Xray data analysis Astronomical spectroscopic data analysis Good command of commonly used astronomical software, like IDL, and of Xray astronomical data analysis software in particular, with preference to the XMMNewton SAS and the XSPEC and FTOOLs Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. Preferred experience Very good knowledge of the XMMNewton instruments Monitoring and calibration of astronomical Xray detectors Monitoring and calibration of opticalUV detectors used in space astronomy Scientific or spacecraft operations support with a major international space or ground based observatory Support to the professional astronomical community This job is located near Madrid. We are looking for candidates who are available from November 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Karina Specht at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference NLSC2335 before 01Sep14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

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Senior Earth Observation Scientist for Applied Research

2013-04-17 15:38:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

About GIM In the context of the expansion of its activities in Earth Observation EO, GIM is looking for a senior remote sensing expert to strengthen its team. For several years GIM has been developing operational services deriving specific information from time series of very high resolution optical satellite images to support business activities of customers in the precision farming and agroforestry applications areas. In this framework GIM has been developing innovative image processing chains and is currently focussing on their automation. GIM is thus looking to appoint an enthusiastic senior selfstarter to support its EO team in meeting these research challenges. This position, based in Heverlee Belgium, calls for at least 5 years of practical experience in satellite image processing and workflows development. The successful candidate will have a high potential to be recognised as an expert and resource person in the remote sensing field. He will be capable of bringing scientific and technical innovation in the EO team and of supporting and supervising his colleagues. He will report to the Team Manager. Job description The main working language is English as most of the activities will be realised in the framework of European research projects e.g. funded by ESA, FP7 or directly by the clients. The role will embrace analysis of the user requirements and their translation into functional requirements development of innovative image processing workflows in an operational context conceptual design and implementation of Image Understanding Systems based on ObjectBased Image Analysis OBIA concepts and spatial analysis methodologies automation of these workflows using programming languages such as C, Java or Python validation of developed prototypes and the elaboration of appropriate quality control mechanisms understanding and interpretation of the derived information and its postprocessing to meet customer needs and achieved integration into current business practices contribution to the drafting of technical parts of project proposals supervision of colleagues and the provision of technical support monitoring of scientific and technical innovation and the implementation of best practices Your profile Considering the main application areas, the applicant should have a background in agronomy. The required key experience and attributes are university degree in science complementary degree in remote sensing or PhD in a relevant Earth Observation subject at least 5 years of practical experience in EO projects involving very high resolution optical image processing workflows specification, development, implementation and validation Essential skills understanding of EO data and services at an expert level understanding of GIS concepts in depth knowledge of OBIA and command of eCognition software package very good skills in programming in one or several relevant programming languages e.g. C, Java, Python, IDL and significant experience in processing chains automation skills in writing scientifictechnical documents Desirable skills spatial analysis in ArcGIS and FME software packages time series analysis and change detection Qualities creative team player with an innovative and problem solving attitude enthusiastic and resultsoriented selfstarter What we offer Through this vacancy, GIM offers a permanent position in a stimulating and innovative domain where research skills can be applied in concrete business areas. A competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package meal vouchers, insurance, contributory pension scheme, company car will be offered to the successful candidate. If you wish to apply for this job, please send your motivation letter with your curriculum vitae, mentioning the reference VAC12SREO, to GIM nv For the attention of Vincent Tigny Researchpark Haasrode Interleuvenlaan 5 3001 Heverlee Or by email to infogim.be, mentioning the reference VAC12SREO in the subject We guarantee discretion in the treatment of your application.

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