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COVID-19 impact on nursery performance and feed costs
2021-05-05 15:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Nursery mortality percentage spiked in May 2020 and remained higher throughout the rest of the year.
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Cummins B6.7 Performance Series engine now features stop-start capability
2021-05-05 12:55:38| Green Car Congress
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Continental Products Rebrands as Continental Performance Coatings
2021-05-03 12:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
"...[T]he company no longer performs as the paint generalist that 'products' suggests, said Guy Braun, director, CPC.
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Level 1 Mission Performance Chain Engineer
2021-04-30 12:13:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary Brand new opportunity for an experienced Earth Observation professional to join the Telespazio UK team, working onsite at ESTEC, supporting EO Projects specifically CHIME and LSTM within end to end mission performance. Objective The work will focus on providing support to Earth Observation Projects CHIME and LSTM in the domain of Endtoend E2E Mission Performance covering mainly software aspects. The E2E performance chain comprises several components scene generator, instrument simulator, instrument data processors. The contractor will work integrated in the relevant Project Teams and will report to the System Manager. Responsibilities Duties The successful individual can expect to be involved in Operating an up to date copy of E2E software components in ESTEC to perform specific runs in order to checkrepeat verification and validation procedures provided by industries, and ensure proper methods are implemented Extending the test plan from industry to make sensitivity analyses or execute specific tests requested by Projects in order to monitor instrument performance, and to analyse impacts on the mission performance resulting from deviations during the development programme Supporting reviews of the E2E software components and participating in project meetings Supporting Test Data production and verification Supporting the analysis of the data collected during onground and inorbit calibration and characterisation campaigns Developing any required software tools to support all the mentioned activities Providing necessary inputs for the relevant internal and external meetings Detecting SW anomalies to be reported to SW developer for analysis Ensuring that the E2E Mission Performance Simulator chain and its components and algorithms meet the required functionality and performance, taking into account system, instrument, geophysical model and calibrationvalidation facility aspects Qualifications Experience University Masters degree or equivalent in Physics, engineering or a related discipline. Essential Skills Firsthand experience and proficiency in the development of numerical modelling software preferably using compiled languages CCJava, development environments and using the Unix operating system. Familiarity with highperformance computing environment such as GPU and cloud processing Good familiarity with co mputer programs such as Matlab, Python or IDL. Knowledge of specific tools such as image analysis tools. Background knowledge of the problematics involved in Earth Observation modelling. A system viewpoint with the ability and willingness to assess the impact that each element brings to the overall mission performance. Qualities Proactive attitude to solving problems Good English language skills Good organisational and communication skills Able to work independently and in international teams
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ALTIUS Mission Performance Engineer
2021-04-30 12:13:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary Brand new opportunity for an experienced Earth Observation professional to join the Telespazio UK team, working onsite at ESTEC, supporting the ALTIUS project and its goals. Objective The ALTIUS Project aims at the development of an Earth limb sounder mission based on a small satellite. Its main objective is the monitoring of the distribution stratospheric ozone at high vertical resolution in support of longterm monitoring and operational services. ALTIUS Measurements of concentration profiles of other atmospheric species as well as of aerosol extinction vertical profiles are also envisaged in the frame of monitoring and scientific activities. The contractor will contribute to all aspects project internal activities, monitoringreview of the relevant industrial activities, interaction with Mission Users and Scientists relevant to the mission performance of the ALTIUS mission up to Level 2. Reporting to the ALTIUS System and Engineering Manager. Responsibilities Duties The successful individual can expect to be involved in Maintenance of mission and system level requirements, monitoring and critically analysing the requirement allocation, their flow down to the relevant contributors, the associated margins, their evolution and their verification, in the following areas Observation requirements and mission data products requirements EndtoEnd simulator and Ground Processor Prototype GPP Internal and External characterisation and calibration of the instrument Supporting the payload team for aspects relevant to instrument performance requirements flowdown, and instrument performance verification, including relevant models and tools Following up the End to End Simulator and GPP procurement, verificationvalidation and acceptance activities Acquiring working knowledge of the tools for test data generation purposes and internal mission level verification activities Developing and maintaining additional mission performance mathematical models and tools to support the assessment of the relevant industrial development activities Maintaining mission level performance and error budgets, analysing their compliance with the endtoend mission performance requirements, and proposing corrective actions in case of deviation Monitoring and reviewing the definition and implementation of the ALTIUS characterisation, calibration and validation plans and follow up the specification, procurement and verificationvalidation of the relevant equipment and activities Supporting the preparation, execution and analysis of the relevant inflight CALVAL operations during the commissioning phase Supporting Payload Data Ground Segment PDGS development with the Ground processor aspects and crossverification activities of the PDGS operational ground processor against the GPP Supporting the running of the ALTIUS Mission Advisory Group MAG with concerns around mission instrument performance aspects, including endtoend mission performance verification and compliance status Interacting with the ALTIUS Mission Users Community and Scientific Community regarding Mission definition, Products definition and mission instrument performance aspects. Supporting the System and Engineering Manager and the other ALTIUS project team members in all aspects related to mission performance, as necessary for the effective execution of the ALTIUS project. Qualifications Experience University Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant Physical science or engineering discipline. Essential Skills Demonstrated experience in performance assessment of optical instrumentation for atmospheric observation including image processing. Experience working with Earth limb observation systems as well as knowledge of aerosols and ozone observational data. Proficient with programming languages relevant to the implementation and maintenance of the system performance models e.g. MATLAB and python. Solid analytical skills together with broad, systemoriented thinking, and the ability and motivation to rapidly learn and switch within a wide range of application domains. Capable of critically analysing the work performed by industry in the relevant areas, identify problems and propose corrective actions. Qualities Proactive attitude to solving problems Good English language skills Good organisational and communication skills Able to work independently and in international teams
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