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LISA Pathfinder Science Archive and VO Software Engineer
2015-01-13 13:05:59| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support within the Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate DSRE. Aurora currently has a team of 20 engineers and scientists at ESAC including support to the LISA Pathfinder mission. ESA require a service to be provided by an engineer with scientific instrument operations experience. ESA will award the work to the company with the best proposal and Auroras existing experience on LISA Pathfinder and providing operations are beneficial to our commitment to produce an excellent proposal to ESA. Overview The work is to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in System and Software Engineering at ESAC for the Science Archives and Virtual Observatory VO Team during its final preparation for operations and the operational phase. The launch is planned for Autumn 2015. LISA Pathfinder LPF is the technology demonstrator for the LISA mission and its primary goal is to demonstrate the critical technologies needed for LISA. The payload onboard LPF consists of the European LISA Technology Package LTP and a contribution provided by the NASAJPL, the Disturbance Reduction System DRS. Within the Science Operations Departments overall responsibility for scientific operations development and execution for astronomy and solar systems missions, the Science Archives and Computer Engineering Unit carries in particular the role of developing science archives, providing easy access to mission data for the scientific community worldwide. The Science Archives Team SAT in ESAC works on various archive projects from old missions ISO, Exosat, Giotto, Smart1, Huygens, Herschel, Planck, Ulysses, current missions XMMNewton, Integral, HST, Mars Express, Venus Express, Rosetta, Soho, Cluster, Gaia and future missions BepiColombo, Euclid, LisaPF, Solar Orbiter, .... All mission science archives are available online through GUI rich client or thin client web interfaces and machine scriptable interfaces, with data distribution either online or via asynchronous FTP. Modular and flexible multitier and clientserver architecture together with the use of an objectoriented approach, Java and XML allows configurability and reuse of software systems across archive projects. Furthermore, ESA, through the ESAC SAT is playing an important role in the VO worldwide to position itself as the main VO actor for all European spacebased astronomical data. A VO is a network of interoperating data archives and software tools that use the connectivity provided by the Internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. The vast astronomical archives and databases around the world, together with analysis tools and computational services, are linked together into an integrated facility, not only connecting astronomical data centres and providers but also providing collective capabilities beyond those possible in any individual archive. Within the SAT, people are usually dedicated to a specific archive project, taking care of design, implementation, operations and evolutive maintenance of the archive software systems data repository and database of products metadata, middletier applications, data distribution and interoperability, user and scriptable interfaces. As the archives software systems share a common technical framework, people assigned to one archive project can move to another archive project, ensuring easier and efficient knowledge transfer. Specific tasks would include system and software engineering tasks such as design, development, testing installation, deployment, operations, maintenance with associated documentation according to the ESA software engineering processes. Furthermore, participation to working groups, workshops, conferences and meetings where science archives and virtual observatory standards and practices are discussed might be required. Specific Service tasks a Specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO databases are the following Database design and modelling taking into account the user requirements Database installation, population, monitoring and maintenance Design, develop, deploy and maintain database interfaces for the rest of the archives and VO systems Design, develop, deploy and maintain applications related to the database information user administration tools, statistics tools, etc. Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. b Specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO user interfaces and middletier applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO graphical user interfaces which allow the users to make queries to the database, see the results, select products and request them Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO middletier applications which provide transparent access for applications User Interface, Statistics Tool, Archive InterOperability systems, and others to the database and to the data products repository Design, develop, deploy and maintain some Science Archive Data Products Visualization tools, which allow to display images, spectra other scientific products and to perform some simple manipulations zooming, selection, some extraction,.... Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. c Specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO data distribution and interoperability applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain Science Archive Data Distribution systems, which allow the users to retrieve archive data products online or via asynchronous FTP Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive interoperability services, which provide interoperable scriptable interfaces to the science archive databases contents and data products. Design, develop, deploy and maintain the VO compliant interoperability systems, making sure all Science Archives at ESAC are VO accessible Design, develop, deploy and maintain an ESA VO Portal, including a ESA multimissions archive based on VO protocols Design, develop, deploy and maintain VO applications and VO clients Registry, VOSpec,... Participating to the VO interoperability working groups where VO standards are discussed and defined. Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Specific qualification requirements A University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields. At least 3 years relevant professional experience Specific knowledge is required in the following areas ESA Ground Segment and Scientific Archives Software engineering Experience in designing multitier architecture application in the context of Scientific Archives and Virtual Observatory Extensive experience in JAVA programming language Experience in Google Web Toolkit Experience in Web technologies http, JSP, web services,... Experience in SQL and XML Experience in Graphical User Interfaces application Experience in Data Distribution applications through web services Experience in the Virtual Observatory standards and protocols, working groups, working processes and environment would be an asset Linux and PCWindows environment Experience on ESA software engineering processes and software configuration control tools and some scientific background would be an asset. In addition applicants should Be willing to render the service in a team environment Be willing to travel. Have good interpersonal and communication skills, together with a proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus are required. Be comfortable in an international working environment Be fluent in written and spoken English, one of the official language of ESA. Be able to provide the service during normal ESA working days and working hours, with some flexibility to allow exceptional cases of oncall andor extra time support. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident. Location The work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 29 annual days holiday. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 3 February 2015 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form to Mr. Andy McGarry, at email andy.mcgarryaurora.nl quoting reference SRE97. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by 10 February 2015.
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Lisa Su Named CEO of AMD
2014-10-10 04:02:04| PC Magazine Graphics Cards Product Guide
Rory Read is out and Lisa Su is in as president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, the company said this week.
AMD appoints Lisa Su to succeed CEO Rory Read
2014-10-09 09:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Rory Read is stepping down and will be succeeded by COO Lisa Su, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read said that the change reflected his regular discussions with AMD's board about succession issues and that the time was right for a change to drive AMD forward. Su previously worked at IBM, as did Read, as well as at Freescale Semiconductor. Ms. Su said that AMD's x86 business remains important but indicated she will largely continue along Read's priorities. She added that diversifying the business was critical. Read will support the transition in an advisory role through the end of this year.
End of an era: Rory Read steps down as AMD CEO, replaced by Lisa Su
2014-10-08 23:47:44| Extremetech
AMD has announced that its CEO, Rory Read, is stepping down -- effective immediately. Read will be replaced by Lisa Su, who has been serving as the company's Chief Operating Officer.
Spacecraft Operations Engineer Lisa Pathfinder 1412065
2014-08-19 15:41:02| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Spacecraft Operations Engineer Lisa Pathfinder 1412065 Job Description We are looking for a Spacecraft Operations Engineer to work at the European Space Operations Centre ESOC. The selected engineer will assigned to the Lisa Pathfinder mission primarily, but with the possibility to support other missions within the Astronomical Missions Division. The position requires standard spacecraft operations engineering support with a focus on Flight Procedure Validation, Mission Planning and Payload Operations. The main tasks of the job include Provide independent Procedure validation of the Flight Operations Procedures to be conducted on the MCS Simulator. Payload operations preparation, validation and execution, including mission planning and commissioning plan and timeline. General SOE service provision is expected during the LEOP preparation and execution, when the payloads are not active. Required Skills and Experience Spacecraft knowledge on a subsystem level, particular of Payloads. Expertise in operational environments. Understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems. Control Theory. Familiarity with operational training Familiarity with operational simulators, ideally SimSat Familiarity with satellite control systems, ideally SCOS2000 Familiarity with Operational Payloads Fluency in English. Able to prioritise and manage several activities in parallel, and across multidomains. Desirable Skills and Experience Familiarity with Orbits and Attitude. Knowledge of satellite or ground operations, or nonspace operational environments. Experience with prelaunch activities and launch campaigns of satellites. Mission Planning expertise. Power Thermal expertise. Understanding of Commissioning campaigns for Satellite Payloads. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 07 September 2014 Start of Work Q4 2014 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 07 September 2014 Learn more about us in Facebook
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