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Science Operations Engineer for LISA Pathfinder
2014-05-07 16:39:37| 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 Science Operations Engineer for LISA Pathfinder to support our customer in Spain. Science Operations Engineer for LISA Pathfinder Key Tasks and Responsibilities You will be part of the team to support the ESA STOC Science and Technology Operations Centre during its final preparation for operations and the operational phase and have the following responsibilities Support the final preparation of the STOC for operations Installation of the STOC software modules e.g. Mission Planning, Data Ingestion, Simulator in their operational environment at STOC, their configuration control and their acceptance tests STOC integration Ground Segment Tests Provide service support for the definition, preparation and execution of the STOC integration tests, the Ground Segment tests SOVTs and the STOC Simulations Provide services to the following operational duties o Generation of the operational payload mission planning files o Monitoring of data ingestion tasks o Support to data archiving tasks o Investigation of payload anomalies and the implementation of the recovery Maintenance of the STOC operational databases as well as operations plans and procedures Monitoring of the maintenance of the software modules and provide to the developers the priorities for the resolution of the software problems as seen from the users side. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience University background in a scientific or technical subject or equivalent Several years of professional experience in the preparation, testing and operations of a scientific operations centre or a similar system Experience in satellite payload operations Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located near Madrid. We are looking for candidates who are available from August 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 Cristina Espino at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference NLSC2256 before 04Jun14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!
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Science Operations Engineer for Gaia
2014-05-06 15:43:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Spaceis 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 Science Operations Engineerto support our customer in Spain. Science Operations Engineer for Gaia Key Tasks and Responsibilities You will be part of the team developing Gaias Astrometric Global Iterative Solution AGIS and will have the following responsibilities Development and integration of scientific algorithms Coding scientific algorithms in Java following detailed mathematical descriptions Integrating these algorithms into the AGIS framework Testing and validating new implemented functionality using simulation data Maintenance of existing code modules Analyse and resolve known deficiencies and inadequacies Verify and validate that issues have been resolved System verification and scientific validation Aid in the definition, conducting and analysis of largescale testing campaigns including a first assessment of the scientific quality of results Documenting results of test campaigns Aid in the creation of the first astrometric solution L22m Populating the operational AGIS processing DB with IDT and all needed auxiliary data Starting the AGIS run Monitoring the execution of the run Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience University Degree in a scientific or technical subject Several years of professional experience in software development Experience in development andor maintenance of complex scientific data processing systems, preferably in Java Strong background in mathematics and numerical modelling of data Good knowledge of working with ESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools e.g. ECSS Scripting with Python and SciPy UNIX, Linux operating system Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located near Madrid.We are looking for candidates who are available from July 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 Julia Niehaus at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference NL2255before 28May14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!
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Science Data Processing Applications Engineer
2014-03-24 17:35:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, is for a Consultant with experience in system design, software development, operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of large complex realtime data processing systems for meteorological satellites. Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. The successful candidate will be part of the clients Supporting Applications Engineering team supporting the maintenance and evolution of off line Ground Segment elements, specifically for quality control, calibration and validation, data visualisation and auxiliary data management and services. The application software is mainly developed in CC, PERL, and Python. For data visualisation a good knowledge in IDL and ENVI is required. The duties will include a range of tasks, from the support of the day to day operation and maintenance, the analysis, design, development and testing of the facilities which also includes the handling of anomalies, upgrades and configuration changes for these facilities. The key experience and skills sought are Operating and maintaining software systems in a UNIX based environment CC programming language experience in a UNIX based environment Use of and application programming of database systems Oracle, Informix, PostgresSQL and MySQL Competence in the use of scripting languages shell scripting and highlevel languages Python, Java Knowledge of web technologies, programming and markup languages Apache, CGI, JavaScript, UML Competence in software testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation The working language is English. This is a permanent employee assignment starting in June 2014. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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BepiColombo Science Operations System Engineer
2014-02-28 15:36:02| 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 System Engineer for BepiColombo Science Operations to support our customer in Spain. BepiColombo Science Operations System Engineer Key Tasks and Responsibilities In this role you will be working at ESAs European Space Astronomy Centre ESAC and will support the BepiColombo mission. You will have the following responsibilities Develop and maintain the BepiColombo Data Processing System DPS including Implementation of the pipelines under SGS development responsibility Integration within the BepiColombo Archive Core System BSCS of the pipelines developed and delivered to SGS Development and implementation of the data processing monitoring and control facilities and the different data transfer mechanisms Participate in the development and maintenance of the other BSCS subsystems Contribute to the installation and setup of the Configuration Control tools used by the BSCS, and in the definition and implementation of the BSCS software development environment. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience University degree in a scientific or technical field Several years experience in software development and software engineering with good understanding of space operations Experience with and knowledge of Programming languages Java, IDL and C and scripting in Unix environments Graphical User Interface GUI development and maintenance Development of data structures, administration of relational Databases, MySQL and ORACLE Provision and maintenance of tests harnesses Development of Web Applications Knowledge of XML and experience in mapping XML files to Java Objects Knowledge of inter process communication, scientific processing, data analysis and science mission planning and instrument commanding would be an advantage Experience with configuration and version control and software building tools Knowledge of ECSS standards for software development Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in near Madrid. We are looking for candidates who are available from April 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 Sarah Gonschorek, quoting job reference NLSC2209 before 19Mar14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you! Apply for this job
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Herschel Science Operations Instrument Calibration Support Engineer SCJ 27689
2014-01-08 16:35:05| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An exciting opportunity for an experienced scientist or engineer to work for Telespazio VEGA within the Herschel Team. Objective To support the further improvement of the calibration and data products in the archive. Responsibilities Duties The engineer will be expected to perform the following service tasks. The priorities of each task and the level to which they are performed will depend on the needs of the observatory plus the capabilities of the successful candidates To understand the general workings of the PACS andor SPIRE science instruments of Herschel, sufficient to be able to answer general community questions To become responsible for the documentation of the PACS or SPIRErelated elements of the Herschel Explanatory Supplement and data processing documentation. To become expert in understanding the post operations development of one of the PACS photometerspectrometer or SPIRE photometer instruments Answer helpdesk questions on instrument operations and data products associated with either the PACS or SPIRE instruments Participate in assessing and updating calibration information and its use in the standard processing pipelines To participate in data processing workshops and work with users in understanding how to handle their Herschel PACS or SPIRE science data To participate in acceptance testing of new software as it relates to the PACS or SPIRE pipeline products and associated data processing software To participate in crosscalibration checks of the Herschel science data as needed Perform data quality checking of problematic observations, as needed Potentially be involved in the formulation of extended processing and data products of the Herschel Science Centre for the Herschel Science Archive Conduct science research based on Herschel data The specific duties include Helpdesk Interactions with Scientists Answering user tickets associated with instrument operations and data processing Instrument Expertise Learn about the technical issues and be involved in technical problem solving for one or more of the Herschel science instruments Data processing Checks of calibration file deliveries to the Herschel Science Centre, checks of software delivered to the data processing system, acceptance testing of data processing capabilities for each software update every year Quality control Perform checks of problematic observations and their associated data for feedback to users Qualifications Experience Masters University degree, PhD preferred, in AstronomyAstrophysics or Physics, or equivalent and relevant professional experience Knowledge of astronomical instrumentation, acquired through astronomical instrument hardware development andor intensive astronomical data reduction experience Experience and understanding of farinfrared instruments would be a distinct advantage Experience in interacting with the scientific community An interest in performing science research with Herschel data is considered a plus Essential Skills Excellent communication skills To work effectively in a team environment and with the astronomical community around the world Be well organized and show a good sense of initiative Excellent level of English both written and spoken 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 Monday 13th January Location of the position is ESAC, Nr. Madrid or Potentially Offsite Benefits Competitive 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. httpwww.telespaziovega.comcareersvacanciesj2768.aspx
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