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Operations Community Support Scientist

2018-08-09 20:27:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Client and Location For one of our main customers, ESAESAC, we are currently looking for an Operations and Community Support Scientist for ESACs XMMNewton Mission. Tasks and Responsibilities This position will include the following specific tasks Contribute to instrument calibration or scientific performance monitoring within team activities. Development of new algorithms or shared scripts for scientific analysis. In addition to Operations Scientist 50 Optimisation to the observations of accepted proposals. Support to the Observing Time Allocation Committee OTAC The OTAC reviews all incoming observation proposals and determines which observations should be assigned observing time, this service may involve provision of support to the Project Scientist and the OTAC in this process. Participation on the activities related to the systematic processing of all scientific mission data as they become available. Provision of scientific requirements of the pipeline products following recommendations of the Project Scientist and Users Group through the PPS Scientist and coordination and participation on the quality control of the pipeline products. Participation in the production and regular updating of the XMMNewton source catalogues, in the definition of their content and scientific validation. Generation of conflict free and optimized science instrument operations plan, timelines and command sequences. Support the generation of procedures where relevant Target of Opportunity on call service Coordination of the release of Announcements of Opportunity for observing time, and provide support to the Project Scientist in the subsequent proposal peer review process by the Observing Time Allocation Committee. Support to the setup of calibration observations, including coordination with instrument teams or to engineering observations requested MOC. Interact with instrument teams, as requested in order to acquire and maintain instrumentspecific knowledge at the SOC. Provide second line support on helpdesk queries as requested. Participate in internal and external group meetings as requested, provide feedback to users and promote the mission at scientific conferences, e.g., by presentations. Community Support Scientist 50 Contribution to the SAS scientific validation and provision of occasional input to the SAS. Support to the Observing Time Allocation Committee OTAC. Support the scientific community via preparation and maintenance of up to date documentation, web contents, help desk service manned in working time and preparation of data analysis and scientific workshops. Supporting observersPIs in the optimization of their science programmes. Coordination of the release of Announcements of Opportunity for observing time, and support to the Project Scientist in the subsequent proposal peer review process by the Observing Time Allocation Committee and Optimisation to the observations of accepted proposals. Ensuring the scientific value of the pipeline and catalogue products is maintained and improved in agreement with the needs of the astronomical community, interfacing with the Project Scientist and Users GroupSWT. Support in organising and managing formal reviews, when needed, of scientific aspects of the mission. Maintain user support documentation, as requested. Support the Project Scientist in outreach activities on request, e.g., by providing information on details of observing schedules or other data. General Where it enhances the capability to support the user community, and only if other tasks permit, up to 20 of the work may involve original science research. Experience and education At least a Science PhD or Masters degree in related fields. At least 4 years of relevant experience High level of expertise in astronomical observations, preferably Xray astronomy, to understand the needs and requirements of the XMMNewton community for the planning and implementation of requested observations and to competently deal with community questions on these observations. Excellent command of commonly used generic analysis software, like IDL, or Python, and of Xray astronomical data analysis software in particular, with preference to the XMMNewton SAS, FTOOLs and XSPEC or similar, in order to competently interact with and support the community in their use of XMMNewton data. High level of understanding of the tasks in scientific operations support for an international space or ground based observatory. Knowledge of the specifics of astronomical Xray detectors, preferably those of XMMNewton. High level of ability to interact with and provide support to users from a worldwide community and crossing multiple disciplines. Fluency in written and spoken English. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK and Ireland. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, fulltime positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. We need you to complement our super star team! Interested? Submit your CV and personal details through our website or send your application directly to recruitmentatgeurope.com

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Remote Sensing Scientist Passive Microwave

2018-07-19 12:30:03| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Come and improve atmospheric profiling using passive microwave science. As our observations from our satellites become more sophisticated, we are looking for a scientist with experience of processing data from spacebourne passive microwave instruments to join our team. This is an opportunity to ensure that EUMETSAT evolves its stateofthe art exploitation of products from our microwave instruments on board our current and future satellites. Your role at EUMETSAT At EUMETSAT, we have experts monitoring, delivering and interpreting data from our satellites. This information is used to forecast weather, sea temperatures and air quality. Our use of technology is vital to everyday life. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge of passive microwave remote sensing physics to drive our scientific development, validation and quality monitoring from the sounders and images of our satellites. You will have extensive experience of coding scientific application software and enjoy working with user and research communities. You will be comfortable keeping our scientific and technical documents up to date. You will bring excellent communication and team working skills. We are a fast paced, operational organisation, working with users and partners. You will be core to defining the requirements for products and services for our future missions. What we offer We work in a collaborative, international environment which offers you a competitive salary and outstanding benefits. You will work with people who are experts in their field. We value diversity and seek to recruit nationals from our Member States. You must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French. Does this sound like you? Have a look at our website to find out how you can make a world of difference. The closing date is 20th August. Interviews wc 8th October.

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NACE CIP Level 3 Certified Senior Scientist, Product Manager joins CQTI

2018-07-13 15:25:00| Coatings World Breaking News

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Axalta Scientist Wins Technology Award for Digital Printing Advances at SURCAR North America

2018-07-03 18:24:00| Coatings World Breaking News

Axalta exploring a future of inkjet for the auto.

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Support Scientist for Sentinel 2 Mission

2018-07-03 16:28:05| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

CS est un acteur majeur de la conception, de lintgration et de lexploitation de systmes critiques. You will work in Frascati ITA in order to support Sentinel2 mission data quality. Sentinel2 is an Earth observation mission developed by European Space Agency as part of the Copernicus Programme to perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring activities, land cover changes detection, water quality assessment, and natural disaster management. You will be a scientific support for sentinel 2 image and application studies. You will be in charge of o Managing projects and studies, o Testing prototypes developed during studies, o Milestones and deliveries checks, o Organization of the Progress Reviews, o Reporting to ESA S2 data quality manager. You have Good Knowledge in optical radiometry Some Knowledge in image geometry Good Knowledge of Microsoft Office Knowledge of Python, IDL or MATLAB Knowledge of Earth Observation Mission from space Sentinel 2 mission is a plus You have a good inter personal skills and team spirit. You are dynamic, fast learner and autonomous.

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