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System and Software Engineering for Science Operations Lisa Parthfinder
2014-05-26 14:38:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION 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. The Science and Technology Operations Centre STOC is the point of interface to the scientific community, and is responsible for the payload scheduling, quicklook data analysis, data processing and archiving. Responsibilities Duties Tasks Qualifications The service to be provided requires that the personnel should possess a university background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant experience of at least 5 years. In particular Required knowledge Experience needed in the preparation, testing and operations of a scientific operations centre or a similar system Experience in satellite payload operations Knowledge is required in system and software engineering practices Knowledge in the corresponding software development language, database systems Knowledge is required in ECSS standards for software development Desirable Knowledge The service personnel shall Be comfortable in an international working environment Be willing to travel During the operational phase of the mission extensive stays at ESOC Darmstadt, Germany may be needed. Be fluent in English written spoken Experience Experience is important but not essential Applicants should also be able to work effectively, both in a team setting and autonomously. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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Gaia Science JAVA Software Engineer SCJ 2803
2014-05-08 13:47:26| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An experienced JAVA software engineer to work for Telespazio VEGA onsite at ESAC to support Gaia Science Operations. Objective An exciting opportunity to work at ESAC, supporting, maintaining and testing systems for the Gaia mission. Responsibilities Duties The engineer will be part of the Gaia SOC AGIS team in close coordination the scientific community to develop the Global Iterative Solution into an operational system. Tasks will include but are not limited to 1. 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 unit integration tests using simulation data Optimize new code in terms of memory CPU usage All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. 2. Maintenance of existing code modules Analyse and resolve known deficiencies and inadequacies Issues of existing AGIS software modules Verify and validate that issues have been resolved usually in the form of extending existing tests andor conduction of new largescale tests. 3. System verification and scientific validation Aid in the definition, conduction and analysis of largescale testing campaigns including a first assessment of the scientific quality of results. Documenting results of test campaigns in the form of validation test reports 4. Aid in the creation of the first astrometric solution L22m Assist SOC personnel in all activities needed to generate the first astrometric solution with real flight data, such as Populating the operational AGIS processing DB with IDT and all needed auxiliary data Starting the AGIS run Monitoring the execution of the run from a technical and scientific viewpoint In case of problems, diagnose their cause and implement rectifying actions All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. 5. Other Activities In addition to AGIS the Gaia SOC is responsible for operating and maintaining a number of other key systems like the Initial Data Treatment IDT or the central Gaia Tools Java Library. The engineer may be asked to support maintaining these systems in phases of manpower shortage. Qualifications Experience The service to be provided requires that the personnel should possess a university background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience of at least 5 years in software development. In particular, experience and proficiency in the following fields is required Development andor maintenance of complex scientific data processing systems, preferably in Java Strong background in mathematics and numerical modelling of data Standard Software development techniques and associated tools Eclipse, Subversion, JUnit, ant, continuous integration, automated testing Scripting with Python and SciPy NumPyMatplotlib UNIX, Linux, operating system Product assurance processes and techniques Working withESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools e.g. ECSS LaTeX Essential Skills Have good communications skills Be able to document their work Willing to travel to meetings with the scientific community andor working visits Feel comfortable in an international working environment Be fluent in written and spoken English 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 Friday 23rd May 2014 Location of the position is ESAC, Madrid Benefits Competitive salary 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.comcareersvacanciesj2803.aspx
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Support to Gaia Science Software Development, RTCSRE067
2014-05-07 13:40:03| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Support to Gaia Science Software Development, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the European Space Astronomy Centre we are currently seeking to employ a Software Engineer to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing Gaias Astrometric Global Iterative Solution AGIS software Main Service Tasks Responsibilities To provided as part of the Gaia SOC AGIS team in close coordination the scientific community to develop the Global Iterative Solution into an operational system Development and integration of scientific algorithms Service support must be provided for Coding scientific algorithms in Java following detailed mathematical descriptions Integrating these algorithms into the AGIS framework Testing and validating new implemented functionality unit integration tests using simulation data optimize new code in terms of memory CPU usage All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. Maintenance of existing code modules, support must be provided for maintenance of existing code. In particular Analyse and resolve known deficiencies and inadequacies Issues of existing AGIS software modules Verify and validate that issues have been resolved usually in the form of extending existing tests andor conduction of new largescale tests System verification and scientific validation Aid in the definition, conduction and analysis of largescale testing campaigns including a first assessment of the scientific quality of results Documenting results of test campaigns in the form of validation test reports Aid in the creation of the first astrometric solution L22m, support the SOC personnel in all activities needed to generate the first astrometric solution with real flight data, such as Populating the operational AGIS processing DB with IDT and all needed auxiliary data Starting the AGIS run Monitoring the execution of the run from a technical and scientific viewpoint In case of problems, diagnose their cause and implement rectifying actions All activities will be supported by SOC personnel and collaborating external scientists. In addition to AGIS the Gaia SOC is responsible for operating and maintaining a number of other key systems like the Initial Data Treatment IDT or the central Gaia Tools Java Library. You may be asked to support maintaining these systems in phases of manpower shortage. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree, minimum of a Masters, and background in a scientific or technical subject together with relevant professional experience of at least 5 years in software development. Essential Skills Experience and proficiency in the following fields is required Development andor maintenance of complex scientific data processing systems, preferably in Java Strong background in mathematics and numerical modelling of data Standard Software development techniques and associated tools Eclipse, Subversion, JUnit, ant, continuous integration, automated testing Scripting with Python and SciPy NumPy, Matplotlib UNIX, Linux, operating system Product assurance processes and techniques Working with ESA Standards, Frameworks and Tools e.g. ECSS LaTeX You shall have Good communications skills Excellent documentation skills Willingness to travel to meetings with the scientific community andor working visits Be comfortable in an international working environment The working language is English, you shall be fluent in written and spoken English Please note that Serco reserves the right of changing the advertisement closing date or to close vacancy at any time. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly in order to avoid any disappointment in such exceptional circumstances. Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid52433 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Software Engineer Reference RTCSRE067 Application closing date 25 May 2014 Start date 1st July 2014 Duration 2 years Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope
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Data Analysis Software speeds life science decisions.
2014-04-22 14:32:35| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
By providing scalable access to complex hierarchical data and implementing data-rich tooltips for scatterplots, web-based Accelrys Insight speeds informed decisions. Accelrys Insight for Excel accelerates data analysis with ability to run database searches from Microsoft Excel workbook. Both products leverage open, scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform, which provides single consistent way for applications to access both internal data and public data via web services. This story is related to the following:Web-Based Software | Data Analysis Software |
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BepiColombo Science Operations, SGS Software Development, RTCSRE062
2014-03-04 11:40:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
BepiColombo Science Operations, SGS Software Development, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the European Space Astronomy Centre we are currently seeking to employ a Software Developer to support the implementation of the Data Processing Subsystem DPS within the BepiColombo Science Control System at the Science Ground Segment. The activity also covers integration, operation and maintenance of the Data Processing infrastructure, components and tools. Tasks You will be contributing to the requirements definition, design, implementation, and testing of the BepiColombo Science Control System BSCS with specific focus on the Data Processing side of the BSCS by contributing to the following main activities Develop and maintain the BepiColombo Data Processing System DPS. The DPS activities will comprise the implementation of the pipelines under SGS development responsibility, and the integration within the BSCS of the pipelines developed and delivered to SGS by the different instrument teams. The DPS activities will also include the 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 subsystems of the BSCS. These subsystems cover the acquisition of data from ESOC OGS, the science planning and the quality control, and the interfaces for data ingestion and retrieval tofrom the BepiColombo Archive Core System BACS. 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. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree background in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience, at least 5 years in general software development and software engineering with good understanding of space operations. Essential Skills Programming languages Java, IDL and C. Scripting in Unix environments. Graphical User Interface GUI development and maintenance Development of data structures, accessing them locally and from relational databases Administration of relational Databases, MySQL and ORACLE Provision and maintenance of tests harnesses Development of Web Applications, experience with Apache Tomcat technologies. Knowledge of XML and experience in mapping XML files to Java Objects and viceversa Experience with configuration and version control tools, SVN, GIT Experience with software building tools MAVEN, Hudson, Jenkins ECSS standards for software development ECSS Packet Utilization Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structures Desirable Knowledge of inter process communication Knowledge of scientific processing and data analysis Science mission planning and instrument commanding Please note that Serco reserves the right of changing the advertisement closing date or to close vacancy at any time. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly in order to avoid any disappointment in such exceptional circumstances. Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid50333 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Software Developer Reference RTCSRE062 Application closing date 23 March 2014 Start date April 2014 Duration 1 Year Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com
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