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System and Software Engineer for Herschel Science Operations fm
2013-08-02 12:35:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites, ESO, Columbus Control Centre, the German Galileo Control Centre and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For our project near Madrid in Spain we are looking for a System and Software Engineer for Herschel Science Operations fm at ESAC. Tasks The objective of the service support to be provided is to continue development of the Herschel Science Data Processing system by designing, implementing, maintaining, testing and documenting data analysis modules written in Java and Jython on a Linux platform. This software is developed jointly between ESA, the three Herschel instrument teams and the NASA Herschel Science Center, with ESA coordinating the overall development and providing the framework within which the instrument teams can develop and optimise instrumentspecific data reduction algorithms. The Herschel Data Processing System serves both as the basis to generate standard pipeline products and as tool to analyse Herschel data interactively. The Herschel Data Processing System is distributed to the astronomical community. Specific tasks beyond generalpurpose software development include Development and maintenance of the Herschel standard product generation and quality control framework. This framework is used for pipeline data processing for all Herschel data Graphical user interface GUI development and maintenance Development and maintenance of the Herschel Interactive Analysis system. This system is used by the astronomical community to exploit Herschel data in detail Development and maintenance of data structures, including accessing them locally and from object oriented and relational databases Development and maintenance of numerical libraries Setting up and providing access to webservices working in the VO context Writing and maintenance of documentation Provision and maintenance of test harnesses Support of the data processing technical assistants when running the operational environment to generate Herschel standard products Essential Requirements The service to be provided requires the following qualification, knowledge and experience A university degree in computer science, physics, electronic engineering, or equivalent At least five years relevant experience in professional software development and software engineering coding Java applications Very good and broad knowledge of Java Good knowledge of GUI development Unix based systems Linux Configuration control system CVS Object Oriented design methods Experience interacting with instrument and calibration scientists and the scientific community would be an advantage. The selected contractor must operate in a team environment and occasionally travel. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage. The contractor should be used to working independently in a focussed way against tight deadlines. The contractor should be comfortable in an international working environment Desirable Skills The following knowledge and expirience would be regarded as an asset Knowledge of Jython Experience in HTTP and HTTPS protocols Experience in socket oriented multiclientserver applications Experience within a parallel multiprocessing environment Knowledge of the distributed resource management application API DRMAA Knowledge of bash scripting Knowledge of the FITS file format Experience with numerical and astronomical data reduction systems and algorithms Experience writing user documentation Knowledge of Windows XP and 7 and Macintosh based systems Eagerness to embrace new concepts and methods Knowledge of data structures Knowledge of design patterns Knowledge of XML and DocBook Experience with Virtual Observatory concepts and software Experience in scientificastronomical data reduction systems Additional Information Fluency in English is mandatory The candidate must have a valid Spanish work and residence permit or be an EU Citizen Planned start date is as soon as possible Interviews are scheduled to take place at ESAC on 9 September 2013 To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.dewhereweworkspacecareersspacejobs.html
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Java Software Engineer Herschel Science Data SCJ2703
2013-07-29 13:51:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary A degree educated experienced science operations engineer with experience of using Java and Jython on a Linux platform is required. Objective The objective of the service support to be provided is to continue development of the Herschel Science Data Processing system by designing, implementing, maintaining, testing and documenting data analysis modules. This software is developed jointly between ESA, the three Herschel instrument teams and the NASA Herschel Science Center, with ESA coordinating the overall development and providing the framework within which the instrument teams can develop and optimise instrumentspecific data reduction algorithms. The Herschel Data Processing System serves both as the basis to generate standard pipeline products and as tool to analyse Herschel data interactively. The Herschel Data Processing System is distributed to the astronomical community. Responsibilities Duties Specific tasks beyond generalpurpose software development include Development and maintenance of the Herschel standard product generation and quality control framework. This framework is used for pipeline data processing for all Herschel data Graphical user interface GUI development and maintenance Development and maintenance of the Herschel Interactive Analysis system. This system is used by the astronomical community to exploit Herschel data in detail Development and maintenance of data structures, including accessing them locally and from object oriented and relational databases Development and maintenance of numerical libraries Setting up and providing access to webservices working in the VO context Writing and maintenance of documentation Provision and maintenance of test harnesses Support of the data processing technical assistants when running the operational environment to generate Herschel standard products. Qualifications Experience A university degree in computer science, physics, electronic engineering, or equivalent is required. Essential Skills Specific knowledge is required in the following areas At least five years relevant experience in professional software development and software engineering coding Java applications Very good and broad knowledge of Java Good knowledge of GUI development Unix based systems Linux Configuration control system CVS Object Oriented design methods Desirable Skills Knowledge of Jython Experience in HTTP and HTTPS protocols Experience in socket oriented multiclientserver applications Experience within a parallel multiprocessing environment Knowledge of the distributed resource management application API DRMAA Knowledge of bash scripting Knowledge of the FITS file format Experience with numerical and astronomical data reduction systems and algorithms Experience writing user documentation Knowledge of Windows XP and 7 and Macintosh based systems Eagerness to embrace new concepts and methods Knowledge of data structures Knowledge of design patterns Knowledge of XML and DocBook Experience with Virtual Observatory concepts and software Experience in scientificastronomical data reduction systems Qualities Experience interacting with instrument and calibration scientists and the scientific community would be an advantage The selected engineer must operate in a team environment and occasionally travel. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage. The engineer should be used to working independently in a focussed way against tight deadlines. The engineer should be comfortable in an international working environment and must be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA 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. Location of the position is Madrid, Spain Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package are offered to the successful candidate 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.
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Clinical Content Management Software suits life science industry.
2013-07-01 14:31:50| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Virtify SCM provides secure, collaborative, Web-based environment for managing regulated content through linked data components that automate and track all information known about product, trial, or objective at all stages of the development. Along with using business rules-based templates and building library of re-useable content, solution leverages organizational data across all operations – R&D, submissions, labeling, marketing – while making global regulatory compliance more routine. This story is related to the following:Content Management Software |
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Life Science Software features customizable interface.
2013-05-28 14:29:40| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With support for multi well plates, cellSens v1.8 includes customizable pre-sets for wide range of plate formats. Software provides panoramic individual well imaging that composes montage as user moves across specimen, along with one-button direct movement between wells and frame-by-frame navigation. Users can also build personal interface, with My Functions window, by selecting and grouping commands and icons according to individual needs and frequently used tasks. This story is related to the following:Scientific Software | Data Analysis Software
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Science Operations Software Development Engineer
2013-04-10 20:37:05| 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 Responsibilities Duties Tasks The service to be provided by the candidate chosen for this position will encompass contributing to the system requirements definition, design, implementation and testing of the survey planning and instrument command generation systems to be used within the Euclid Science Ground Segment. The candidate will develop prototype code for the survey planning and instrument commanding tools. The development will be in done in Java to enable reuse of existing code from other missions located at ESAC. The candidate will work in the Engineering team of the Euclid SOC under the System Engineer. They will interface with the major stakeholders of these systems the Sky Survey Working Group, SOC Calibration and Operations Team, Instrument Operations Teams and Euclid Mission Operations Centre. Qualifications University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields Basic educational or workacquired knowledge of astronomyphysics and standard numerical methods and techniques would be a strong asset A working understanding of space operations would be highly desirable Required knowledge Software engineering in Java Science mission planning and instrument commanding Spacecraft attitude and orbit and the corresponding standard Flight Dynamics interfaces ECSS standards for software development Desirable Knowledge ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structure Scripting in a Unix environment e.g. Python 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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