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Earth Observation Ground System Engineer
2013-09-27 13:37:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and currently has a team of 30 engineers and scientists at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of Earth Observation where we are currently preferred supplier. Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service. Overview Sentinel5 Precursor S5P is a Earth Observation Mission within the GMES Programme where the Payload Data Ground Segment PDGS is developed by DLR, under direct Project responsibility while the FOS is under ESOC responsibility. The Contractor will support definition, implementation and validation of the Ground Segment in collaboration with the S5P Project team, ESOC and DLR. Furthermore heshe shall support the preparation of the Spacecraft Inorbit Operations up to and including the Commissioning Phase Review. Hisher duties will include Support to the refinement of the Ground Segment Concept within the project team and in collaboration with teams in ESOC and DLR. Refinement and maintenance of the requirements for specific aspects of the Flight Operations Segment and Payload Data Ground Segment. Contribution to the definition of the Spacecraft to Ground Segment Interfaces and monitoring in collaboration with the Spacecraft and AIT manager proper implementation and verification of those Interfaces. Coordination of deliveries of the Level 1B and Level 2 processors to the PDGS developers and follow up corresponding integration and validation tasks. Monitoring of the implementation of the FOS and PDGS, ensuring compatibility between the Spacecraft and the Ground Segment Elements. Support Project Reviews at Satellite, GS and System levels. Preparation of prelaunch ground system validation activities, including generation of test plans and test data in collaboration with the S5P Ground Segment Manager and the Spacecraft and AIT manager. Coordination of daytoday prelaunch validation activities, organize test reviews and generation of reports. Participation in preparation and execution of the inorbit system validation and verification tasks, under the responsibility of the S5P Commissioning Phase Manager. Participate to EOP ground segment reviews on other projects. Requirements Specific qualification requirements Masters Degree in Engineering or Physics. Absolute minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience with space ground segments. Good communication and analytical skills to interface with colleagues within ESA and with external partners and industry are essential. The candidate must be able to work in English and both autonomously and as a part of a team. All applicants must be legally allowed to work in the Netherlands. ie. already have a European passport. Location The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ESTEC at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contract The selected candidate will receive good remuneration. Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 29 annual days holiday. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially. To be considered for this Position Provide as soon as possible and no later than 16 October 2013 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form to Mr. Alex Jeanes, at email alexjeanesaurora.nl quoting reference EOP16. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting you as our candidate to ESA.
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Earth Observation Ground Segment System Engineer
2013-09-25 15:36:30| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Telespazio VEGA has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, CNES and EUMETSAT. We are looking for a Ground Segment Engineer with several years of experience in the field of ground segment systems engineering for earth observation missions. The Engineer should start the position on the 1st of January 2014 Earth Observation Ground Segment System Engineer 2724 Responsibilities Duties The engineer will carry out tasks which support activities related to Phase B of the EPSSG programme and Phase CD of the MTG programme in the area of ground segment engineering. The ground segments of these programmes consist of TTC and payload acquisition ground stations, mission control systems, data processing and archiving facilities, data dissemination facilities and the associated network elements. The engineer will perform typical system engineering activities such as Requirements engineering, which consists in requirement analysis and validation, requirement allocation, and requirement maintenance Design, build and configuration which results in a physical architecture, described by its complete functional, physical and software characteristics System analysis, which is performed for the purpose of resolving requirements conflicts, decomposing and allocating requirements, assessing system effectiveness Performance of trade studies for assessing effectiveness, risk, cost and planning Planning for integration and verification, which final objective is to demonstrate that the deliverables conform to the specified requirements Qualifications Experience University degree in the domain of engineering, or equivalent At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in the specification, design including functional analysis and modelling, implementation, integration, and verification of large and complex Earth Observation ground segments Essential Skills The Engineer shall have experience in the following area Experience in the preparation of ground segment requirements and design documentation Experience in system engineering practices and processes, especially in the field of space systems engineering, including knowledge of ECSS standards and system life cycle processes Detailed knowledge of at least 2 of the following and a good overview of the others Networking Communications, Ground Stations, Near RealTime Data Processing chains, Satellite and ground segment control systems Fluency in English is required Desirable Skills The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Experience in data archive retrieval and data dissemination systems Experience in management and traceability of complex requirements structure experience with DOORS administration Experience in the use of modelling and design tools in support of architectural design activities e.g. CORE, Enterprise Architect Experience in Model Based System engineering techniques and tools Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities, Telespazio VEGA pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. Application You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your detailed application preferably online with your availability and current salary status.
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System Software Engineer
2013-09-20 20:34:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
MOLTEK has been serving the space and aerospace industries since 1995, providing international consultancy services for a wide variety of clients from private and public corporations to national and international authorities and agencies. We are looking to further enhance our team by System Software Engineering support for Long Term Archive You will be based initially for 2 years at our clients headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. Extension of a further 2 years may be possible. In this large European Agency you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities. Your Tasks Include As a member of the Generic and Systems Infrastructure Division GSI, the key person shall provide support to the development and maintenance of the Clients Data Centre Archive and will be integrated within the Data Services Engineering Team. The duties range from the support to the operation of the UNIXbased archive and retrieval system, to the analysis, design, development testing and maintenance of software functions maintained developed within the data services engineering team. This includes the settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures, the support to the procurement of hardware and software, and the coordination with external providers of maintenance services as required. The particular focus on the tasks to be performed are the operational support, the software configuration management and the design, implementation and testing of software corrections and evolutions for meteorological data format conversions offered by the Data Centre. In particular the tasks will include Operational Support for responsible data services systems Monitoring the performance and behavior Problem Investigation and anomaly raising First line System and Software support Installation of software OnCall support Big Data management and the related troubleshooting usage of Hierarchical Storage Management Software Configuration Management release preparation building packaging deployment Testing Unit and Integration Testing Acceptance and integration of external software Verification Validation support Design, implementation and testing of software corrections and evolutions Meteorological data format conversion netCDF, HDF5 Server Side Development Requirements management Review and analysis of user requirements Specification of system and software requirements Generation and maintenance of technical documentation System and Software Requirements Architectural Design Interface Control Documents Software Unit and Integration Test Plans Maintenance Procedures Participation and organisation of technical meetings and formal reviews. Preparation and production of routine reports. In the performance of these activities, the key person shall follow the relevant operations change control and maintenance procedures. Your Profile In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline, the key person must have excellent team working skills, being able to take initiative, work autonomous and have good analytical skills. The key person shall have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas minimum 5 years for each System Maintenance Skills Extensive experience in the provision of first line support for operational systems, which includes the monitoring of the performance, problem investigation, coordination of resolutions and oncall support. Experience in the usage of hierarchical storage management systems preferred SAMfs and big data processing and management of the volumes. Software Engineering Skills Extensive experience in designing and developing software components and applications in the Java programming language under Unix Sun Solaris, Linux using Object Oriented OO approach including design patterns. The focus on the programming languages is Java but maintenance of existing software developed in CC is also needed when required. Extensive experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and management of their schema. System Development Maintenance Skills Strong technical expertise for translating user requirements into software requirements, architecture evolution and implementation. Extensive experience in software development and maintenance using a formal life cycle resulting in deliveries to customers. This includes requirements management, software design and implementation reflecting corrective and evolutions of software components. Extensive experience in software validation and verification related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. Documentation and Software Configuration Management Skills Experience in using software configuration management, anomaly reporting and tracking tools. Software Technology Skills Java programming language Meteorological Data Format Conversions HDF5, NetCDF Big Data Management Usage of Hierarchical Storage Management SAMfs Tomcat Application server Oracle JDBC, SQL and PLSQL XML, XML Schema and XSLT technologies C programming language and Standard Template Library STL Source Code control system SubVersion Software Building and Package management Unit testing frameworks e.g. JUnit Eclipse. Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following software tools and products will be an advantage Meteorological Data formats JPEG2000, BUFR, GRIB, MSG MTPEPS native formats Programming o CORBA TAO o Enterprise Service Bus Mule o Groovy o IDL o Perl o Web Services Apache CFX o GWT Spatial Solutions Oracle Locator, PostgresPostgis OGC Standards such as CSW, WMS, WCS, WFS Single Sign On Solutions OpenSSO, OpenDS, SAML2, LDAP oXygen XML editor Requirements management DOORS Toolbased Software design UML Enterprise Architect Basic Linux or Windows 7 system administration. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy, team working and good analytical skills. The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the key person must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other.
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Ground Segment System Engineer
2013-09-20 20:34:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
MOLTEK has been serving the space and aerospace industries since 1995, providing international consultancy services for a wide variety of clients from private and public corporations to national and international authorities and agencies. We are looking to further enhance our team by Ground Segment System Engineering You will be based initially for 1.5 years at our clients headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. Extension of a further 2 years may be possible. In this large European Agency you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities. Your Tasks Include The Consultant will carry out tasks which support activities related to Phase B of the EPSSG programme and Phase CD of the MTG programme in the area of ground segment engineering. The ground segments of these programmes consist of TTC and payload acquisition ground stations, mission control systems, data processing and archiving facilities, data dissemination facilities and the associated network elements. The Consultant will perform typical system engineering activities such as Requirements engineering, which consists in requirement analysis and validation, requirement allocation, and requirement maintenance Design, build and configuration which results in a physical architecture, described by its complete functional, physical and software characteristics System analysis, which is performed for the purpose of resolving requirements conflicts, decomposing and allocating requirements, assessing system effectiveness Performance of trade studies for assessing effectiveness, risk, cost and planning Planning for integration and verification, which final objective is to demonstrate that the deliverables conform to the specified requirements. TASKS The consultant, as a minimum, shall accomplish the tasks identified hereafter. In support of Phase B Support the generation, refinement and management of the GS system requirements in the Ground Segment Requirements Document, including analysis of the system level requirements and design, requirements tracing and justification Support the refinement and maintenance of the ground segment functional model Support the definition of the Ground Segment architecture addressing the overall design of the ground segment system and its physical elements, including the GS deployment view, and generation of the associated architectural design documentation Perform analyses architectural tradeoffs, technical budgets, risk analyses to ensure completeness and coherence of the design for all aspects related to system engineering, and contribute to the GS design justification and GS Technical Budgets documents Support to the decomposition of the GS System into procurement elements including allocation of requirements and functions from GS system level, and contribution to the element level requirements, especially requirements common to all elements Support the identification and definition of GS external interfaces, and internal interfaces between the different GS elements, and their documentation in ICDs Support the generation of IVV related concepts and documents, including integration and verification plans and preliminary verification control documents. In support of Phase CD Support the completion of the detailed design of the ground segment system, including analyses architectural tradeoffs, system technical budgets, risk analyses to ensure completeness and coherence of the design for all aspects related to system engineering Support the management of the requirements baseline, including for changes, deviations and waivers and evaluation of impact on element baselines Support to GS element level activities, especially review of element level designs, ensuring coherency and consistency between the elements and the GS system level Support to finalisation and subsequent maintenance of the ground segment internal interfaces definition Support to studies internal or external and the evaluation of their results, and related engineering proposals for the ground segment detailed design Support to the performance of elements design for internally developed elements Support to preparation of the ground segment system and constituent parts assembly, integration and verification detailed planning. General Support to the preparation of, and participation in, phase reviews. Participation in reviews and meetings at system, ground segment system and element level. Support to the preparation and maintenance of schedule, resource allocations and work breakdown structures for the GS system engineering activities. In the performance of these tasks, the Consultant shall comply with the applicable Client rules Directory of Instructions DI and the Management System, the applicable organisational and divisional management standards, and also with the relevant working practices and procedures as well as the organisational and divisional documentation management procedures. The set of applicable rules and working practice to be applied during the execution of the work will be made available at start of the duties. The tasks to be assigned to the Consultant will be agreed through dedicated workpackages with clear identification of activities and outputs expected. Your Profile MANDATORY SKILLS The Consultant shall have a university degree or equivalent in the domain of engineering or science, together with at least 5 years of demonstrated experience in the following areas and disciplines Extensive experience in the specification, design including functional analysis and modelling, implementation, integration, and verification of large and complex Earth Observation ground segments Experience in the preparation of ground segment requirements and design documentation Experience in system engineering practices and processes, especially in the field of space systems engineering, including knowledge of ECSS standards and system life cycle processes Detailed knowledge of at least 2 of the following and a good overview of the others i. Networking Communications, ii. Ground Stations, iii. Near RealTime Data Processing chains, iv. Satellite and ground segment control systems DESIRABLE BUT NOT MANDATORY ADDITIONAL SKILLS The following experience would represent additional assets Experience in data archive retrieval and data dissemination systems Experience in management and traceability of complex requirements structure experience with DOORS administration Experience in the use of modelling and design tools in support of architectural design activities e.g. CORE, Enterprise Architect Experience in Model Based System engineering techniques and tools The Key person shall be able to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision, have a systematic approach to work, be able to plan hisher work and to cope with tight schedules and multiple tasks. Heshe shall have the capability to write accurate and consistent technical documentation. Good communication skills verbal and written are important. Heshe shall be willing to work in a team of engineers and in cooperation with industry and partner agencies. Fluency in English is required. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills. For more detailed information about MOLTEK go to httpwww.moltek.com
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System Software Engineer
2013-09-20 17:34:06| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
As a member of the Generic and Systems Infrastructure Division GSI, the successful candidate will provide support to the development and maintenance of the Data Centre Archive and will be integrated within the Data Services Engineering Team. In particular the tasks will include Operational Support for responsible data services systems o Monitoring the performance and behaviour o Problem Investigation and anomaly raising o First line System and Software support o Big Data management and the related troubleshooting usage of Hierarchical Storage Management o Installation of software Software Configuration Management o release preparation o building o packaging o deployment Testing o Unit and Integration Testing o Acceptance and integration of external software o Verification Validation support o Design, implementation and testing of software corrections and evolutions o Meteorological data format conversion NetCDF, HDF5 o Server Side Development Requirements management o Review and analysis of user requirements o Specification of system and software requirements Generation and maintenance of technical documentation o System and Software Requirements o Architectural Design o Interface Control Documents o Software Unit and Integration Test Plans o Maintenance Procedures Participation and organisation of technical meetings and formal reviews Preparation and production of routine reports SHe will have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas minimum 5 years for each as well as University degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline 1. System Maintenance Skills Extensive experience in the provision of first line support for operational systems, which includes the monitoring of the performance, problem investigation, coordination of resolutions and oncall support. Experience in the usage of hierarchical storage management systems preferred SAMfs and big data processing and management of the volumes. 2. Software Engineering Skills Extensive experience in designing and developing software components and applications in the Java programming language under Unix Sun Solaris, Linux using Object Oriented OO approach including design patterns. The focus on the programming languages is Java but maintenance of existing software developed in CC is also needed when required. Extensive experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and management of their schema. 3. System Development Maintenance Skills Strong technical expertise for translating user requirements into software requirements, architecture evolution and implementation Extensive experience in software development and maintenance using a formal life cycle resulting in deliveries to customers. This includes requirements management, software design and implementation reflecting corrective and evolutions of software components. Extensive experience in software validation and verification related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. 4. Documentation and Software Configuration Management Skills Experience in using software configuration management, anomaly reporting and tracking tools. 5. Software Technology Skills Java programming language Meteorological Data Format Conversions HDF5, NetCDF Big Data Management Usage of Hierarchical Storage Management SAMfs Tomcat Application server Oracle JDBC, SQL and PLSQL XML, XML Schema and XSLT technologies C programming language and Standard Template Library STL Source Code control system SubVersion Software Building and Package management Unit testing frameworks e.g. JUnit Eclipse Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following software tools and products will be an advantage Meteorological Data formats JPEG2000, BUFR, GRIB, MSG MTPEPS native formats Programming o CORBA TAO o Enterprise Service Bus Mule o Groovy o IDL o Perl o Web Services Apache CFX o GWT Spatial Solutions Oracle Locator, PostgresPostgis OGC Standards such as CSW, WMS, WCS, WFS Single Sign On Solutions OpenSSO, OpenDS, SAML2, LDAP Oxygen XML editor Requirements management DOORS Toolbased Software design UML Enterprise Architect Basic Linux or Windows 7 system administration The ideal candidate will possess excellent team working skills, being able to take initiative, work autonomous and have good analytical skills. WORKING HOURS Two types of support are required from the key person Normal support Standby callout support The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the key person must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other.
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