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Long Term Archive Engineer G015015EUM

2015-01-28 10:06:41| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public services, including science and defence. 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. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Long Term Archive Engineer for the Sentinel 3 mission. Sentinel3 is a Low Earth Orbiting mission to support services relating to the marine and global land environment, with capability to serve further atmospheric and cryosphericbased application areas. The objectives of the Sentinel3 mission encompass the commitment to consistent, longterm collection of remotely sensed marine and land data, of uniform quality, for operational ocean state analysis, forecasting and service provision, in the context of the Copernicus Services as set up by the European Commission. Tasks and Responsibilities The Long Term Archive Engineer shall Provide support to the development, maintenance and evolutions of the Data Services systems, with special focus on the Sentinel3 Long Term Archive Services Gather requirements, design, implementation, testing, configuration, maintenance of documentation and 2nd line support for EUMETSAT Long Term Archive developed software, with focus on Copernicus S3 and related commercial off the shelf software COTS, throughout the entire software life cycle including review of similar software. Requirements The key person shall have the following background A minimum of 5 year experience in the following mandatory areas Provision of first and 2nd line maintenance support for operational systems Software Engineering with extensive experience in designing and developing software components and applications in the Java and CC programming language under UnixLinux using Object Oriented 00 approach Software development, verificationvalidation and maintenance, using a formal life cycle. Oracle JDBC and SQL XML, XML Schema and XSLT technologies. Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following will be an advantage Operations and maintenance of long term archive software and systems in a 247 operational environment. Software development using the Google Web Toolkit GWT. Meteorological Data Format Conversion netCDF. Tomcat Application server development Spatial Solutions Oracle Locator, PostgresPostgis Software Building and Package management Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in our corporate careers website httpwww.serco.comcareersindex.asp If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Long Term Archive Engineer Reference G015015EUM Application closing date 26.02.2015 Start date May 2015 If you are not yet registered with Serco we advise you to register your details by adding your details and attaching your CV via 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 For additional information about EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int

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Long Term Archive Engineer Copernicus Sentinel3

2015-01-27 17:06:32| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Long Term Archive Engineer Copernicus Sentinel3 DERFX1613095 With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems and applications. This is an opportunity for a motivated and experienced engineer to work for our EUMETSAT customer within a new and interesting space mission. Sentinel3 is a Low Earth Orbiting mission in the context of the Copernicus Services set up by the European Commission. The first satellite, Sentinel3A, is expected to launch mid2015 with the second satellite Sentinel3B operating in tandem and due for launch 18 months later. EUMETSATs monitors and controls Sentinel 3 satellites and generates near realtime and offline products to support the marine user community. PROFILE The engineer shall have the following background A minimum of 5 year experience in the following mandatory areas Provision of first and 2nd line maintenance support for operational systems. Software Engineering with extensive experience in designing and developing software components and applications in the Java and CC programming language under UnixLinux using Object Oriented 00 approach. Software development, verificationvalidation and maintenance, using a formal life cycle. Oracle JDBC and SQL. XML, XML Schema and XSL T technologies. Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following will be an advantage Operations and maintenance of long term archive software and systems in a 247 operational environment. Software development using the Google Web Toolkit GWT. Meteorological Data Format Conversion netCDF. Tomcat Application server development Spatial Solutions Oracle Locator, PostgresPostgis Software Building and Package management TASKS EXPERIENCE The Long Term Archive Engineer shall Provide support to the development, maintenance and evolutions of the Data Services systems, with special focus on the Sentinel3 Long Term Archive Services. Gather requirements, design, implementation, testing, configuration, maintenance of documentation and 2nd line support for EUMETSAT Long Term Archive developed software, with focus on Copernicus S3 and related commercial offthe shelf software COTS, throughout the entire software life cycle including review of similar software. How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 23. February 2015 Start May 2015

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Support to Solar Orbiter Science Operations Archive Scientist

2015-01-23 20:07:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Great opportunity and salary conditions to work in ESAC The European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, Spain with The Server Labs. The Server Labs, an European well established and leader software development and technology consultancy is now expanding its team at ESAC. We offer an excellent package, including highest salary, company benefits, extra holidays 30 days holidays plus public and local holidaysand health and dental medical insurance. Important Candidates must hold a European Passport and be willing to work in Spain Company Description The Server Labs is an European technology services company, leader in software engineering solutions and handson technology consulting, in areas such as Continuous integration and delivery, Devops, Cloud computing, Grid architectures and HPCBig data. We collaborate with our clients to obtain success, committed to innovation, enjoying what we do every day and growing with every challenge. The Server Labs works with different industries and business verticals. Within the Space industry, The Server Labs works with the European Space Agency ESA, with ESAC, near Madrid, with ESOC, in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, with ESTEC, in Noorwijk near Amsterdam and with ESRIN, in Frascati. We provide specialists to ESA, but we also deliver services and successful projects to provide additional value in the technology initiatives led by ESA. By working with The Server Labs, you will be part of a multinational team in a fast growing technology company based in London, Madrid and Frankfurt. Please send your CV with cover letter to resumetheserverlabs.com before 06th of February 2015. Job Description Support to Solar Orbiter Science Operations Archive Scientist This work package is intended to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing science operations systems and tools, including System engineering and architectural design activities, including operating plans and procedures, Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining software tools and systems, e.g. o Observation proposal handling, mission planning and quicklook systems, parts of which may be distributed to the community o User support tools o Interactive analysis and calibration systems, to be distributed as needed to the community for data reduction and analysis o Data processing pipelines o Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the virtual observatory. o Scientific and technical WWW systems to support Science Operations Centre, Science Ground Segment and the scientific community Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning The Solar Orbiter Science Ground Segment This work package is intended to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing the Solar Orbiter missions Science Operations Centre at ESAC. Solar Orbiter is the first of the medium size missions in the ESAs Cosmic Vision Science Programme, developed in collaboration with NASA. It is a solar observatory carrying ten instruments provided by Principal Investigators six remote sensing instruments an EUV telescope, a polarimetric telescope, an Xray telescope, a coronagraph, an heliospheric imager, and a spectrometer and four insitu instruments magnetometer, radio and plasma waves, energetic particle detector and a solar wind analyser. The primary goal of the mission is to operate the whole payload in a coordinated way to address some of the outstanding scientific questions on the relationship between the Sun and the heliosphere. The spacecraft is expected to be launched in July 2017, and after a three month commissioning phase it will cruise for three and a half years until the proper orbital geometry is achieved. The nominal mission is expected to last three and half years more with a post operations phase of two additional years. The Solar Orbiter Science Operations Centre at ESAC is responsible for the development of the Science Ground Segment SGS following the Science Implementation Requirements provided by the Project Scientist which covers all the operational activities originating from the mission science objectives defined by the Science Working Team SWT, including interactions with the Instrument Teams and the Mission Operations Centre at ESOC. Operational activities for Solar Orbiter cover coordination of science operations for the cruise and nominal phases of the mission, generation of specific quick turnaround low latency data products, production of auxiliary data to support operations, as well as the archiving of PI provided science data products. This work package covers software design, definition, implementation and maintenance service support to Solar Orbiter Science Ground Segment development, operations and maintenance at ESAC, including the science operations planning system, the lowlatency data generation and visualization system, the auxiliary data products generation system and also supports the archiving of science data products. Specific Service tasks Coordination and monitoring of all data handling and archiving activities during the prelaunch preparation phase, including support to the development of the low latency data processing pipelines and auxiliary data products. Definition of the science data generation, validation and archiving plan. Definition of archiving guidelines. Support to the Instrument Teams on science data product definition. Support the detailed specification of the science data contents and structure requirements. Support the definition and implementation, including validation, of the SOC archiving subsystem, including the mirroring interface with NASA. Tracking deliveries of science data products according to agreed schedule. Validation of all data deliverables from the Instrument Teams and SOC team. Ingestion of all data deliverables into the Solar Orbiter mission archive. Verification of the completeness, integrity and accessibility of all data ingested into the archive. Support to endusers. Output and Service Performance Monitoring ESA will formally define the service delivery in terms of delivery times, performance targets and similar measurable parameters Key Performance Indicators. This shall be agreed with the applicant and shall be assessed, and modified as needed, during regular progress meetings typically monthly. The applicant shall manage the service provision and provide ESA with the necessary data and corresponding evidence. The applicant shall be measured and assessed on the basis of Archiving guidelines and plan documents. Data handling and archiving activities reports. System requirements documents. System test specifications and validation reports. Science data validation and ingestion reports. Interactions Free interaction is expected with the members of the Solar Orbiter Science Operations Working Group SOWG, its Data Analysis Working Group DAWG splinter, and with software engineers in the Instrument teams. Frequent interactions are expected to take place with the SOC manager, the SOC team members and within the team of other service providers working on Solar Orbiter. Also, frequent interactions are expected to take place with the Computers Support Group and the Science Archives Team at ESAC. Specific Qualification Requirements 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 planetary science data handling and archiving. Reflecting the scientific aspects of the service to bne provided, a research level qualification PhD or equivalent would be a distinct advantage. In particular, the following experience is required for the applicant Experience in data handling and archiving in the solar physics or heliospheric disciplines. Experience with the ESAC archives. Scientific experience in solar physics or heliospheric physics. Experience with solar system geometry and ancillary information tools SPICE. Experience with software programming and scripting languages IDL, Python,, etc.. Experience with XMLbased documents. Other Information It is expected that the service is provided predominantly onsite at ESAC with the possibility of offsite support periods to be agreed between ESA and the applicant. Travel to other ESA establishments and collaborating institutions is foreseen at least four times a year. Other Requirements for applicants The selected candidate must be willing to render the service in a team environment. Good interpersonal and communication skills, together with a proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus are required. The selected candidate should be comfortable in an international working environment The selected candidate should be fluent in written and spoken English, one of the official languages of ESA Conditions of contract Permanent position Excellent package with salary and bonus Benefits 30 days holidays plus public and local holidays, medical insurance, dental insurance, assistance with relocation if needed, laptop, smartphone, training. Please apply to this position Send CV to resumetheserverlabs.comand cover letter, with indication of Position ID TSLSRE103 Deadline 06th of February 2015 Location Madrid, Spain Support Start Date 1 March 2015 or earlier Support End Date 31 December 2016

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Solar Orbiter Archive Scientist

2015-01-21 10:06:44| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support within the Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate DSRE. Aurora currently has a team of 20 engineers and scientists at ESAC. Overview The work is to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing the Solar Orbiter missions Science Operations Centre SOC at ESAC. This covers software design, definition, implementation and maintenance service support to Solar Orbiter Science Ground Segment SGS development, operations and maintenance at ESAC, including the science operations planning system, the lowlatency data generation and visualization system, the auxiliary data products generation system and also supports the archiving of science data products. Solar Orbiter is the first of the medium size missions in the ESAs Cosmic Vision Science Programme, developed in collaboration with NASA. It is a solar observatory carrying 10 instruments provided by Principal Investigators 6 remote sensing instruments an EUV telescope, a polarimetric telescope, an Xray telescope, a coronagraph, an heliospheric imager, and a spectrometer and 4 insitu instruments magnetometer, radio and plasma waves, energetic particle detector and a solar wind analyser. The primary goal of the mission is to operate the whole payload in a coordinated way to address some of the outstanding scientific questions on the relationship between the Sun and the heliosphere. The spacecraft is expected to be launched in July 2017, and after a 3 month commissioning phase it will cruise for 3.5 years until the proper orbital geometry is achieved. The nominal mission is expected to last 3.5 years more with a post operations phase of 2 additional years. The Solar Orbiter SOC at ESAC is responsible for the development of the SGS following the Science Implementation Requirements provided by the Project Scientist which covers all the operational activities originating from the mission science objectives defined by the Science Working Team SWT, including interactions with the Instrument Teams and the Mission Operations Centre MOC at ESOC. Operational activities for Solar Orbiter cover coordination of science operations for the cruise and nominal phases of the mission, generation of specific quick turnaround low latency data products, production of auxiliary data to support operations, as well as the archiving of Principal Investigator PI provided science data products. Interaction is expected with the members of the Solar Orbiter Science Operations Working Group SOWG, its Data Analysis Working Group DAWG splinter, and with software engineers in the Instrument teams. Frequent interactions are expected to take place with the SOC manager, the SOC team members and within the team working on Solar Orbiter. Also, frequent interactions are expected to take place with the Computers Support Group CSG and the Science Archives Team SAT at ESAC. Specific Service Tasks As part of the service the following main activities will have to be carried out Coordination and monitoring of all data handling and archiving activities during the prelaunch preparation phase, including support to the development of the low latency data processing pipelines and auxiliary data products. Definition of the science data generation, validation and archiving plan. Definition of archiving guidelines. Support to the Instrument Teams on science data product definition. Support the detailed specification of the science data contents and structure requirements. Support the definition and implementation, including validation, of the SOC archiving subsystem, including the mirroring interface with NASA. Tracking deliveries of science data products according to agreed schedule. Validation of all data deliverables from the Instrument Teams and SOC team. Ingestion of all data deliverables into the Solar Orbiter mission archive. Verification of the completeness, integrity and accessibility of all data ingested into the archive. Support to endusers. Specific qualification requirements Applicants should possess a university degree Masters preferred in a scientific or technical subject, but reflecting the scientific aspects of the service to be provided a research level qualification PhD or equivalent would be a distinct advantage. Relevant professional experience of at 5 years in planetary science data handling and archiving. In particular, applicants are required to have Experience in data handling and archiving in the solar physics or heliospheric disciplines. Experience with the ESAC archives. Scientific experience in solar physics or heliospheric physics. Experience with solar system geometry and ancillary information tools SPICE. Experience with software programming and scripting languages IDL, Python, etc. Experience with XMLbased documents. In addition applicants should Have good communications skills. Be able to document their work. Be willing to travel it is expected that the service is provided predominantly onsite at ESAC with the possibility of offsite support periods to be agreed between ESA and the service provider. Travel to other ESA establishments and collaborating institutions is foreseen at least 4 times a year. Be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English a high level of written and spoken English is essential. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident. Location The work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 29 annual days holiday. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 10 February 2015 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form to Mr. Andy McGarry, at email andy.mcgarryaurora.nl quoting reference SRE103. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by 16 February 2015.

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