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'World's first' fully-electric commercial flight takes off

2019-12-11 05:51:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A fully electric seaplane flight has been hailed by operators as the start of a third "aviation era".

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Flight Dynamics and Planning Engineer fmd

2019-11-25 11:11:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

DLR GfR mbH is a company providing reliable, safe and secure aerospace services. We operate and manage the constellation of Galileo satellites in the Galileo Control Center Oberpfaffenhofen on behalf of the European Commission. Our company headquarters is located in an area widely known as a holiday destination the fivelakes region in Upper Bavaria near Munich. At the space industry location in Oberpfaffenhofen, our around 170 employees work every day in international and interdisciplinary teams on the navigation for the future. Become a part of us! In our Operations Department in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich we are now hiring for the following position Flight Dynamics and Planning Engineer fmd Your Mission The Flight Dynamics and Planning teams inside the Galileo Project will be supporting and cooperating together with Flight, Space Segment, Ground, Mission and Training teams for the preparation, scheduling and in some cases execution of all operations required for Galileo constellation and its Ground Segment, from LEOP to routine, until EndofLife EoL and disposal, also including the handling of potential contingencies on Ground andor Space Segment levels. In particular, as Flight Dynamics Engineer, you will be responsible for orbit and attitude determination and prediction, provision of products and support to operations, orbit manoeuvres planning and execution, collision risk assessment, as well as many mission analyses. As Planning Engineer, you will be in charge of delivering on a weekly basis the Operational Timeline for the Galileo Project and associated Team Plan. We offer you a stable and long term opportunity to work in an international and competitive environment on a high profile European Project. DLR GfR mbH is encouraging you to take the initiative and drive to assume responsibility that will develop your technical and leadership skills. Learn more in one year than you will in any other organization and take on the following tasks as Flight Dynamics and Planning Engineer Support to routine orbit determination, propagation, event prediction, command generation and other orbitrelated products for different teams and elements Coordination of LEOP pre and postlaunch flight dynamics and planning activities Preparation and execution of station acquisition and keeping, collision avoidance, relocation and disposal manoeuvre campaigns Support to both space and ground anomalies investigation and resolution Performance and trend analysis reporting Definition, analysis and continuous improvement of operational flight dynamics processes, databases, procedures, tools and interfaces Operations planning and coordination via the preparation of a weekly timeline and team plan Maintain and develop training material Your Qualification Mandatory KnowledgeSkills Masters degree in engineering or physics, preferably in Aerospace Engineering Indepth knowledge of spaceflight mechanics covering orbitattitude dynamics and control subsystems Proven experience in validating, operating and maintaining operational spacecraft flight dynamics systems Proven experience in LEOP and station acquisition flight dynamics operations preparationexecution Proven expertise with Unix systems, command line tools and scripting languages bash, awk, python Solid problem solving skills, with a proactive attitude and capability to work under minimum supervision, multitasking and selflearning skills Strong focus attitude towards collaborative team working and ability to interface with customers and stakeholders Strong organizational, communication and relationship management skills Fluent oral and written English skills all daytoday activities and documentation are performed through English Desirable KnowledgeSkills Knowledge of GNSS space flight mechanics in MEO Familiarity with space or ground segments of navigation satellite systems, such as EGNOS or Galileo Experience in FD operations preparationsexecution for collision avoidance Experience in FD operations preparationsexecution for SC passivation and disposal Experience in spacecraft operations planning Familiarity with NAPEOS software, FocusSuiteFocusLEOPAutofocus Familiarity with statistical and graphical analysis tools like MATLAB, Python and SQL Knowledge of system engineering standards and methodologies relevant to space operational systems Knowledge of configuration management systems and practices Our Offer Collaboration in the European lighthouse project Galileo trusting and appreciative cooperation in an international environment international team spirit 30 days annual leave compatibility of career and family life e.g. through flexible working time models in the context of company requirements Extra benefits such as awo lifebalance a varied personnel development program individual career options for example through secondments to partner agencies enterprises abroad employerfinanced retirement plan attractive location with a high recreational value in the fivelakes region near Munich and much much more ...

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American Airlines admits 'soap spill' did not divert flight

2019-11-19 18:01:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The airline initially made the claim after a flight was diverted because two crew members fell unconscious.

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Did a 'soap spill' really divert a flight?

2019-11-19 01:02:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Evidence seen by the BBC casts doubt on American Airlines' reason for two crew members falling unconscious.

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Flight Dynamics System Engineer

2019-11-11 11:14:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

JOB LOCATION The position is based in Rome. The availability to make occasional National and International travels is required. Shortstays at our customers premises, based in Italy, may be required only during specific project phases. TASKS The Flight Dynamics System Engineer shall work on multiple projects and assignments, leading all the internal technical activities with an high degree of autonomy during all the subsystem lifecycle, from the specification up to the operations phase. HeShe shall support proposal preparation and sales activities, leading, preparing and delivering all the required contributions inherent to the job position. The applicant shall be able to coordinate or directly execute the following tasks define the Flight Dynamics SS specification and review upper level requirement allocation and traceability identify alternative solutions, perform andor support tradeoff analysis and COTS selection define and maintain the Flight Dynamics SS architecture functional, software and physical, internal and external SS interfaces, and technical performance prepare the Flight Dynamics SS development plans, test plans, test procedures design, implement and maintain the Flight Dynamics SS software define the Flight Dynamics SS hardware specification execute the Flight Dynamics SS software installation and configuration on hardware platforms participate in the Flight Dynamics SS test campaigns execute test and validation activities of the Flight Dynamics SS provide support to the Flight Dynamics SS integration in the Ground Segment prepare the documentation of the Flight Dynamics SS during all the project phases Participate to internal and external meetings, present and discuss analysis and results participate and prepare the Flight Dynamics SS milestones, and provide all the relevant contribution to upper level reviews. QUALIFICATIONS The applicant has got a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in mathematics, physics or another relevant engineering discipline. The applicant has at least 5 years professional experience, mostly in Flight Dynamics. The following expertise is considered as mandatory extensive knowledge in space flight mechanics professional experience on Flight Dynamics engineering operations no less than 3 years long professional experience on Flight Dynamics software development, test procedures preparation, execution and reporting The following expertise is considered as an distinct advantage professional experience with Flight Dynamics software, as FreeFlyer and Orekit library The following expertise is considered as an advantage professional experience on Mission Analysis, preferably in Earth Observation domain professional experience on Ground Segment system engineering professional experience on SAR and Optical Earth Observation missions JAVA programming skills, knowledge of Linux OS Ph.D. on Space Flight Dynamics topics, preferably in Earth Observation domain Professional experience in project management is desirable but it is a plus. The applicant shall also possess very good analytical skills very good communications and presentation skills very good technical writing generating and delivering skills high level of written and spoken English sufficient level of written and spoken Italian is desirable The position can be opportunely tailored to the applicant level of experience job tasks and associated required degree of autonomy will be consequently adjusted. The applicant will be capable of approaching the technical tasks with rigour and discipline, developing and following a systematic, thorough and resultsoriented approach.

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