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Flight Dynamics Engineer
2015-06-15 17:04:17| 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 Flight Dynamics Engineer Responsibilities Duties Tasks Support to Flight Dynamics SW development, validation, maintenance and operations at ESAESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. This support is to be provided on Mission Planning, Orbit Determination and Prediction, Orbit Manoeuvre Optimisation or Attitude Determination and Control for several ESA missions including those for Earth Observation, Navigation, Science and Interplanetary. Qualifications Aerospace Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist or any related discipline. Required knowledge Fluent English spoken and written Space dynamics Applied mathematics and physics Fortran andor CC MatlabMathematica Unix SunSolaris Desirable Knowledge Operational Flight Dynamics Systems Orbit and attitude dynamics 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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Flight Dynamics Consultant mf
2015-06-15 15:04:57| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Flight Dynamics Consultant mf Ref. No. 159091 Terma With a 35year track record, Terma is among the most experienced European providers of missioncritical products, software, and services for space missions. Terma excels in stateoftheart niche technology and robust operational systems for the space industry. Working in close collaboration with customers and leading industry bodies, we develop advanced, missionspecific solutions. More than 150 employees are operating in all phases of space program development. Termas unique systems, software, and products are depended upon all over the world by astronauts, spacecraft, and organizations for mission success. Our solutions include customized systems for space science, earth observation, navigation, and telecommunication programs. They are based at Terma premises in Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands as well as numerous customer sites around Europe. Mission description The selected candidate will initially support the test and validation of any of the current or future European Space Agency missions. Responsibilities The Flight Dynamics Consultant will support activities at the customer site ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany and work on tasks such as Orbit and attitude manoeuvre preparation, Manoeuvre performance analysis, orbit determination and propagation, trajectory optimisation, product generation, software test and validation, support for simulation campaigns and critical operations Attitude command file generation, actuator and sensor calibration, attitude determination Conceptual design studies for the operational flight dynamics system, operations preparation and planning Flight dynamics software test and maintenance Adaptation of algorithms to new and exotic space environments, adaptation to new interfaces and functional requirements, migration to new hardware andor operating systems Development of test tools and analysis of test outcomes This is a fulltime position with a planned starting date in August 2015. Qualifications Competencies Applicants shall have an university degree, in a in astrophysics, mathematics, space engineering. Essential skills are Exceptional physical insight, combined with rapid execution and a practical and rigorous approach to problem solving Experience devising and realising mathematical algorithms to satisfy demanding scientific applications, ideally using Fortran, C and Matlab User level experience with the UNIX operating system fluency in English spoken and written, as English is the working language Desirable skills are Knowledge of space flight dynamics and spacecraft attitude determination and control subsystems Some experience in scripting with Unix tools Some experience with flight dynamics operations Familiarity with mission analysis approach including software tools at ESOC Some experience as a resident consultant operating onsite within a customer organisation Experience with an international satellite organisation or similar entity The position requires a great deal of independence and selfmotivation. The candidates should be able to work with little supervision, but also be able to contribute to the team effort. What can Terma offer At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the bestinclass solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace. Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extralegal benefits Highly competitive salary. Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Additional information For further information, please contact Mr. Frank Mayer by telephone 49 6151 860050 or by email terma.determa.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link httpswww.epos.dkRekTermaJoblistShowJobOffer.aspx?dbaliasEposRECTermalangenjobOfferEntityId659joblistId1 with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and a uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date July 08th, 2015 Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Terma develops products and systems for defense, civilian authorities, and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, selfprotection systems for vessels and aircraft, space technology, and advanced aerostructures for the aircraft industry. Terma is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, and maintains international subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, India, Singapore, and the U.S. Sign up for Termas newsletter here or follow Terma to remain updated on our news and events
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Space Flight Dynamics Engineer MW
2015-06-15 13:04:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
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. You will be part of the ESOC Flight Dynamics team as technical expert providing consultancy service within the ESOC Flight Dynamics division. As part of your duties, you might be involved in the design, development and validation of flight dynamics tools and systems and you may also support operations. The scope of the mission managed by ESOC is wide from earth observation to interplanetary missions. We offer five positions in Prelaunch Development and Operational Support. TASKS Flight dynamics software operations support for flying spacecraft Flight dynamics operations procedures creation and maintenance Support to the mission team concerning flight dynamics aspects Preparation of flight dynamics operations systems for future missions Flight dynamics algorithms study and prototyping, software requirements specification, design implementation and testing Test and validationof flight dynamics software Science Mission Trajectory Optimisation Maintenance of flight dynamics software Orbit Determination ACS Command Generation ACS Calibration Problem investigation, reporting, tracking, correction and fix validation This is a consultancy position for ESAESOC. The location of work is primarily in DarmstadtGermany PROFILE The successful candidate shall have a university degree in mathematics, physics or relevant engineering discipline, with a specialization that includes orbital mechanics or dynamics and control. A first proven experience in the field of flight dynamics is required, preferably gained during the development and operation of space systems. Reliability, organisational and teamwork skills, and an ability to put forward some proposals are requested as personal qualities. Knowledge of flight dynamics functions, including attitude andor orbital dynamics or classical mechanics Knowledge of applied mathematics FORTRAN andor CC as well as Matlab Software engineering process, including requirements specification, implementation, validation, operations and maintenance Software verification, validation and acceptance testing, including the preparation and execution of test procedures Understanding of satellite operations systems and concepts. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills together with the ability to effectively cooperate within the team and with internal customers. The working language for the position is English and therefore the key person must be able to work effectively in this language and have a basic knowledge of the other, together with good communication skills. 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. Closing date 31.07.2015
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Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer
2015-06-15 11:04:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer to support our customer in Germany. Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer Key Tasks and Responsibilities As part of the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team you will have the following responsibilities Participate in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements Liase with Operations to consolidate the operational requirements Support the identification of the verification method and requirements initial test cases Incorporate the reuse of Flight Dynamics System kernel products Interface with the Flight Dynamics System kernel product experts Support the generation of the architectural system level design Support the production of design models Support the definition and documentation of all Flight Dynamics System interfaces IRDsICDs Support to the requirement and design engineering activities as part of the applications development Participation and contribution in requirements, design and implementation reviews Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns Support reengineering activities as well as evolutions and changes Support the preventive and corrective maintenance and maintain test procedures Support and development of the verification infrastructure Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testing campaigns. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience University degree in an engineering discipline Several years experience in specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Flight Dynamics Systems Experience in Flight Dynamics requirements elicitation Experience in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation andor customisation of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems in the context of LEO missions Experience in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software Experience in IVV integration, verification and validation for Flight Dynamics Systems Working knowledge of NAPEOS, Orekit, MICONYS would be an asset Experience in integration with Mission Planning Systems and support to operations for Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems would be an asset Working knowledge of FORTRAN, Java, IBM DOORS, Sparx, Linux, RDBMS, UML, XML, Eclipse would be an asset Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in Darmstadt. We welcome applicants who are available from January 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Kirsten Gibbs at jobshespace.com, quoting job DEDSC2649 before 24Aug15. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you! Please note Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you are eligible to obtain a work permit for Germany. Apply for this job
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Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer
2015-06-12 17:04:17| 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 Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer. Tasks and Responsibilities The key person will provide prime support to the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team and will support the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Flight Dynamics Systems the requirements specification, design, implementation, integration and verification of Flight Dynamics Systems for new Programmes PhaseBCD, including the setting up of the related maintenance arrangements and processes. The tasks of the key person will typically include Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering System Architectural design Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Flight Dynamics System implementation Support to IVV and Acceptance Maintenance and Evolution Activities Reengineering activities analysis of the porting of some subsystems to stateoftheart technologies, tradeoff studies of various technologies, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes Evolutions and changes generation andor analysis of userdriven and maintenance driven software requirements, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction or following the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in the software facilities and verification testing of the fixes Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test procedures at software facility level and at system level Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andor procurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression, functional and performance testing. Analysis and implementation of mechanisms or tools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the application software Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination of the production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the application software, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation to technical reviews, participation to infactory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testing campaigns. This activity includes preparation of test data, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports, analysis of results and troubleshooting of problems Software support software support to the endusers of the application software Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support to operations Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Technical point of contact for maintenance contractors acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organizing periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Support to Reference Architecture definition and maintenance Participation to the definition and maintenance of the EUMETSAT TSS reference architecture for the Flight Dynamics System part of the Ground Segment. Requirements Essentials In addition to having a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, the key person shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Flight Dynamics Systems. The key person shall have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas Domain Skills Experience minimum 3 years in requirements elicitation in the area of Flight Dynamics Experience minimum 3 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation andor customisation of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems in the context of LEO missions. Software Development, Verification Maintenance Skills Experience minimum 3 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems, following formal software engineering processes. This includes user and system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design, implementation, corrective and evolutive maintenance activities Experience minimum 3 years in IVV integration, verification and validation activities for Flight Dynamics Systems following formal engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, system and subsystem integration, generation of test plan and test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of test tools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports and anomaly tracking. The official languages of EUMETSAT 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. Desirables It would be a distinct advantage for the key person to have knowledge andor experience with some of the following Domain Skills Experience with software development and maintenance of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems and Tools based on the ESAESOC NAPEOS Navigation Package for Earth Observation Satellite Experience with software development and maintenance of Tools using the Orekit space dynamics library Experience in integration with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC Experience in integration with Mission Planning Systems Experience with support to operations for Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems. System Maintenance Skills Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Software Technology Skills Experience with developing software applications using FORTRAN Experience with developing software applications using Java IBM DOORS requirement management Tool Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Tool Linux Operating System Experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS Unified Modelling Language UML for software design XML processing schema design, validation, parser libraries, transformation XSLT and XPath Experience in designing, developing and maintaining software client applications using Eclipse as HMI framework Rich Client Platform Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. 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. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. 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 Position Flight Dynamics System Software Engineer Reference G015145EUM Application closing date 26072015 Start date January 2016 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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