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Ground Stations Maintenance Engineer
2013-01-09 16:39:34| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, is for a consultant with at least five years experience in the Operations and Maintenance of large Ground Stations for GEO or LEO satellite missions. Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. Vast quantities of data are produced and user communities throughout the world are able to access both current and historical data sets. The demanding realtime environment places much emphasis on adherence to quality and configuration management standards and procedures. The consultant will work in the clients System Engineering Department supporting various ground stations routine operations. The key experience and attributes sought are Maintenance and operations of large ground stations including site infrastructure Operation preparation phase, focusing on creation and maintenance of automated procedures to operate large ground stations from local and remote Ground Station designintegrationtesting in particular regarding the Antenna, RF Front End, Base Band subsystems and Monitoring Control Usage of Tracking systems including Antenna Control Unit ACUTracking receivers for large antennas to acquire either LEO or GEO satellite Operation and configuration of integrated TTC baseband equipment and ranging systems e.g. INSNEC Cortex type Usage of High Data Rate Demodulators RF measurement practices and usage of related instrumentation Knowledge of modulationdemodulation schemes applied by Ground to Space ICD for TTC and payload data transmission. Candidates should possess a University degree or equivalent. Fluency in English is essential. This is a freelance contract assignment with an initial period of 3 years starting in April 2013 with two options to extend for a further period of 1 year each. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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Has global warming ground to a halt?
2013-01-09 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The UK's Met Office has downgraded its forecast for warming at the Earth's surface over the next five years. Headlines this week announced that global warming is "at a standstill". Climate sceptics crowed. But the Met Office said the outlook for later in the century remains unchanged. New Scientist looks at the facts Has global warming stopped, or hasn't it? Atmospheric warming has certainly slowed greatly in the past decade. The Met Office says this appears to be due to natural cycles that...
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Ground Operations Engineer
2013-01-09 12:39:18| 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, Toulouse France, New Delhi India and Malaysia 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 Ground Operations Engineer Responsibilities Duties Tasks General For our activities in ESOC we are looking for a Ground Operations Engineer for the Galileo Project. The Galileo LEOP operations will be carried out by a team comprising CNES and ESOC engineers. The plan is for LEOPs to take place alternately at CNES Toulouse and ESOC Darmstadt, with the team taking part in the LEOPs at each site. There will be 2 Ground Operations Managers GOMs, one will be normally based at each of the sites and the holder of this post will report to the ESOC Ground Operations Manager. Each launch will comprise a minimum of 2 spacecraft and possibly up to 4. While the first pair of Galileo Satellites had been launched IOV1, the holder of this post will support the upcoming IOV2 LEOP support from CNES and the IOC1 LEOP support from ESOC missions. The working language across the team is English. This position might require to be on mission away from ESOC for extended period. Services to be provided The responsibilities of the GOE include in particular Developing and managing the LEOP mission timeline Preparation for LEOP operations in coordination with Ground Operations Manager, Spacecraft Operation Manager and Operation Director consulting the operations concept document, interface definitions for the ground elements, scheduling, etc ... Development and review of the ground segment procedures Development of the Galileo Launch Folder Providing specialist advice on the ground segment Development, management and execution of the MRTs, DFTs, Tracking Campaigns. Identification, recording, investigation and progression of ground anomalies during the SVTs, MRTs, simulations campaigns and LEOPs Preparation for, and participation in, the simulations campaigns Assistance to the simulations officer to provided specialist ground segment knowledge for the simulations campaigns. Participation in the 56 day LEOPs in the role of a Ground Operations Manager, thereby executing applicable Classified and UnClassified procedures. This will involve shiftworking to provide 24 hour support to the spacecraft Provide Ground Segment Support for activities like Risk Analysis, Secure Monitoring Procedures, Incident Investigation, etc., as required. Providing any necessary ground segment support to operations in the drift phase of the spacecraft Contribution to the postLEOP reports. The holder of the post will closely cooperate with the Galileo Operations Director, CNES GOM and Spacecraft Operations Manager for the Galileo LEOP missions. Additionally, support to the preparation or operations of other missions delegated to the Division may be required as requested by the Head of Section or the Ground Operations Manager. Qualifications This service requires a person with University or similar degree in engineering or physics together with a good professional experience of several years in Ground Operations. 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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Ground Segment System Engineer
2013-01-09 12:39:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, calls for at least 5 years of experience in the engineering of spacerelated ground systems. Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. Vast quantities of data are produced and user communities throughout the world are able to access both current and historical data sets. The demanding realtime environment places much emphasis on adherence to quality and configuration management standards and procedures. The main working language is English. The role is focussed on preparation for a major new satellite programme. The elements of the ground segment to be addressed aredata acquisition systems, monitoring and control systems, data processing and archiving facilities, product dissemination facilities and the encompassing network elements. Activities will include Requirements engineering embracing requirement analysis and validation, requirement allocation and requirement maintenance System analysis resolving requirements conflicts, decomposing and allocating requirements, assessing system effectiveness Performance of trade studies for assessing effectiveness, risk, cost and planning Design, build and configuration resulting in a physical architecture, described by its functional, physical and software characteristics Integration and verification in order to demonstrate that deliverables conform to specified requirements The key experience and attributes sought are At least 5 years of experience in the field of engineering of spacerelated ground systems, including good experience in any two of networking and communications ground stations near realtime data processing monitoring and control of satellites monitoring and control of ground systems and an overview of the other three items Experience in systemlevel analyses from an endtoend perspective Preparation of system requirements and design documentation Integration and verification of such systems Knowledge of some of the following would be advantageous Data archive, retrieval and dissemination systems Management and traceability of complex requirements structure, experience with DOORS Use of modelling and design tools in support of architectural design activities Software engineering Configuration control processes and tools ECSS standards Candidates should possess a University degree or equivalent. Fluency in English is essential. This is a freelance contract assignment with an initial period of 2 years starting in June 2013 with two options to extend for further periods of one year each. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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MTG Ground Segment System Engineer fm
2013-01-08 15:38:20| 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 the location in Darmstadt, Germany we are looking for a MTG Ground Segment System Engineer fm at Eumetsat. Tasks The MTG Ground Segment System Engineer is sought to support ground segmentrelated activities for the phase CD of the MTG programme. The phase CD has started since the completion of the ground segment Preliminary Design Review May 2012 and is completing at the Qualification Review presently planned mid2018. The duties range from specification, analysis, design, build, deployment and subsequent verification. The activities for this consultancy relate to the ground segment, consisting of the data acquisition systems, monitoring and control systems, data processing and archiving facilities product dissemination facilities and the encompassing network elements. General support to ground segment detailed definition, production and qualification phases Management of the requirements baseline, including for changes, deviations and waivers and evaluation of impact on element baselines Ensuring availability of long lead items, particularly those needed for verification such as ensuring availability of procuring test data and tools Completion of the detailed design of the ground segment system, including analyses architectural tradeoffs, system technical budgets, RAMS, FMECA, risk analyses to ensure completeness and coherence of the design for all aspects related to system engineering. Preparation and follow up of external studies Evaluation of results of studies internal or external and related engineeringproposals for the ground segment detailed design Support to the performance of elements design for internally developed elements Review of all externally procured elements designs Support to finalisation and subsequent maintenance of the ground segment internal interfaces definition Support to finalisation and subsequent maintenance of the ground segment system level design Support to element level activities Support to preparation of the ground segment system and constituent parts assembly,integration and verification detailed planning 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 system engineering activities. In the performance of these tasks, the MTG Ground Segment System Engineer shall comply with the applicable rules of the EUMETSAT Directory of Instructions DI and the EUMETSAT Management System EMS, 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 in EUMETSAT. The tasks to be assigned to the MTG Ground Segment System Engineer will be agreed through dedicated workpackages with clear identification of activities and outputs expected. Essential requirements The MTG Ground Segment System Engineer shall have the following experience and background University degree or equivalent in the domain of engineering or science At least 5 years of experience in the field of engineering of spacerelated ground systems, including good experience in any two of i Networking Communications, ii Ground Stations, iii Near RealTime Data Processing, iv Monitoring and control of satellites, v Monitoring and control of ground systems ....and an overview of the other three items Experience in systemlevel analyses from an endtoend perspective, understanding relevant details while keeping the focus on the overall system aspects and presenting the results in a comprehensible way Experience in preparation of system requirements and design documentation Experience in the integration and verification of such systems. Desirable 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. Enterprise Architect Experience in software engineering Experience in configuration Control processes and tools Knowledge of ECSS standards. The MTG Ground Segment System Engineer 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. Other Information Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is mandatory Must be an EU national or possess a currently valid German Work Residence Permit Starting date is 01 June 2013 To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.co.ukdewowirarbeitenspacekarrierespacejobs.html
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