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Support to the Future Missions Preparation Office

2013-08-19 14:36:33| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

A Spanish leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA seeks a candidate for a postion of SecretaryAdministrative Assistant located at ESTEC Netherlands. Work Package Overview The work covers a broad range of secretarial and administrative services and support to all organisational aspects to be provided to the secretariat of the Future Missions Preparation Office SREF. Standard tasks like meeting and travel organisation are complemented by specific tasks to cope with the peculiarities of the Future Missions Preparation Office. The scope of work and tasks to be performed are Daytoday support to Unit personnel regarding business travel arrangements, leave management, coordination of training. Dealing with incoming telephone calls and information requests. Analysing incoming correspondence and documentation and managing distribution of outgoing correspondence and documentation. Provision of various logistic support to the Unit. Arrivals office, phone, computer, security, access to databases, information systems and departures deregistration, etc. of Unit personnel. Ordering of office supplies and maintenance of stationary. Room and resources bookings for meetings andor events falling under the responsibility of the Unit. Administration and handling of shipment of goods and express mail. Tasks related to documentation management, distributionregistration of mail and documents. Organization of agenda and of meetings. Maintaining documents libraries for the Unit, including maintenance of change log, distribution lists, issue information notes to concerned users. Maintaining and following up actions lists for the Unit and taken minutes of coordination meetings for the Unit. Participation to organisation of events e.g. workshops, conferences as required. In addition to the above that correspond to standard activities in support to an organisational unit, the work package may also cover the following tasks Support to the Project Review Process Support to visitor service including access control, preparing visa applications, distribution of information material. Data collection, extraction from various Corporate applications e.g. SAP, PRISMA and from various internal sources and data consistency checking and coherence analysis. Maintaining close liaison with other Departments in the Directorate to ensure smooth running of daytoday business, HR matters provide administrative assistance to newly recruited staff or contractor personnel in projects supported by the Assistant, Specific tasks Specific knowledge is required in the following areas Familiarity with modern electronics office automation tools e.g. Microsoft Office suite and techniques, electronic mailing, customised database and Internet software applications. Capacity to identify priority actions and to handle high workload. Wellbalanced autonomy in executing the required tasks. Documentation Management and use of related tools and techniques in relation to the concerned activities. Specific Qualification Requirements For the execution of the above tasks the contractor will be required to use ESA Corporate and DSRE specific systems, and databases. Other Information Good interpersonal and communication skills are indispensable. A good team spirit is also essential. The incumbent should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA. Applications Interested candidates should send cv and cover letter to rocio.infiestagmail.com by 11th September 2013.

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Pocket Spacecraft hopes to launch personalized moon missions

2013-07-01 18:48:51| CNET News.com

A Kickstarter project wants to open up lunar exploration to regular people around the world through a fleet of tiny, flat spacecraft. [Read more]    

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UK clean tech missions lined up for Colorado and Brazil

2013-05-20 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: Clean tech start-ups from across the UK are from today being invited to apply to take part in two major new trade missions designed to help drive investment and orders for innovative green businesses. The Clean and Cool Missions initiative, which has previously undertaken successful trips to San Francisco and India backed by UK Trade and Investment and the Technology Strategy Board, is to host a week-long trip to Brazil in early November, followed by a separate trip to Colorado in early December....

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Flight Dynamics Engineer for Interplanetary Missions fm

2013-05-08 17:37:49| 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 our location in Darmstadt Germany we are looking for a Flight Dynamics Engineer fm to strengthen our existing team and support our client at ESOC . Working in Flight Dynamics at ESOC is one of the most technically challenging and exciting activities, as well as immensely rewarding and intellectually stimulating. SCISYSis one of the largest providers of Flight Dynamics support to ESOC and you will be joining a vibrant team that is well looked after. Tasks The following work missions shall be supported in a timesharing manner. The level of service to these missions will differ and vary over time. Solo Development Exomars Development Rosetta PostLEOP Development Venus Express Operations Mars Express Operations Software Maintenance Mission Analysis Support ORATOS NG Definition The engineer will support the flight dynamics operations for the above missions in the following activities Prelaunch Development Studies for the operational FD software Mission Planning Support Orbit Determination Trajectory Optimisation ACS Command Generation ACS Calibration Auxiliary Data and Experimenters Support Operational Support Studies and Mission Analysis Critical Mission Planning Support LEOP and Interplanetary Phases Interplanetary Orbit Determination Interplanetary Trajectory Optimisation Routine Mission Planning Support AOCS Command Generation Actuators and Control Systems Calibration Attitude Determination and OB Systems Monitoring and Verification Optical Sensors Calibration Auxiliary Data Generation Test, Simulations and Training Evaluation and Reporting Rosetta PostLEOP Development Studies and Mission Analysis Critical Mission Planning Asteroid and Comet Approach Orbit Determination, including Optical Navigation NearComet Orbit Determination and Determination of the Cometary Properties Cometary Dust Environment Modelling SSP Delivery Planning and Optimisation Actuators and Control Systems Calibration Optical Sensors Calibration Attitude Determination and OB Systems Monitoring and Verification NAVCAM Images Prediction and Processing Auxiliary Data Generation Test, Simulations and Training Furthermore, service to other projects of the Agency shall be provided as required, focusing on the Flight Dynamics development, preparation and operations for science andor earth observation missions. Essential Requirements The successful candidates will have A university degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent A sound knowledge of Flight Dynamics, orbit and attitude dynamics Good understanding of celestial mechanics, spacecraft flight dynamics and sw programming Experience with Flight Dynamics software tools and procedures Experience with SUNSolaris, FORTRAN, C, MATLAB and UNIX operating system Desirable Skills Familiarity with Flight Dynamics operations operational experience would be an advantage. Additional Information Fluency in English is mandatory Oncall support will be necessary The candidate must have a valid German work and residence permit or be an EU Citizen Start date is as soon as possible To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.dewhereweworkspacecareersspacejobs.html

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Flight Dynamics Consultant Two positions Interplanetary Missions mf

2013-05-03 12:36:52| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

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. Over 150 employees are employed in all phases of space program development, Termas unique systems, software, and products are depended upon all over the world by astronauts, spacecraft, and organisations for mission success. Our solutions include customised 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. The Challenge We are looking for two Flight Dynamics Consultants to support flight dynamics tasks on a range of interplanetary missions, both in operations Venus Express, Mars Express, and Rosetta and some in development ExoMars, BepiColombo, Lisa Pathfinder, Gaia, Solo. The work will take place at the customers site in Darmstadt, Germany. Sample tasks include Venus Express, Mars Express Mission planning, routine orbit and attitude manoeuvre preparation and analysis, orbit determination and propagation, equipment recalibration, product generation, test and validation of operational products, support for simulation campaigns Rosetta all of above. A special challenge will be the approach, orbit insertion and lander delivery at the targeted comet Churyumov Gerasimenko where, for example, the gravity field and comet shape need to be determined, effects of the comet environment like outgassing need to be learned before and during close approach, cataloguing, landing site selection and lander delivery ExoMars and Solo mission analysis type studies for the operational flight dynamics system, operations preparation and planning, orbit determination, trajectory optimisation, manoeuvre product generation, equipment calibration, support for principle investigators Flight dynamics software maintenance improvement e.g., generalisation of algorithms, adaptation to new interfaces and functional requirements, migration to new hardware andor operating systems. The software a variety of programs and scripts in FORTRAN, C, Mathematica, Matlab, awk, sed, python, perl includes a range from mission specific elements up to systems used across mission family boundaries. It also includes utilities comprising a support software layer between the operating system and the Flight Dynamics users. Qualifications Essential A superior university degree, preferably in physics, mathematics, space engineering or other suitable discipline A rigorous approach to practical physics and mathematics problems Demonstrable knowledge of applied mathematics and flight dynamics, orbit andor attitude determination and control Capability to quickly assess problems in novel areas and to follow a structured approach to their solution Software development experience preferably in FORTRAN 77 95, but also C or other core languages on UNIX operating systems Applicants are required to hold all appropriate documentation and permits for working and living in Germany. Desirable Experience with Mathematica Experience in scripting with Unix tools shells, sed, awk, python, perl Experience with flight dynamics operations, especially for interplanetary missions. These include orbit determination, attitude determination, mission planning, manoeuvre optimisation, command generation, test and validation of operational products Experience in flight dynamics software development andor maintenance Experience with onboard software and equipment Familiarity with the flight dynamics software in use at ESOC Familiarity with mission analysis approach including software tools at ESOC Familiarity with the ORATOS support layer software. Candidates will be working in a multinational environment. The working language is English spoken and written fluency is required. Some, limited oncall support or shift work may be necessary for critical operations, such as launches and planetary orbit insertions. These are fulltime positions with a planned starting date in August 2013. Terma offers 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 in Darmstadt, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An permanent employment contract with attractive benefits Highly competitive salary. Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Further 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 httpswww.epos.dkRekTermaJoblistShowJobOffer.aspx?dbaliasEposRECTermalangenjobOfferEntityId358joblistId1with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and a uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date 27 May, 2013. Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Terma is a hightech, internationally recognized supplier of advanced and customized systems, products, and services within defense systems, surveillance, radar systems, and space.

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