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Euclid Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorat
2019-03-01 17:29:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Euclid Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorate Deadline for applications 29032019 Client and Location The European Space Agency is ATGs biggest client. They are an international organisation with 22 member states with sites in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, UK and Belgium. ESA is Europes gateway to Space! Job Description For one of our main clients, ESAESAC, we are recruiting an Euclid Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorate for their location in Madrid, Spain, to join their Science Operations Development Unit. Tasks and Responsibilities Develop and maintain the Euclid data lineage framework for the Euclid Archive within the SOC software development environment Delivery of software to the configuration control system Support to definition of ICDs controlling the interface of the Euclid data lineage viewer to Euclid Archive System Test and validate new deliveries of software, including regression testing Report on progress and problem areas Participate in the Configuration Control Boards applicable to the development Requirements PhD or Msc in Engineering from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent with minimum 10 years of relevant experience Software development and software engineering coding with experience with Python applications with good broad knowledge of Python Astronomy archives and astronomical datasets Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS Development andor maintenance of complex ground segment systems Software system architecture and development with specific experience in object oriented software design and development using version control systems Software development processes and tools configuration management, code generation, continuous integration, automated testing, metrics, coding styles and rules Modelling technologies, methodologies, and IDE UML. What do we offer? ATG offers excellent working conditions and provide you with all the other necessary means to further your career. We believe that training and education, combined with regular assessments and a personal development plan, will create the best environment for growth. If needed, we also assist you with settling in your new home or finding the right school for your children. ATG will help in any way it can, including a relocation budget that is applicable for ATG staff as well as employees working at one of our clients. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Space industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. Besides these countries, ATG also operates in Belgium, Sweden and Norway. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, fulltime positions based at our customers sites. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. Interested? Submit your CV and personal details through our website at www.jointhebrightestminds.com. For further questions, you can also contact our recruitment consultant Estefania Ochoa directly on phone number 31 0 71 579 55 51.
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Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorate
2019-03-01 17:29:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorate Deadline for applications 29032019 Client and Location The European Space Agency is ATGs biggest client. They are an international organisation with 22 member states with sites in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, UK and Belgium. ESA is Europes gateway to Space! Job Description For one of our main clients, ESAESAC, we are recruiting an Engineering and Scientific Support to the Science Directorate for their location in Madrid, Spain, to join their Operations Division. Tasks and Responsibilities Build and operate a data validation support platform for CU8 Formulating requirements for the envisaged validation platform in close interaction with CU8 and SOC personnel Defining the hardware and software environment needed to fulfil the requirements of the CU8 validation system Supporting the process of purchasing the needed resources for the platform Supporting the deployment of the validation platform Aiding CU8 in defining data models and data mapping rules Supporting CU8 scientists in all activities related to their usage of the provided platform Proactively advising CU8 scientists in optimizing validation strategies. Contribute to provision of stateoftheart data mining capabilities for DR3 endusers Find synergies within the data mining needs internal to CU8 and CU9 validation groups Develop, in close cooperation and under the authority of the CU9 data mining lead, the CU8 and CU9 internal services into a unified framework with frontend portal to provide data mining services ultimately to the endusers. Maintenance of existing code modules such as MDB, AGIS, IDT and GaiaTools java Library as requested Database administration for CacheMySQL, portioning of storage and analysis of disk space usage Aid in the creation of the first astrometric solution L22m Populating the operational AGIS processing DB with IDT and all needed auxiliary data Starting the AGIS run Monitoring the execution of the run from a technical and scientific viewpoint In case of problems, diagnose their cause and implement rectifying actions. Requirements PhD or Msc in Engineering from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent with minimum 4 years of relevant experience Experience working in an international environment Excellent communication skills notably in interfacing with different stakeholders with diverse backgrounds for example Scientists Knowledge and software engineering experience in, Python and Java. Knowledge of HTML5, CSS and Javascript, for development of the data mining frontend, is an asset Knowledge of and practical experience with managing relational database management systems serving TBscale datasets, specifically knowledge of PostgreSQL Knowledge of and, ideally experience with, stateoftheart data mining concepts and related technologies, including practical experience with Apache Spark Knowledge of Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Lab and Jupyter Hub frameworks, their APIs and kernels Experience in working with large astronomical data sets. What do we offer? ATG offers excellent working conditions and provide you with all the other necessary means to further your career. We believe that training and education, combined with regular assessments and a personal development plan, will create the best environment for growth. If needed, we also assist you with settling in your new home or finding the right school for your children. ATG will help in any way it can, including a relocation budget that is applicable for ATG staff as well as employees working at one of our clients. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Space industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. Besides these countries, ATG also operates in Belgium, Sweden and Norway. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, fulltime positions based at our customers sites. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. Interested? Submit your CV and personal details through our website at www.jointhebrightestminds.com. For further questions, you can also contact our recruitment consultant Estefania Ochoa directly on phone number 31 0 71 579 55 51.
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Managerial and scientific support for Copernicus Climate Service
2018-07-17 17:28:00| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Funded by the EU, this Climate Service will focus on the support of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, more specifically on the Working Group Climate. You will be responsible for the Essential Climate Variables ECVs inventory at EUMETSAT, the ECVs quality control, analysis and many more operational aspects. Responsibilities Duties Quality control and achievement of scientific and technical correctness and consistency of the updates to the ECV Inventory interacting with data providers worldwide. This includes the development of a regular update mechanism for the inventory content incorporating inputs from the data providers Assessment of the ECV Inventory readiness for the gap analysis process Coordination of and participation in inventory and gap analysis activities of the Working Group Climate ensuring full awareness within the gap analysis team of the required documentation outputs from the gap analysis and schedules, Analysis of results of the gap analysis for specific priority areas considering ECV interrelationships, Compilation of the gap analysis results, Provision of support to the generation of a coordinated action plan to address gaps, improvement opportunities, etc. Crossfertilisationpromotion of gap analysis best practices amongst the expert teams supporting the gap analysis Improvements of the Working Group Climate web page and input to technical improvements of the ECV Inventory Compilation of technical notes and presentations to the CEOSCGMS WG Climate Attendance at meetings of the Joint CEOSCGMS Working Group Climate including responsibility for minutes of such meetings. Qualifications Experience University degree in Atmospheric Physics, Physics, or any other relevant discipline Proven experience in the domain of Earth Observation Good understanding of satellite remote sensing related to climate including the GCOS framework of Essential Climate Variables Familiarity with the activities of the CEOSCGMS Working Group Climate and its ECV Inventory Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to analyse complex processes Demonstrable experience in active participation incoordination of international projects Experience in consolidating, compiling and editing complex technical reports. Essential Skills Proven experience in scripting languages such as IDL or Python Familiarity with LinuxUNIX Strong analytical and problem solving skills Excellent written and oral communication Good interpersonal and strong coordination skills Teamplayer Fluency in English. Desirable Skills Shell scripting Linux Fluency in French Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks. Application You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your application preferrably online with your availability details and salary expectations. About us Telespazio VEGA Deutschland is the first choice aerospace company for IT and engineering solutions and services. With more than 350 employees in Germany we shape the future of aerospace together and beyond. Our staff play a key role in determining our success through their qualifications, motivation, enthusiasm, different cultural backgrounds and their sense of teamwork.
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Engineering and Scientific Support to the Gaia Operations
2017-12-14 15:17:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
On Gaia the leader of a Coordination Unit CU fulfils a role equivalent to that of a PI on an observatory type mission, while the CU itself, as a discipline, can be seen as the equivalent of an instrument. In this context, the service will provide support to CU7, coordinated by a scientist who will be the liaison to CU7. Acting as interface between the SGS and a certain number of PI Teams which may require deep knowledge about specific instrument functionality, performance and operations Track the science capabilities of an instrument during its development phase by participating in instrument team meetings, reviewing documents e.g. EIDBs Users Manuals and assuring completeness and validity, applying and running instrument modelssimulations, etc Coordinating of the calibration efforts by the ESA IDTs and the instruments principal investigator teams, the latter being spread across different institutes and universities across Europe and supported by national funds Provide support to the Instrument Teams in the preparation execution of AIV activities and calibration campaigns ISTs Understand the functionality of the instrument data to be archived and support the definition of the instruments Archive data products in coordination with the Archive Scientist and in the data pipeline development Support the provision of SPICE kernels e.g. Instrument specific, orbitattitude, as required Organise and maintain uptodate all information concerning the instruments which is deemed necessary for future knowledge preservation Contribute to the SGS preparation activities including Definition of operations plans procedures and preparation of training activities Contributing to SGS requirement specification and design, by assisting in the definition of user requirements for the SGS Reviewing assessing completeness and adequacy of the system being designed and implemented. This may include exploration of new technologies Testing and providing feedback on implementations Contribute to the preparation of the Science Activity Plan SAP document Contribute to the compilation of the Science Traceability Matrix TMX and to its further development into the Observations Catalogue For Observatory class missions, provision of instrument expertise in support of the scientific community and operational activities Contribute postlaunch to the SOC systems tuning and its operational maintenance and as required to the validation and improvement of the Science Analysis software. Including Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Installation, testing and validation of SOC tools and analysis software Raising problem reports on tools as well as suggested improvements Following up the correct fixing of any problems with the implementers Follow procedures and operate systems as required Assist in automation of SOC procedures Concerning instrument operations tasks include Generating and validating payload operations requests and other operational products for transmission to MOC Aid in analysing and correcting anomalous situations and instrument behaviours onboard Support the Operational Constraint Analysis Monitoring instrument health and scientific performance in support of calibration and realtime decision making Performing calibration activities for the scientific instruments, following priorities as agreed internally with the Mission and following the advice and recommendations made by the Users Group through the PS Contribution, if required, to the scientific mission planning, scheduling and reaction to ToO alerts Provide support to the Project Scientist as required Cooperate with other projects on operational matters e.g. promote the exchange of information with missions where appropriate In order to enhance the capability to support the user community, if other tasks permit, up to 20 of the work under this RT may involve original science research Specific tasks relevant Instrument Operations for Gaia Interact appropriately with and support the algorithm providers Aid in optimising onboard parameters and overall operational strategies in the interest of maximising Gaias scientific return Interface between MOCAirbus DS and SOC and aid in maintaining the part of the onboard software with relevance for science operations e.g. compressiondecompression
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Scientific Documentation Writing Consultancy Support
2016-09-22 13:05:43| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
POSITION IDOT2896 ROLEFUNCTION Scientific Documentation Writing Consultancy Support in DarmstadtGermany GENERAL CONDITIONS START 1st January 2017 LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Aerospace CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 18. November 2016 MUSTHAVE SKILLSMANDATORY In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years experience in scientific documentation editing and maintenance. Specifically, the Consultant shall have demonstrated experience in Writing documents of a technical or scientific nature Compiling documents from multiple contributors Processing of large text documents with Microsoft Word Processing of complex documents including images, equations, etc. Web publishing of documents Controlling documents within a Document management system NICETOHAVE SKILLSCONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Webbased information services Processing andor applications of Earth Observation satellite data Knowledge of LaTeX Knowledge of Framemaker Tasks The Consultant shall manage information in a variety of forms, life cycles, type of input, purpose and readership. The inputs to scientific documents are provided by clients remote sensing and products scientists and experts, product operation experts, trainers, etc. The purpose of the documents includes describing and explaining products and processing for a large community of users, providing quality information e.g. the results of validation tests, sharing and promoting new knowledge and applications. An important corpus of legacy and current scientific information is updated continuously, and new information is added regularly. Scientific information plays a key role in the use and uptake of clients products and services, and it is important that the Consultant manages it in a consistent and complete manner. The tasks of the Consultant will include Collect input to documents from scientists and engineers Ensure consistency of style across documents Prepare draft documents for review and document issues for publication Coordinate document releases with the User Services Division responsible for Web site contents Definition of scientific documentation maintenance procedures, including templates and guidelines for contributors Manage information e.g. metadata extracted from documents Prepare and manage Web site contents The Consultant shall apply the documentation control processes in place at clients location.
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