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Quality Assurance Engineer

2020-03-26 19:16:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

EUMETSAT is Europes meteorological satellite agency monitoring the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is your chance to contribute to a world leading earth observation programme, set to generate global weather forecasting and climate monitoring benefits. As a Quality Assurance Engineer you will be at the heart of ensuring all elements of this complex system work together to deliver world leading meteorological products. Background The Technical and Scientific Support TSS department provides support to the development and operations of EUMETSAT satellite systems, ground systems, as well as quality assurance and management support services to the full organisation, through its Process Assurance and Management Support Division PRS. The Quality Assurance Engineer supports the development projects, operations support services and other activities under the responsibility of the TSS department, including the definition and implementation of Quality Assurance requirements and processes. Duties Provide quality and product assurance for the maintenance and evolution of operational ground systems and support services, including organising of reviews and management and follow up of technical investigations Establish quality requirements for technical support contracts and monitor their implementation, including reporting and acting upon detected deviations, anomalies and nonconformities Perform project quality assurance activities in support of project management, including definition, compilation and analysis of key project quality indicators, identifying nonconformities and facilitating the project risk management process Define, analyse, and improve Quality Assurance processes of relevance to the TSS engineering activities, development projects and operations support services Monitor the effective implementation of QA processes and requirements, and reporting on any relevant findings, gaps and issues Participate in Internal Quality Audits and Quality Audits on external contractors Support the harmonisation and standardisation of organisational processes for all QA aspects, contributing to their continual improvement Ensure lessons learnt in TSS projects are gathered, assessed, recorded and implementedapplied as relevant to subsequent projects. What we offer Generous salary, of up to Euro 7,500 month NET after income tax based on skills and experience Flexible working time including additional flexileave Excellent medical coverage for employee and family Attractive pension 30 days of annual leave 14.5 days public holidays Training and development support Relocation allowance and support if applicable EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunity work environment. Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited based on their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT. Qualifications A university degree in engineering or computer science or another relevant discipline. Certification in quality assurance, management or auditing would be an advantage. Skills and Experience Proven experience of minimum 5 years in providing quality assurance for largescale softwareintensive systems e.g. aerospace or software intensive sectors Experience in the definition and assessment of processes, good practices andor standards in the field of quality assurance, combined with good knowledge and practice of the ISO 9001 andor other relevant QA standards Direct experience of software QAPA would be an advantage Experience with new technologies e.g. Cloud Computing, Docker and development methodologies e.g. Agile, DevOps would be an advantage Excellent analysis, synthesis and presentation skills Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to apply these to interactions within and between teams. More about us EUMETSATs role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisations Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide. EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users. As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Engineer for FLEX Operational Processors, Calibration and Data Quality Control and Facilities Implem

2020-03-24 14:16:43| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world, we are innovators,committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone. Serco and Proud Make a difference every day. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer for FLEX Operational Processors, Calibration and Data Quality Control and Facilities Implementation Support, based in ESRIN Italy. Main Responsibilities The contractor shall perform the following tasks Management Support to the PDGS Operational Processors, Calibration Facility, Data Quality Control and Instruments Monitoring subsystems technical officers for Preparation of the PDGS subsystems managerial documentation e.g. implementation plan Preparation of the PDGS subsystems contractual documentation e.g. SoWs Management of industries in charge of PDGS subsystems development Coordination of PDGS subsystems reviews Preparation of the PDGS SubSystems requirements documents Support to PDGS specification for the part relevant to the PDGS subsystems implementation e.g. Interface Control Documents Support the acceptance by the PDGS Project of PDGS external CFIs Review of documentation from various sources ESA, Industry during the project phases dealing with subsystems implementation and testing. Participation to Ground Segment Reviews and PDGS reviews organised either by ESA or by Industry Management of the review item discrepancies, system or software problem reports and action linked to PDGS SubSystems implementation contracts Generation of technical notes whenever needed during the relevant project phases Operations of the various supporting tools for the part relevant to the PDGS subsystems implementation e.g. Documentation Management System Support to the PDGS Integration and Validation and Ground Segment Validation phases addressing for the relevant PDGS subsystems Integration of the facility within the processing centre Definition of integration and validation tests Run of integration and validation tests procedures Test results analysis Test reporting Support for operators training and preparation of operational documentation for the relevant PDGS subsystems Support for definition and documentation of the PDGS Commissioning Implementation Plan and procedures for the relevant PDGS subsystems Support for the preparation of the launch and the implementation of rehearsal activities for the relevant PDGS subsystems Support for the management of PDGS Operations, system behaviour monitoring and reporting during commissioning for the relevant PDGS subsystems Definition of products Quality Control and Instruments Monitoring baselines Support for processing algorithms definition and review Support for calibration strategy and algorithms definition and review Support to the definition of the utilisation of data from the space segment level testing and to the definition of space to ground interface tests for the processors Support to products format definition Participation to the Aeolus Mission Advisory Groups Adhoc development of tools for the accomplishment of the PDGS subsystems engineering, testing and validation, etc. The Ideal Candidate The right candidate shall own the following technical key skills University degree or equivalent qualification, preferably in Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Solid academic background in geophysical sciences Proven exprience in optical remote sensing and hyperspectral imaging Experience in algorithms and processors development Experience in data quality control, monitoring, calibration activities Experience in sensor performance monitoring, instrument calibration Programming skills e.g. MatLab, Python, UNIX BashShell scripting Fluent English language oral and written Autonomy in writing technical notes, specifications and reports Good interpersonal skills and team spirit The following would be an asset Knowledge of EO data formats Knowledge of the ESA Earth Explorers missions Knowledge of Sentinel3 mission baseline concepts Knowledge of radiative transfer modeling e.g. MODTRAN Knowledge of ECSS standards Knowledge of configuration control management techniques. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time.

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Why there must be more to your spirits brand than provenance and quality - Part II - comment

2020-03-23 13:39:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Earlier this month, category commentator Richard Woodard set the cat among the spirits pigeons when he argued that there's more to a successful spirits brand than the traditional cues. Richard returns to our pages here with... more of the same.

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Streaming services answer Europes call for reduced video quality

2020-03-23 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Last week, EU industry chief Thierry Breton called on over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix and YouTube to reduce the quality of their streaming services in order to limit bandwidth usage, calling it their “joint responsibility” alongside the network operators to keep the internet running smoothly. Streaming videos via these services can account for up to two…read more on TotalTele.com »

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