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Planning Officer
2016-09-21 14:02:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Thorn Sicherheits GmbH has an exciting and challenging technical position within our service team at the European Space Agency ESOC Darmstadt. This role provides candidates the opportunity to work in a hugely dynamic and scientific environment, often at the forefront of space exploration and science. The planning officer is a key member of the Thorn team and someone who will have the opportunity to engage across all ESOC supported missions science, exploration, earth observation ensuring that all stakeholders have the appropriate level of ground segment support for existing and future activities. The selected candidate shall demonstrate that they can quickly develop an advanced level understanding of the tools, applications and environment used across ESA for planning and scheduling activities. With this knowledge the selected candidate shall support the scheduling office and associated systems as the inhouse expert. They shall also have some experience of complex scheduling and of negotiating resource conflicts in order to support the long term planning process for the optimal utilisation of ESAs deep space network of ground stations. We are looking for someone who has an engineering curiosity and an insatiable desire for continual learning and knowledge someone who has the diplomatic skills to engage with all ESA stakeholders management and mission representatives, someone who can work autonomously whilst retaining a professional and positive motivation at all times. Many of the relevant applications can be configured for establishing potential scenarios so experience of working with Linux based applications would be advantageous along with a basic knowledge of scripting in a UNIX environment. Experience of working in a scientific or technical industry in a role where complex system engineering or resource conflicts are common place would be highly desirable. Closing date for this position is the 17th October 2016
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Planning & Sustainability
2016-09-15 18:46:08| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 252kbCategory: Bureau Submissions - FY 2016-17 Fall Budget Monitoring
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Bureau of Planning & Sustainability
2016-09-14 21:48:10| PortlandOnline
Racial Equity Plan PDF Document, 392kbCategory: Bureau Racial Equity Plans
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Senior Analyst, Contingency Transition Planning
2016-09-12 18:05:30| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Senior Analyst, Contingency Transition Planning Ref SES0876 Region Europe North America Location BetzdorfLuxembourg or Washington D.C. Company SES Category Business Dev. Strategic Management Position Staff Published 20160905 Context The Contingency Transition planning team is part of the Fleet Development Yield Management department. The holder of this position is a key contributor in ensuring that the risks inherent in the management of a 50 spacecraft fleet are fully understood and managed appropriately. The contribution of the position is in two key areas 1. Suggestion of various ContingencyRestoration plans to account for possible spacecraft malfunctions 2. Analysis of possible plans for transfer of services from existing spacecraft to new spacecraft The role is cross disciplinary in nature, requiring you to balance technological, financial, contractual and regulatory factors, to find the best solution for SES and its customers. You will primarily focus on the European part of the fleet, however the role is global in nature and will include participation in projects outside of the European fleet. Taking into account the focus of the role, the position will be ideally located in BetzdorfLuxembourg but could also potentially be located in Washington DC. Responsibilities Understand the SES spacecraft fleet capabilities and limitations, and analyze various potential failure scenarios Develop and recommend various options for Shed lists, Shed Outlook reports, Contingency plans and associated data Keep track of spacecraft anomalies and problems. Analyse implications of anomalies, and suggest possible update to Shed Lists, Shed Outlooks and Contingency plans. If required analyse possible proactive migration plans to mitigate impact of anomalies Keep track of spacecraft capacity allocation changes and update contingency plans accordingly Contribute to the planning phase of the transfer of services from existing spacecraft to new spacecraft Transitions. Analyse existing customer traffic and new spacecraft capabilities in order to provide support to the transition planning lead. Experience Qualifications Bachelors degree or equivalent education or demonstrable equivalent work experience in lieu of formal qualifications Minimum 2 years of professional experience, preferably in the satellite or telecommunications field Knowledge of Satellite payload systems and link budgets Experience in Satellite transponder loading techniques and practices preferred Experience in IT systems used to manage satellite payloads and customer contracts preferred Excellent analytical skills, innovative spirit, business mind, ability to provide practical conclusions Demonstration of the ability to be a team player, take initiative, be flexible and take leadership Outstanding human relations, interpersonal and communications skills internally and externally Ability to selforganise, prioritise and handle timesensitive tasks in a demanding environment Ability to compile comprehensive and synthetic reports as required Ability to work well in a multicultural, international environment Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English the knowledge of other languages is considered an additional asset. Depending on the qualification and experience of the selected candidate, this position may also be initially hired as Analyst Our Offer Competitive salary package, coupled with a diverse array of challenges and development benefits. SES is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Additional Job Board Text This position reports to Manager, Contingency Transition Planning Apply for this Job online
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Mission Planning System Software Engineer
2016-09-02 11:04:25| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
One of our Space clients based in Germany is seeking a Mission Planning System Software Engineer to support the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team within the GSI Division in the TSS Department. The closing date for applications is 26092016. The Mission Control Applications MCA and Tools Team is responsible for the maintenance and development of the following Mission Control Applications Spacecraft Monitoring Control. Local Applications Monitoring Control. Onboard software management. Flight Dynamics System. Mission Planning System. OpsPrep Tools. Data analysis and reporting tools. Spacecraft Simulator. The Mission Control Applications and Tools Team performs the following activities Software engineering and software maintenance of multimission and missionspecific Mission Control Applications and Tools for GEO and LEO missions. Software engineering for the reuse of Mission Control Applications and Tools with the separation between generic kernel and missionspecific extensions. Integration and verification at application and system level. User and software support to flight control teams. Support to the EUMETSAT Programme Preparation and Development PRD Department for the PhaseBCD of new missions in the domain of Mission Control Applications. Tasks The key person will provide hisher prime support to the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team and heshe will support The evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions. The requirements specification, design, implementation, integration and verification of Mission Planning Systems for new EUMETSAT LEO Programmes PhaseBCD, including the setting up of the related maintenance arrangements and processes. The technical coordination in the team of the different parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions. The tasks of the key person will typically include Maintenance and Evolution Activities o 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. o 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. o 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. o Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test procedures at software facility level and at system level. o 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. o 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 in technical reviews, participation in factory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT. o 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. o Software support software support to the endusers of the application software. o Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support to operations. o Documentation generation and updates of technical documents. o 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 new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering o Participation in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Mission Planning System. o Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Mission Planning System. Participation in workshops and review meetings. o Interfacing with Operations to consolidate the operational concept in the Mission Planning System requirements. o Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Mission Planning System requirements. o Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements. o Interfacing with the Mission Planning System kernel product experts in the MCA Team to coordinate their contributions to the requirements definition. System Architectural design o Support the generation of the architectural system level design of the Mission Planning System as part of the Ground Segment. o Support the production of design models using Systems Engineering and CASE tools. o Support the definition and documentation of all interfaces IRDsICDs between the elements of the Mission Planning System and other Ground Segment or external elements. o Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment design. Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Mission Planning System implementation o Support to the requirement and design engineering activities as part of the applications development. o Participation and contribution in requirements, design and implementation reviews both internal and with external contractors. o Follow the software development by external contractors of the Mission Planning System. Support to IVV and Acceptance o Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. Technical coordination of the parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions o Support to the technical coordination of all the activities in the team where the EUMETSAT LEO Mission Planning Systems are involved. These activities comprise at the moment the maintenance and evolution for missions under routine operations, reengineering activities and the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System in new Programmes. Qualifications University degree in a relevant engineering discipline. Skills The key person shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems. The key person shall have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas 1. Domain Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems in the context of Low Earth Orbit LEO space missions. 2. Software Development, Verification Maintenance Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Mission Planning 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, preferably for Mission Planning 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. 3. Software Engineering Skills Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using C and Java programming languages for UNIXLinux operating systems. Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using JBoss Drools as business rule management system. It would be a distinct advantage for the key person to have knowledge andor experience with some of the following 4. Domain Skills Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience in support to flight control operations teams for Mission Planning Systems. 5. 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. 6. Software Technology Skills Experience in the usage of software CASE design tools e.g. Enterprise Architect andor MagicDraw. Experience in using Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. Experience in developing software applications interfacing with Oracle RDBMS. Experience with Oracle RDBMS administration. Experience with ILOG Views visualization library. 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 in designing and developing component based software applications using formal techniques e.g. OSGi. Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. The key person shall also be assessed for the following skills and qualities Working proactively with the minimum of supervision in an individual or team environment. Conducting activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, working calmly and correctly under stress. Working in teams and sharing expertise and experience with other team members. Able to commit to the plan and deliver the expected results on time or to report proactively if any deviations are foreseen. Take ownership of problems through to effective resolution. Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills and be confident to deal with a wide variety of people.
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