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Science Operations Engineer
2021-04-22 15:14:41| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is among the leading Space Industry and Services Companies. We have over 40 years experience in supporting the space sector Since the creation of the European Space Agency ESA, our employees have been providing everyday their technical, scientific and management skills to support the full range of European cornerstone space missions. Serco and Proud Make a difference every day. Our Team from Madrid, is searching for our new colleague 8 We look forward to work with you ! Discover the offer below and apply quickly to become our future Science Operations Engineer Job Description Excellent Salary Corporate Benefits Package Relocation Assistance if applicable Further information available from the Serco Europe Recruitment Team Main Responsibilities As Science Operations Engineer you will concentrate your activities on the following Contribute to procedure writing and the implementation of those procedures. Follow procedures and operate Mission SOC pipeline Systems. Test SOC systems for the daily processing of raw spacecraft data. Test SOC systems for the generation of payload operations requests. Participate in the optimization of software processing. Gather operational constraints for software running at SOC. Interact appropriately with and support the providers of all software SOC systems. Interact appropriately with users of the pipeline data products and external stakeholders. Assist in the automation of SOC procedures. Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning. Report on operational activities including the gathering and presentation of processing summary statistics. Successful Candidate Experience in operating large and distributed data processing systems. Past astronomical instrument or spacecraft support with a major international space or ground based observatory. Support to the professional astronomical community for a spacebased mission. Use of space based scientific data in support of science research. Knowledgeable with systems that provide access and store telemetry and ancillary mission data. Experience in providing support and interacting with instrument scientists and engineers. Experience on ESA Ground Segment software engineering processes, in particular ECSS standards. Subversion. JIRA and Confluence. Jupyter Notebook. Experience with testing frameworks. Large Databasesdata processing 1TB. LaTeX 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. About The Company Why should you join Serco ? At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play. Meaningful and vital work Youll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated. A world of opportunity Youll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression Great people Youll become an integral member of a welldefined and supportive team. who believe passionately in the value of our work. What we offer Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector A company passionate about diversity and inclusion Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package. Pension About Serco At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when 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. By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks SercoInspire Gender, SercoEmbrace Multicultural, SercoUnlimited Disability and InSerco LGBT Networks. Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. Apply Please click on the apply button to be taken to our careers website Serco is a Disability Confident Employer committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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Flight Dynamics Operations Engineer Science Missions RSPJUICEEUCLID Attitude Monitoring
2021-03-09 18:12:59| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Position Reference 819 We are currently looking for a Flight Dynamics Operations Engineer Science Missions RSPJUICEEUCLID Attitude Monitoring to work at our clients premises in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. The primary areas of responsibility is GNC monitoring and control and orbit determination and control for Science Missions, covering tasks in the domains of orbit determination, trajectory optimisation, GNC command generation and GNC telemetry monitoring. The key person may be requested to assume the responsibility and perform activities for additional service, missions and activities within the scope of general Flight Dynamics operations engineering services. The key person will be primarily assigned to a particular service within the Science Missions but with the possibility of supporting other service andor missions. Service to be provided are primarily related to EXOMARS RSP, Juice and Euclid. Services may also be requested related to GAIA, Bepi Colombo, Mars Express, ExoMars TGO, Hera and Solar Orbiter. Tasks and Activities The scope of work will include Command Generation Execution of and support to operational tasks. Generation of task related command parameters. Generation of task related reports. Mission Planning Support Execution of and support to operational tasks. Generation of mission planning related products, such as schedules and planning input. Attitude and TM monitoring Retrieval of TM of the onboard GNC systems. Decoding and analysis of GNC TM. Sensor and actuator calibrations. Generation of auxiliary data for mission exploitation. Trajectory optimisation Trajectory definition. Analysis and implementation of trajectory targets and constraints. Trajectory optimisation and determination of optimum manoeuvre strategies. Orbit determination Preprocessing of measurements. Orbit determination. Generation of orbital products. Orbit geometry analysis. Flight Dynamics Application Layer Maintenance of elements of the Flight Dynamics Application Layer. Flight Dynamics System Development Specification of modifications, enhancements and additions to existing software elements. Implementation of modifications, enhancements and additions to existing software elements. Installation of modifications, enhancements and additions to existing software elements on operational platforms design, coordination and implementation of tests. Participation in tests. Setup procedures. Flight Dynamics SubSystem configuration. Coordination of internal and external interfaces and actitivities across subsystems. General Flight Dynamics operations engineering activities. Skills and Experience The following skills and experience are mandatory University degree in a relevant engineering field, astronomy, mathematics or physics. Very good skills in calculus in one or several variables.. Skills in numerical methods for equations solving, integration of differential equations, function approximation and interpolation, optimisation, linear algebra problems. Very good skills in classical mechanics, including kinematics and dynamics of point masses, dynamics of rigid bodies, dynamics expressed in noninertial frames, conservation laws in mechanics, gravitational forces and field, orbit dynamics, keplerian orbits and Kepler laws. Skills to apply above knowledge to develop solutions to technical problems in cooperation with customers and other experts. Ability to define, implement, validate and operate software which applies the above solutions, using C as main programming language knowledge of UnixLinux, scripting languages and Fortran 77952003 is a valuable asset. Will to take operational responsibility in multidiscipline teams. Coordinate and interact with other service providers in operations and other fields. Ability to work independently. Familiarity with the ESOC environment. Familiarityexperience with Flight Dynamics operations engineering tasks. Experience dealing with external interfaces. Experience with Linux, network services and protocols, and system administration. The ability to multitask efficiently working on multiple activities, multiple subsystems and if applicable multiple missions simultaneously. Fluency in English, both in speech and writing. The following skills would be highly desirable Being familiar with different representations of rotation in 3D, thus including the representation of SC attitude cosine direction matrix, Euler symmetric parameters quaternions, Eulerangles,.... Ability to solve mechanics problems via analytical mechanics methods e.g. lagrangian formulation. How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 18032021. Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of CONFIDENTIAL or above.
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Science Operations Engineer
2020-02-17 17:12:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to Gaia within ESAC. Overview Gaia finished its nominal 5 year life time in July 2019 and is currently in the extended mission phase which, from a pure consumables viewpoint, could last until beginning 2025. The processing will be community wide effort performed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC in which ESAC plays a coordination role. Specific Service Tasks AGIS astrometric calibration and validation Support the definition of calibration models in AGIS Define, setup, and carry out AGIS test runs and analyse results Aid in the setting up of an automated validation pipeline needed to assess the scientific quality of a large number of trial runs AGISIDU interactions Develop an understanding of and monitor calibration development activities in IDU from an AGIS viewpoint, such as LSFPSF modelling Treatment of gated saturated observations Modelling of all calibration effects which are not tackled in AGIS and ensure they are truly disjoint AGISIDU Aid in the definition of data sets and procedures to test the proper functioning of the crucial AGISIDU loop Systematic Errors In close collaboration with AGIS experts, support investigations into the root causes of systematic errors in the astrometric solutions with the aim to suppress, ideally, eliminate them to the level needed to reach the endofmission goals For systematic errors which cannot be eliminated, aid in characterising, and documenting them in public releases VeryBrightStar processing Develop new or improve existing approaches to determine the centroid of highlysaturated astrometric observations to the highestpossible precision Apply these algorithms to all existing VBS data from Gaia Create socalled AstroElementaries from VBS observation data such that they can act as input to AGIS and the astrometry of these brightest stars be determined as part of a regular astrometric solution In close collaboration with the AGIS team, assess the quality of the VBS astrometry Support existing efforts within AGIS and IDU to improve the modellingcentroiding of highly saturated observations exploit synergies to VBS work if possible For any candidates experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. The selected contractors must be willing to operate in a team environment and to travel. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage. You should be comfortable in an international working environment, as it is expected that the selected contractor will interact freely with any member of the DPAC, as well as the general international community of astronomersusers via workshops and the helpdesk. Specific qualification requirements At least a graduate degree Masters in a relevant subject area You must be able to work in English Experience working in an international environment Excellent communication skills notably in interfacing with different stakeholders in CU3 and CU5 Knowledge and software engineering experience in Python and Java. Knowledge of Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter LabJupyter Hub frameworks and related technologies Experience in working with large astronomical data sets Experience in numerical data modelling, ideally in the context of scientific space missions. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. In line with ESAs security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and Aurora will validate your employment history. Location It is expected that the work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 10 March 2020a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form or your CV with a motivation letter to Mr. Davide Starnone, at email davide.starnoneaurora.nl quoting reference SCO178. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by 16 March 2020, 1300 hours.
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Science Operations Engineer
2019-09-16 13:18:47| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary A great opportunity for a Science Operations engineer to support a future astronomy mission, working onsite at ESAC for Telespazio VEGA UK. Objective To provide support to Euclid Science Operations Centre SOCs supporting instrument operations preparations, payload calibration activities and validation of SOC operational procedures. Responsibilities Duties The successful candidates can expect to be involved in Support to payload calibration activities including analysis of data from onground test activities Support to instrument operations preparations including Performance Verification phase plan preparation and instrument operations modelling for the SOC commanding system SOC operations preparation including the creation and validation of SOC operational procedures for downlink operations routine telemetry processing, quick look and trend analysis and uplink operations generation of commanding requests Participation in System Operational Validation Tests and other onground test campaigns. Testing and validation of new deliveries of SOC software, including regression testing Tasks will include Acting as interface between the SGS and PI Teams which 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, orbit attitude, 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 Reviewingassessing 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. Qualifications Experience University Masters degree, or equivalent, in Astronomy or similar related discipline Good broad knowledge of instrument calibration Essential Skills Specific knowledge is required in the following areas Calibration and data analysis for CCD and nearinfrared instrumentation Science and payload operations for space missions, Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS Experience with Python applications Desirable Skills Ability to attend meetingsconferenceworkshops and make presentations as requested. Qualities Good interpersonal and communication skills Proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus Comfortable in an international working environment Fluent in written and spoken English Further Details Location of the position is ESAC, Spain. To apply Please send your CV and covering letter to careerstelespazio.com By sending your CV to careerstelespazio.com you give your consent for Telespazio VEGA to hold and process your personal information for the purpose of the application. Benefits Competitive Package covering salary, generous holiday allowance, training plan and more Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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Science Operations Test Engineer
2019-09-13 16:18:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Science Operations Test Engineer Deadline for applications 04102019 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 our client, the European Space Agency ESA, we are looking for a Science Operations Test Engineer for their location in Madrid, Spain, to join their Euclid Science Operations Development Unit. Tasks and Responsibilities Support to SOC system integration activities, including the development of processes or tasks necessary for overall integration or operation Generation of test data for test activities, in particular instrument data for Quick Look testing Maintenance of test information in JIRA Construct test, verification and validation plans and procedures for SOC systemssubsystems, for the SOC overall and for all interfaces to SOC Organisation of Test Readiness Reviews TRRs Test Review Boards TRBs Contribute to procedure writing and the implementation of those procedures Test procedures and operate SOC testintegration systems Test SOC systems for the daily processing Test SOC systems for the generation of products to send to MOC Test SOC interfaces Coordinate Subsystem Test execution in collaboration with all parties involved Coordinate with the external parties ESOC, Instrument Teams, Institutes .. the organization and execution of interfacecompatibility and E2E tests Generate test reports and requirements coverage by testing Maintain of the overall test procedures and test logbook Participate in the optimisation of software processing Gather operational constraints for software running at SOC Assist in automation of SOC procedures nominally SOC will only be manned normal working hours Provide general support for testing, particularly for EndtoEnd E2E and operational rehearsal campaigns Report on activities including the gathering and presentation of test coverage summary statistics Attending meetingsconferenceworkshops and make presentations as requested Interact appropriately with and support the providers of all software SOC systems Interact appropriately with the users of data products Cooperate with other projects on testing matters e.g. promote the exchange of information with other SGS. Requirements A Master Degree or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or in similar fields with multiple years of relevant working experience A high level of experience with Science and payload operations for space missions, Mission operations and interfaces to mission operations systems such as SCOS2000, Mission Information Base and EDDS Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS A background in astronomy and experience with Python applications with good broad knowledge of Python is beneficial Strong working experience with ESA Standards A high level of written and spoken English is essential Fluency in Spanish considered an asset. 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 Olive Ordoa directly on phone number 31 0 71 579 55 67.
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