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Project Controller ESTEC
2016-08-09 14:06:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Project Controller ESTEC, Ref no 16 11405 Terma The hightech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defence, nondefence and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, selfprotection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. Terma is headquartered at Aarhus, Denmark. Internationally, Terma has subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, India, Singapore and the U.S. The Space Business Area contributes with missioncustomized software and hardware products including power systems and star trackers as well as services to support a number of inorbit pioneering European scientific and Earth observation satellite missions. Additionally, Terma is contracted for the development and delivery of software and hardware systems and services for numerous ongoing and future European, and international missions. Terma Space operates out of Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. Job description For our customer, ESAESTEC, we are seeking an experienced ProgrammeProject Controller to work at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. You will be assigned to the Management Support Section of the Systems Dept. TECPCS within the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management DTEC. Responsibilities The post holder will contribute to the smooth operations of the TEC Directorate and to the efficient management of its resources and technical infrastructure. In particular, the post holder will be assigned to the Programme and Project Control Service and will provide support for the project control activities for the different projects under the responsibility of the Systems Department in TEC. Post holder may also be asked to provide general assistance in the field of resources and activities controlling under the responsibility of the department. The detailed tasks will cover the following Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of projects programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower including support, etc. including assisting in preparing, developing and maintaining programme level plans assisting in the definition and in maintaining related workprocurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required evaluating the results and main achievements of the programme, elaborating related KPIs, and preparing periodic overview publications In the field of resources i.e. financial and manpower for programmeprojects o assisting in the preparation of longterm, medium term and inyear resource plans monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports reviewing checking of ESA internal expenditures such as recharges, support services and purchases for consistency with Costat Completion CAC of industrial contracts checking commitments for consistency with budgets and ESAs procedures and consumption of commitment ceiling and initiating related budgetary transfers as required. In the field of procurements and execution of contracts support to the preparation and followup of the Agencys tender actions support to the proposal evaluations as expert for the price and schedule verification and analysis support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agencys systems contributing to the elaboration, consolidation of related procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans e.g. Contract Action Plan baseline and related commitment consumption, cost and disbursement profiles ensuring that above plans are properly inserted in the appropriate management tools followingup of the progress of the procurement actions and contracts, and keeping track of status and maintaining the current actual and forecasting in the appropriate ESA tools creating related objects in esap, maintaining corresponding information in local applications as required and ensuring the correctness and coherence of related information monitoring and controlling of timely implementation of actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including monitoring of financial commitments, payment milestones and invoicing supporting industrial invoicing process and payment verification and control. In the field of programme industrial return initiation and coordination of the periodic updating of relevant Industrial Return data base to reflect the current commitments status and the industrial policy forecast for planned activities verification of coherence with ESA corporate Industrial Return data maintenance of list of specific compensation or improvement measures and followup the implementation verification of coherence of proposed procurement actions with the planned industrial return policy targets of the programmeproject, including the compensation measures Support to programmeproject level risk management Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers when relevant. Operation of the associated management information tools and system databases. Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools and production of related documents. This is a full time located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The requested start of work is October 2016. Qualifications Competencies The successful candidate will have a university degree Masters in Business Administration, MBA, or similar have at least 4 years relevant working experience as well as Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources ideally acquired in the aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge of FinanceAccounting may be required. Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support toolsdatabases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MSOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel Several years of experience with SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules is required. Previous experience with relevant corporate applications e.g. esap andor TEC IT Tools would be a distinctive advantage. Ability to readily assimilate and coordinate input data and providing timely output. Reliability, rigor and initiative in the execution of the assigned tasks. Autonomy, initiative and capacity to identify priority actions and to handle high workload. Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken, knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset. Ability to understand and adapt to the ESA specific context and environment. What can Terma Offer? 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, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extralegal benefits Highly competitive salary Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Additional information Applicants should apply through the link below. For further information, please contact Mr. Simon Mills by telephone 31 6 2326 2398 or by email smiterma.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link below with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and an uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date August 29th 2016 Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. A Certificate of Conduct will be applied for at commencement of employment.
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Software Engineer ESTEC
2016-06-29 12:04:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Software Engineer ESTEC, Ref no 16 10626 Terma The hightech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defence, nondefence and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, selfprotection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. Terma is headquartered at Aarhus, Denmark. Internationally, Terma has subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, India, Singapore and the U.S. The Space Business Area contributes with missioncustomized software and hardware products including power systems and star trackers as well as services to support a number of inorbit pioneering European scientific and Earth observation satellite missions. Additionally, Terma is contracted for the development and delivery of software and hardware systems and services for numerous ongoing and future European, and international missions. Terma Space operates out of Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. Job description For our customer, ESAESTEC, we are seeking experienced Software Engineers to work at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Responsibilities You will be assigned to Product Assurance and Safety Dept. TECQ IT Support Team within the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management. The aim of the team is to provide the TECQ Dept. workforce with effective, reliable and sustainable technology services in a timely and supportive manner. In particular the scope of IT support services cover Workstationslaptops and associated peripherals Active Directory Backup Storage Security Local networks Collaboration solutions Software analysis, development, maintenance and operation Design, development and maintenance of databases Software license management TECQ IT service desk User training and support Technical support for the design, installation, operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment Adhoc services The focus of this position is software development aspects including software requirements analysis, development, verification, and deployment. Performing these tasks will require close collaboration with other corporate or proximity IT services. The position will be full time located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The foreseen start of work is October 2016. Qualifications Competencies The successful candidates shall have a Masters degree in Software Engineering or equivalent with at least 4 years relevant working experience as well as Knowledge and experience of web applications design, development, operations, maintenance, and administration using well defined industry standards, and supportable techniques and technologies. Experience developing and maintaining applications in .NET, JAVA, SOAPREST services, XML and JavaScript technologies. Development and maintenance of Microsoft SharePoint integrated applications. Experience using tools for source code management Git or Team Foundation Server. Experience in Agile development environments such as Scrum. Being a Certified Scrum Master is an asset. Knowledge and experience of system administration in a heterogeneous Web mastering, publishing of content and user management of web applications. Knowledge of, and possession of certifications in, ITIL v3 are a distinct advantage. What can Terma Offer? 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, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extralegal benefits Highly competitive salary Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Additional information Applicants should apply through the link below. For further information, please contact Mr. Simon Mills by telephone 31 6 2326 2398 or by email smiterma.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link below with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and an uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date July 18th 2016 Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. A Certificate of Conduct will be applied for at commencement of employment.
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Optical Instrument Performance Engineer at ESTEC
2016-04-29 16:08:49| 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 ESA. Overview Under this work package, the Contractor shall support the Space Segment Performance Engineering activities within Earth Observation. Heshe will liaise with various members of the project team, being responsible for the various instrument subsystems and disciplines, e.g. optics, focal plane assembly, calibration. With regard to the mission performance assessment it is expected that the Contractor also liaises with the science support team, where adequate, to support both the mission related scientific studies and the instrument design evolution. In particular the tasks include The development, implementation and validation of complex performance models of optical spaceborne instruments, in particular passive spectrometers instruments, dedicated to atmospheric missions The assessment of the instruments system performance as well as subsystems contributing to the instruments performances The contribution to meetings within ESA, industry and potentially with users. The Contractor will report to the Instrument System Performance Engineer. Specific qualification requirements The Candidate shall have a university degree or equivalent qualification in Physics with background in Optical Engineering. Good familiarity with computer programs such as Excel, MathCAD and MATLAB andor Python. Good communication skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships within ESA, Industry and Users. Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and a stringent schedule. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the outside world. Fluent in the English language spoken and written knowledge of other languages is an asset. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands 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. 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. Location The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ESTEC at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contract The selected candidate will receive good remuneration. Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially. Aurora contributes to a company pension scheme. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 24 May 2016 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form or CV and Motivation Letter to Mr. Davide Starnone, at email davide.starnoneaurora.nl quoting reference EOP56. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA.
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Radio Navigation Engineer at ESTEC
2016-04-08 13:08:52| 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 ESA. Overview The work will be performed onsite at ESTEC within the TECETV Radio Navigation System Implementation and Verification Section. The contractor work will include design, analysis, implementation and testing of radio navigation systems, with emphasis on system architecture and performance, GNSS security and on radio navigation receivers. The postholder principal tasks and responsibilities will be GNSS System implementation and verification including ground segment control and processing facilities and GNSS security In particular for Galileo, participation in studies, simulations and laboratory testing for the assessment of system endtoend functionalities and performance, including measurement campaigns, data processing and field testing, also applied to radio navigation receivers design and techniques Support to the Galileo project in the monitoring of industrial contracts for the development of radio navigation tools and equipment including receivers and for studies on radio navigation, including generating technical requirements and statements of work Specific qualification requirements University degree MSc in Telecommunications and signal processing or Electronic Engineering, as well as experience in these fields. A minimum of 4 years of experience relevant with the GNSS and GALILEO systems and equipment. Good knowledge of Radio Navigation processing, simulation and testing systems. Strong knowledge on the design of satellite navigation systems, ranging and positioning techniques, RF, signal processing techniques, and digital navigation receivers in addition to GNSS security and processing facilities. Specialist in the implementation, maintenance and operation of complex Radio Navigation processing, simulation and test facilities for spacecraft, aircraft, maritime and land mobile applications. Ability to work and communicate effectively in English. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands Applicants must be eligible to obtain security clearance by their national security administration. Being already in possession of security clearance will be considered an asset for the selection. 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. 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. Location The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ESTEC at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contract The selected candidate will receive good remuneration. Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially. Aurora contributes to a company pension scheme. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 03 May 2016 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form to Mr. Davide Starnone, at email davide.starnoneaurora.nl quoting reference TEC294. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by midday 09 May 2016.
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Future Technology Engineer at ESTEC
2016-03-18 01:06:39| 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 ESA. Overview The work will be performed onsite at ESTEC within the Directorate of the Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration HRE. The Department of ISS and Exploration in the Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration HRE is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the future exploration programme, including the development of technologies required for the future exploration missions. This includes the identification of technology requirements and the planning, coordination and management of the associated Technology Development Activities TDAs that are conducted by the European space industry. The future technologies engineer would be joining a small team currently responsible for the management of the Mars Robotic Exploration Preparation Programme. The principal tasks of the postholder will include Support to the preparation of Technology Development Plans TDPs to be submitted to IPC for approval Participation in systems studies to understand the technology requirements coming from mission designs. Planning and implementation of the TECNET process for defining Technology Development Activity proposals. Technology activity management both with a leading role and an interface roleas de facto TO and ITO for exploration TDAs as well as relevant TDAs from other programmes, e.g. Science. TDP Implementation Management Responsible for the overall TDP implementation planning and scheduling in close coordination with the project controller and contract officer. Responsible for monitoring and reporting the status of the TDAs in the programme. Support in preparation of any Call for Ideas or other similar interaction with the external scientific and engineering community. Support to the promotion of the Programme to external stakeholders. Management of the TDA technical documentation database and responsible for keeping the Programme website uptodate. Participation in technical reviews and working groups. Specific qualification requirements Applicants should have a postgraduate Masters or PhD degree in Engineering or physics. This post is highly diverse and technical in nature and therefore requires the candidate to ideally have more than 10 years of experience in the field of space technology. Knowledge in technical fields related to spacecraft hardware on exploration missions is highly desirable, and a willingness to learn about new technologies is essential. Experience with space hardware, in particular past handson experience in development and testing. Enthusiasm for space and in particular planetary exploration together with a drive to achieve results are considered to be very valuable to the team. The candidate should have the demonstrated interest and ability of taking the initiative to get the job done when necessary. Effective communication skills are essential to the post in order to interface with colleagues within ESA and with external partners, in particular European industrial contractors. The candidate must possess a strong spirit of teamworking and open communication within the team. Project management skills such as planning, monitoring, reporting, and risk management are highly valuable. Expertise in working with large amounts of data and ability to process, automate and produce visual analysis in support of managerial decisions. Experience working in the international and multicultural environment of ESA and knowledge of its working processes and procedures is considered an asset. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands Applicants must be eligible to obtain security clearance by their national security administration. Being already in possession of security clearance will be considered an asset for the selection. 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. 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. Location The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ESTEC at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contract The selected candidate will receive good remuneration. Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially. Aurora contributes to a company pension scheme. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 1 April 2016 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form or CV and Motivation letter to Mr. Davide Starnone, at email davide.starnoneaurora.nl quoting reference HRE06. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by 8 April 2016, 13.00 hours.
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