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Multispectral Instrument Detection Chain and Performance Engineer

2018-04-11 16:24:28| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. Applications from women are encouraged. Post Multispectral Instrument Detection Chain and Performance Engineer This post is classified A2A4 on the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Description Multispectral Instrument Detection Chain and Performance Engineer in the Earth Observation Projects Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes Duties Reporting to the Sentinel2 MSI payload and mission engineering manager, the incumbent will be part of the Sentinel2 project team and responsible for procuring the subassemblies constituting the payload VNIR and SWIR detection chains detectors, proximity electronic units, video compression subsystem, following up the optomechanical and electrical integration of the detection chains in the payload, checking consistency of the development plan and AIT programme from subassembly level up to the payload and satellite levels, allowing appropriate characterisation of the detection chains key parameters driving MSI radiometric and optical performance, the verification approach for detection chain functionalities and performance and its appropriateness to associated system requirements compliance. Duties include monitoring the design, development and assembly of each detection chain constituent detectors, proximity electronic units, video compression subsystem so that their procurement meets system engineering requirements coherently and costeffectively, establishing and monitoring, with the industrial consortium, the detection chain performance verification programme and monitoring its incremental implementation from unitsubassembly level up to instrument and satellite integrated level, including verification of external interfaces, to demonstrate qualification andor acceptance of the payload detection chains, ensuring that payload performance requirements, keeping focused on the detection chains key parameters, are being verified in compliance with applicable specifications and standards, reviewing payload detection chain AIT plans and their consistency with the design, development, integration, test and verification plans applicable to the payload, monitoring commissioning of optical, mechanical and electrical ground support equipment required for payload performance characterisation and functional validation at instrument and satellite level, monitoring delivery of relevant detection chain test data and verification information to the ground segment, monitoring performance SNR, MTF, spatialtemporal coregistration and engineering budgets, ensuring consistency with payloads overall performance requirements, ensuring consistency of the payload reference and characterisation databases required for onground and inorbit payload monitoring, supporting commissioning preparation to achieve payload functional verification and inorbit performance characterisation. Technical competencies Knowledge of industrial costs and schedule aspects Space system development and PA standards Capability to evaluate performance at mission level ESA Space systems development, verification and review processes and standards Experience in managing technical interfaces between subsystems Handson hardware experience Instrument subsystems optics, detection and electronics, mechanical and thermal Instrument system AIV Space optical instrument development Understanding of space system architectures Behavioural competencies Communication Planning Organisation Problem Solving Results Orientation Fostering cooperation effective teamworking Customer Focus Education Applicants must have a Masters university degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering field or related subject. Solid experience in the space field, including appropriate experience in project engineering and tasks management, is required, together with team spirit and good practical and analytical skills. Other information For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. The closing date for applications is 03 May 2018. If you require support with your application due to a disability, please email contact.human.resourcesesa.int. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada and Slovenia. According to the ESA Convention the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States. When shortlisting for an interview, priority will first be given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented Member States. see Nationality Targets In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment. Recruitment will normally be at the first grade in the band A2 however, if the candidate selected has little or no experience, the position may be filled at A1 level. Apply HERE

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Instrument cluster market to be worth $10 billion by 2023: report

2018-04-09 15:50:22| Canadian Plastics Headlines

And driven by increasing production and the growth of government regulations, the global market for instrument clusters will be worth US$9.02 billion in 2018, the report from MarketsandMarkets says. The post Instrument cluster market to be worth $10 billion by 2023: report appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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Instrument Scientist fm

2018-03-27 18:24:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

SRONs mission is to bring breakthroughs in space research. The institute develops the state of the art technology and advanced space instruments, and uses them to pursue fundamental astrophysical research, Earth science and exoplanetary research. As national expertise institute, SRON gives counsel to the Dutch government and coordinates national contributions to international space missions. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society. SRON has a prominent track record in the developments of submm and FarInfrared detector technology and space instruments. SRON, as the PI institute, has built the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared HIFI on the Herschel Space Observatory and has also contributed detector and local oscillator technologies for a balloon borne Stratospheric Terahertz Telescope STO2 , which was successfully launched from Antarctica by NASA. Starting now, we are going to build an instrument for GUSTO, which is approved as the first NASAs Explorer balloon mission of opportunity. GUSTO consists in essence of three terahertz heterodyne receivers and is scheduled to be launched in December 2021 from Antarctica. In parallel, SRON continues to develop terahertz superconducting hot electron bolometer HEB mixer arrays and quantum cascade laser local oscillators for future space applications. Supported financially by NASA, we have an open position equivalent to a postdoctor within the Instrument Science Group. Instrument Scientist fm vac.nr. 1314 Project Outline and Tasks SRON, together with Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology TUD, will design, build and test three HEB arrays at 1.4, 1.9 and 4.7 THz, respectively, and also a local oscillator unit at 4.7 THz for GUSTO, and will deliver those units to University of Arizona, where the integration of GUSTO payload and qualification tests will take place. You will work with a team on the microwave and optical aspects of the HEB arrays and the local oscillator unit, including design, construction, test and analysis of detector array and the local oscillator unit. In addition, you will contribute to the RD of heterodyne technology at FarInfrared frequencies, carried out by Ph.D students. The activities will take place at SRONGroningen, in close collaboration with a team at TUD. You will devote a fraction of your time to communicate with collaborators from foreign institutes working in this field. You may also spend a short period of your time at University of Arizona in USA for GUSTOs test campaigns. Requirements PhD in experimental astrophysics or electrical engineering Good track record on previous research Experience with instrumentation, especially on the optical aspects Experience with submm, terahertz or FarInfrared detection technology Ability to guide master and PhD students A selforganizing workstyle A good team player Good communicative skills in English. Functional competencies Takes initiative Result driven Analytical Judicious SRON core competencies Innovative Focused on collaboration Responsibility A global player Flexibility Employment conditions Employment of this fulltime position as an Instrument Scientist at SRONGroningen is by NWOI The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Institutes and will be for a period of three years. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWOI scale 10 with a maximum of 4.154, gross per month on a fulltime basis depending on level of education and experience. NWO has good secondary employment conditions such as An end of year bonus of 8,33 of the gross yearly salary 42 days of vacation leave a year on fulltime basis An excellent pension scheme Options for additional personal development Excellent facilities for parental leave A holiday allowance of 8 of the gross yearly salary. For further information Please contact Dr. JianRong Gao j.r.gaosron.nl, telephone 31 88777 5710, and Dr. G de Lange the section head . About the project, you are referred to SRONGUSTO, GaolabTUdelft. More information about SRON can be found at httpwww.sron.nl Letter of application If you wish to apply you can send a motivation letter with CV and the names and addresses of references incl. phone and email to jobssron.nl Please state the vacancy number SRON 1314 in the subject of your mail and your application letter. Applications will be accepted until April 8, 2018 All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to female applicants. No commercial propositions please.

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Instrument scientist fm

2018-03-16 17:24:56| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

SRONs mission is to bring about breakthroughs in international space research. Therefore the institute develops pioneering technology and advanced space instruments, and uses them to pursue fundamental astrophysical research, Earth science and exoplanetary research. As national expertise institute SRON gives counsel to the Dutch government and coordinates national contributions to international space missions. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society. Instrument scientist fm vacancy nr. 1369 Project Outline SRON invites applicants for a postdoctoral position in the field of critical technology development for high contrast imaging systems for space applications. The candidate will concentrate on the critical aspects of the hardware development of a novell Hysteretic Deformable Mirror HDM. If the HDM development is successful, a combination with a Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector MKID is foreseen, to demonstrate an end to end system. This KID development is conducted in parallel by fellow researchers at SRON. The final aim of these developments is to contribute to the first spacebased instrument, capable to characterize Earthlike exoplanets. As member of the HDM project team, it is the task of the candidate to tackle the critical design and manufacturing issues which are identified during the development process and to contribute to the detailed HDM design on the basis of multiphysics simulations. The candidate will also contribute to the definition of the HDM and MKID performance requirements based on simulations of a complete space based high contrast imaging system. When successful, the HDM and detector can be tested in a state of the art high contrast imaging environment THD2 at LESIA in Paris. The position is located at SRON Groningen and involves intensive collaboration with the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials ZIAM and Discrete Technology and Production Automation DTPA both from the University of Groningen RUG and the SRON experts in lithographic development and production in Utrecht. Airbus Defence and Space Leiden can be involved during the system study. Requirements We are looking for a scientist with a PhD degree in applied physics and preferably with experience in the field of nano technology, MEMS or adaptive optics. The candidate should have a firm background in both the fields of physics and engineering. Good knowledge of the English language is essential and the candidate should be able to work both independently and in a team. Functional competencies Takes initiative Result driven Analytical Judicious SRON core competencies Innovative Focused on collaboration Responsibility A global player Flexibility Employment conditions Employment of this fulltime position at SRONGroningen is by NWOI The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Institutes and will be for a period of 3 years. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWO with a maximum of 4848, gross per month on a fulltime basis highly depending on education and experience. NWO has good secondary employment conditions such as An end of year bonus of 8,33 of the gross yearly salary 42 days of vacation leave a year on fulltime basis A holiday allowance of 8 of the gross yearly salary An excellent pension scheme Options for additional personal development Excellent facilities for parental leave. For further information For further information about the position, please contact dr. Robert Huisman, telephone 31 050 363 6648. More information about SRON can be found at www.sron.nl. Letter of application If you wish to apply you can send a motivation letter with CV via mail to jobssron.nl. Please state the vacancy number SRON1369 in the subject of your mail. Applications will be accepted until 13 April 2018. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to female applicants. No commercial propositions please.

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Instrument Data Processing Team Leader

2018-02-08 17:25:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Come and help us evolve our data processing systems for all EUMETSAT missions data which is changing the way we view the world. To learn more and apply online, please visit httpsonlineapplication.eumetsat.int reference VN18 10. EUMETSAT, the European meteorological satellite agency, is recruiting an Instrument Data Processing Team Leader. Bringing together the resources of 30 member states, we observe the atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces from space using a system of satellites 365 days a year. Our data is vital for weather forecasts that help to protect lives and property, as well as monitoring the environment and our changing climate. Do you have what it takes to manage a small team processing Level 0Level 1 data gathered by our satellites? You will have extensive knowledge of instrument data processing, including Image Navigation and Registration INR, radiometric correction and calibration algorithms, gained in an operational Space environment. You will manage a small team ensuring that our data processing operations are coordinated to meet our current and future needs. You need to be comfortable validating complex data and using UNIXLINUX in a fast paced environment. As you will be involved in producing and updating procedures and guidance, you need to be able to write concise and focused technical reports. You should be a team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to explain complex issues in a straightforward way. We offer a competitive salary, benefits and a great working environment. You must be proficient in speaking and writing English, and a working knowledge of French would be useful. The closing date is 12th March and we expect to hold interviews in the wc 16th April 2018. EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women and is seeking to recruit nationals from its Member States. Please see our website for further details.

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