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Instrument Systems Analyst Payload
2015-05-20 18:04:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europes number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately 14 billion per year. A vacancy for an Instrument Systems Analyst Payload has arisen within Airbus Defence Space in Portsmouth. INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS The succesful candidate will be working with members of their own team and with other departments, with some delegation and supervision possible. He she will be presenting and substantiating the solutions and results of their work performed to peers and managers, influence other employees in their own department and other functional areas about their proposed solutions, while participating in tradeoffs and development of an overall balanced system design. He she will partitionate and delegate work to other engineers and other departments and managing those tasks. The individual will be part of a matrix organisation with internal project and functional interfaces to the microwave instrument project teams within the business unit the Engineering Manager, the Design Authority Systems Manager to the support functions to the project team outside the business unit AIT, MDO, parts, quality to the Instrument and Payload Systems Engineering functional organisation to the Head of Department and Head of Group to the Instrument and Payload Future Business organisation both at business unit level and transnationally. EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS Interact with customers suppliers to agree specifications, monitor progress and answer technical queries. Technical presentations and discussions with customers and suppliers at project review meetings or other events. Other customer and supplier interaction as required by particular project needs including presentation at conferences. The individual will typically need to provide support to following external project technical interfaces to ESA, Eumetsat, UKSA or other national agencies as customer organisations to satellite prime contractors as the immediate spacecraftlevel customer interface to core team partner and subcontractor organisations to microwave instrument technology suppliers and partner organisations. The successful candidate will be subject to UK National Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs. Tasks Responsible for the analysis, design, development and test of Instrument and Payload systems, hardwaresoftware and components with emphasis on digital signal processing algorithms and embedded code. Responsible for derivation of Instrument and Payload requirements from top level mission, system or payload specifications. Creation of innovative architecture and analytical solutions for various Instrument and Payload applications. Responsible for development and maintenance of Instrument and Payload performance models for both active synthetic aperture radars radar altimeters scatterometers and passive microwave instruments radiometers sounders. Establishing performance analysis to enable understanding and interpretation of overall system requirements and translation to Instrument and Payload performance parameters. Managing Instrument and Payload electrical systems designdevelopmentverification tasks or work packages through to completion within the designated performance, schedule and cost requirements. Derivation of key performance parameters and apportionment for specification on procured equipment and subassemblies with appropriate margins. Prepare engineering documents, requirement specifications, perform analyses, generate verification and design justification files. Support to Instrument and Payload integration, test and verification in respect of electrical systems aspects. Provide support to analysis of instrument test data. Preparation and delivery of technical presentations to customers. Responsibility for work packages, delegating to and supporting other members of the department as necessary and controlling cost and schedule to deliver the required outputs. Subcontractor technical management where products are being procured from external suppliers, including review of technical proposals and other technical documentation, participation in technical negotiations, attending progress meetings and design reviews at the suppliers and at the customers premises, ensuring delivery of products which meet the requirements. Support to technical proposal preparation. Support to peer reviews of studies, projects and proposals. Mandatory skills Degree or MSc in Physics, Electronics or related Engineering discipline. Proven capability in systems signals analysis and DSP design with a successful product portfolio. Solid understanding of fundamental signal theory and analysis methods, including communications theory and optimum encoding schemes, and the ability to apply this from first principles in practical applications to create innovative solutions to problems. Experienced and proficient in the use of MATLAB, including the Signal Processing toolbox. Proven ability to partition and allocate requirements with adequate margins, and to set performance levels and verification requirements for lower levels. Proven ability to analyse customer requirements and develop innovative feasible solutions by proposing architectures and performing tradeoffs. To apply click here
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Instrument Scientist
2015-05-19 16:05:22| 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. The expertise group Instrument Science has a vacancy for an Instrument scientist fm Vac. Nr. 1167 Project Within the climate and air quality program of SRON, you will work on the development, manufacturing and testing of immersed diffraction gratings for several space missions. These optical components are key technology enabling a next generation of spaceborne spectrometers in the short wave infrared wavelength range for the detection of greenhouse gases and pollutants. These instruments are being developed for the European Space Agency by consortia of European industries and research institutes. Tasks The candidate will perform the following tasks Act as system engineer in flight hardware delivery projects Act as assembly, integration and verification manager in flight hardware delivery projects Analyze optical performance test results Prepare documentation for reviews according to ECSS standard Manage supplier contacts. Profile The candidate shall meet most of the following requirements At least master of science level, a Ph.D. degree in applied Physics is preferred Experience in research and development Experience in microfabrication Experience in design or use of optical systems Experience with or interest in project management Experience with working in an industrial environment Gogetter, selfstarter, communicator. We also encourage excellent MSc candidates who do not have obtained a Ph.D to apply. Employment conditions Employment of this fulltime position at SRONUtrecht is by NWO The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and will be for a period of 2 years with possible extension. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWO with a maximum of 5204, 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 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 information For further information about the position, please contact dr. A. van Amerongen, Section manager within the expertise group Instrument Science, telephone 31088777 5885. 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 to jobssron.nl Please state the vacancy number 1167 in the subject of your mail. Applications will be accepted until 8 June 2015.
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Leak and Flow Test Instrument concurrently conducts up to 4 tests.
2015-04-30 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With accuracy stemming from multi-point factory calibration, pressure transducers, flow sensors, and 40 million cycle valve manifolds, Sentinel Blackbelt Pro measures pressure, vacuum, and flow. Unit integrates eight 24-bit ADCs: 4 to measure test pressure/pressure drop and 4 to measure flow sensor output during flow test. Along with data tracking, auto calibration, and color touchscreen, features include USB, Ethernet, and RS-232 communication and on-board memory for last 1,000,000 tests.
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Gamry Instrument to Attend the Electrochemical Society Meeting
2015-04-30 12:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Gamry will be attending the 227th ECS Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA May 24th - May 28th, 2015 The 227th ECS Meeting is being held this year at the historic Hilton in downtown Chicago May 24th - May 28th, 2015. Thousands of scientific leaders from around the world will gather for this meeting. Every ECS Meeting is a...
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Nation's Next Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite Heads Toward Finish Line For Instrument Integration
2015-04-28 05:52:38| rfglobalnet News Articles
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has integrated four of the five complex instruments that will fly onboard the nation's next polar-orbiting weather satellite and is moving toward environmental testing by early 2016 with on-time delivery scheduled for late 2016, followed by launch scheduled for no later than the second quarter of 2017.
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