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Competence Area Manager Instrument Navigation, Registration and Calibration
2020-10-07 09:16:50| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
EUMETSAT is Europes meteorological satellite agency monitoring the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year We are currently looking for a Competence Area Manager with a focus on Instrument Navigation, Registration and Calibration to join our international team of dynamic and inspiring engineers and industry professionals based in Darmstadt, Germany, tasked with driving innovation within the Space, Satellite and Earth Observation sector. This role is rooted in the mission of EUMETSAT and will provide the opportunity to work with leading IT, Space and Earth Observation organisations and domain experts to make a positive impact on society! BACKGROUND Image Navigation, Registration and Calibration INRC is a critical function for achieving targeted performances in the processing of Earth observation satellite data. This builds on in depth scientific understanding of specific design features of spacecraft and instruments e.g. pointing, geometric, radiometric and multispectral performances and of the use of external elements e.g. selected natural observation targets to improve over intrinsic performances of instruments and achieve Level 1 products of suitable geometric and radiometric quality. The Competence Area Manager Image Navigation, Registration and Calibration CAM INRC manages the team of scientists responsible for the scientific calibration, validation and quality monitoring of the level1 products from Low Earth and geostationary missions. The responsibility encompass also the support to development and maintenance of critical Level 1 product processing functions mainly for GEO missions, but also for LEO INRC functions. DUTIES Manage the Image Navigation, Registration and Calibration Competence Area INRC CA, seeking continued development of the scientific knowledge required to support the exploitation, development, and evolution of level1 processing chains for EUMETSAT and Copernicus instruments Lead the implementation and operations of nearrealtime quality monitoring tools, the definition and scientific evaluation of related algorithms and the prototyping of INRCrelated processing software for the generation of level1 products for current MSG, EPS, Sentinel3 and future MTG, EPSSG, Sentinel456 missions Assess requirements and priorities for calibration, intercalibration, and validation of level1 products and support the definition and execution of calibration and validation plans Interact with the communities of users, collect and analyse their feedback on the relevance and quality of the generated products and their requirements for improved level1 products Lead the definition and maintain the science roadmap for improving the geometric and radiometric quality of level1 products, responding to user requirements, including assessment of their value to user communities Initiate and manage internal and external contributing studies Coordinate all operations support activities for level1 products derived from the GEO imaging missions. Participate in the operational coordination of all level 1 processing activities within EUMETSAT Support the Satellite Application Facilities involved in the exploitation of EUMETSAT Level 1 products, as required. What we offer Excellent salary, of up to Euro 8,500 month NET after tax and deductions based on skills and experience Flexible working time including additional flexileave Full medical coverage for employee and family Attractive final salary pension 30 days of annual leave 14.5 days public holidays Training and development support Relocation allowance and support if applicable SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Indepth knowledge of spaceborne remote sensing instrumentation Experience in image navigation, and calibration of spaceborne remote sensing instruments Extensive experience of realtime level1 processing and image qualitycalibration monitoring of data from relevant spaceborne remote sensing instruments, in particular from optical imagers Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate scientific teams, including management of performance and maintenance of key skills and knowledge Demonstrated leadership of development and implementation of operational remotesensing software Experience in working with satellite remote sensing user communities and researchers Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills including demonstrated experience in writing scientific and technical documents. QUALIFICATIONS An advanced university degree or equivalent in remote sensing, physics or another relevant discipline is required. LANGUAGE EUMETSAT is an international organisation with a working language of English. German language is not required to work here. More about us As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Radio Navigation Engineer Receivers
2020-09-25 14:11:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An opportunity for an experienced engineer to work onsite at ESTEC for Telespazio VEGA UK, providing support to the RF System Division Laboratory. Objective To provide support to the RF Division with the expertise to perform test campaigns of GNSS or Telecom Receivers. Responsibilities Duties Depending on the profile of the candidate, duties will include but are not limited to Support to RF System division laboratory. Preparing set up for measurements of RF equipment e.g. Telecom and GNSS receivers, SDR etc. Utilising laboratory instrument and equipment to perform test campaign of GNSS or Telecom Receivers Create a laboratory set up to test vulnerability of RF equipment Support design, implementation, maintenance and operation of Radio Navigation equipment, complex Radio Navigation simulation tools and test facilities for testing features endtoend performances, receivers, etc.. Qualifications Experience Masters degree or equivalent in relevant field 10 years experience preferably industrial covering topics above Essential Skills Background and experience in GNSS, in particular GNSS receivers, signal processing and navigation systems technologies and equipment. Familiarity with RF equipment and instrumentation. Qualities Fluent in written and spoken English Good interpersonal and communication skills Proactive and flexible attitude to working Excellent analytical skills Ability to work effectively both within a small team and in an autonomous way.
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PVT Assurance Navigation Engineer
2020-09-25 14:11:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An opportunity for an experienced engineer to work onsite at ESTEC for Telespazio VEGA UK, providing expertise for PVT assurance activities. Objective To provide support to the RF Division with the expertise to analyse, define, design and test concepts, technologies and solutions in the field of Position Velocity Timing PVT assurance using GNSS and other Position Navigation Timing PNT technologies. Responsibilities Duties Depending on the profile of the candidate, duties will include but are not limited to Support to Navigation Projects e.g. EGNOS and GALILEO and RD activities in the fields of safetyrelated PositionNavigationTiming PNT applications e.g. in railway, maritime and automotive sectors, PVT integrity and PVT assurance security Support to Navigation Projects e.g. EGNOS and GALILEO and RD activities in the fields of system and receivers performances in a hybrid PNT framework GNSS algorithms at signal and position level, deadreckoning motion sensors such as INS, visionbased INS, alternative PNT systems, use of signals from cellular network, etc.. Participation in studies supporting current and future PNT systems definition andor analysis for security and safetyrelated applications e.g. regarding system architecture, ground processing and user segment technologies Participation in studies supporting current and future PNT systems definition andor analysis, in particular for what concerns system performances and receiver algorithms signal processing, advanced hybrid PNT algorithms, situational awareness and mitigation of local impairments for improved availability, reliability and resilience. Support to the activities relating to technology development, standardisation and working groups on PVT assurance and safetyrelated PNT applications Design, definition and follow up of activities including industrial development contracts and procurements, laboratory and field trials related to GNSS testbeds and receivers, in the aforementioned areas safetycritical, PVT assurance Support endtoend GALILEOEGNOS System Integration, Validation and Qualification activities e.g. new system features, receivers in the aforementioned areas. Participation in studies supporting current and future PNT systems definition andor analysis, in particular for what concerns system performances and receiver algorithms signal processing, advanced hybrid PNT algorithms, situational awareness and mitigation of local impairments for improved availability, reliability and resilience. Support design, implementation, maintenance and operation of Radio Navigation equipment, complex Radio Navigation simulation tools and test facilities for testing features endtoend performances, receivers, etc. in the aforementioned activities Qualifications Experience Masters degree or equivalent in relevant field 10 years experience preferably industrial covering topics above Essential Skills Background and experience in GNSS, in particular system and user technologies for PVT integrity experience in design, performances and standardisation of PNT user segments technologies GNSS receiver, signal processing and navigation algorithms, sensor fusion, etc.. Background and experience in at least two of the following fields is an asset wireless security GNSS PVT assurance wireless systems for safetyrelated applications any of the following application domains and their associated safety standards railway, automotive, maritime Qualities Fluent in written and spoken English Good interpersonal and communication skills Proactive and flexible attitude to working Excellent analytical skills Ability to work effectively both within a small team and in an autonomous way.
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RF and Navigation System Engineer
2020-09-10 19:11:07| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RF and Navigation System Engineer Deadline for applications 01102020 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 RF System Engineer for their location in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to join their Radio Frequency Systems Division. Tasks and Responsibilities Task 1 Engineering tools exploitation, development and evolution Support ESA in engineering activities, associated with the development and updates of engineering tools including but not limited to the following areas RF system performance analysis and Service volume simulation Digital signal processing and user algorithms, including simulation of environment impairments, use of RF Constellation Simulator RFCS and SoftwareDefinedRadios SDRs, etc. Navigation and sensor fusion algorithms involving GNSS, Precise Point Positioning PPP, Real Time Kinematic RTK, etc. Concepts and techniques for High Accuracy GNSS, PPP and PPPRTK positioning Assessment of associated integrity concepts system performances, algorithms and software for network processors and computation of the corrections, user algorithms, etc. Analysis relating to the use of space receivers visibility analysis, system performances, testing of space receiver in the laboratory and update of associated tools Security algorithm and techniques design and testing Telecom and data dissemination techniques and protocols Physical, data, network layer techniques and simulations Link budget analysis and simulations. Task 2 Support and expertise to ESA activities enabling GNSS in safetycritical verticals applications Provide expertise and engineering support to ESA in the frame of its activities aiming to enable Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS in safetycritical verticals e.g. Railway, Maritime, Civil Aviation, etc., develop and demonstrate the associated concepts, technologies, solutions and standards. This includes in particular Support and provide expertise to ESA in the frame of Working Groups, standardisation bodies, etc., survey and report to ESA the stateoftheart and its evolutions Support monitoring of industrial and RD activities participate to reviews, support the preparation of those activities, etc. Analyse and simulate performance, solutions and concepts to enable GNSS in critical applications perform and participate to field campaigns, experiments, etc. Support and expertise for PVT assurance activities Expertise to analyse, define, design and test concepts, technologies and solutions existing or innovative in the field of Position Velocity Timing PVT assurance using GNSS and other Position Navigation Timing PNT technologies. Support ESA initiatives in this area with the update andor development of SW, User Equipment algorithms, simulation tools system, algorithms, etc. and testbed involving software. Testing of commercial solutions using laboratory tools and field trials. Support and expertise relating to cybersecurity of RF systems Expertise to analyse, define, design and test concepts, technologies and solutions in the field cyber security for Radio Frequency RF systems, covering transversally all application and scientific domains. Support ESA initiatives in this area with the update andor development of algorithms, simulation tools system, algorithms, etc. and testbed. Task 3 Technical support to maintenance, evaluative maintenance and operations of TECES laboratories Technical support for the RF System Division laboratories. Requirements Master Degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Physics or Aerospace Engineering with at least 4 years of relevant experience. Candidates must be eligible to obtain an EU personal security clearance as requested by ESA. Task 1 and 3 Knowledge of satellite communication architectures and techniques. Experience in analysis and design of modern digital communication systems, coding and synchronization issues. Familiarity with modern communication system and subsystem simulation techniques, as a minimum Matlab and CC program languages. Knowledge of modern prototyping and testing methodologies for digital communication subsystems is also preferred. Task 2 Specific knowledge in the design and testing of Radio Navigation systems and equipment. Strong knowledge on the design of satellite navigation systems, ranging and positioning techniques, RF, signal processing techniques, and digital navigation receivers. Relevant experience with the GNSS1, EGNOS andor GALILEO systems and equipment and have and good knowledge of Radio Navigation simulation and testing systems. Proven experience in the implementation, maintenance and operation of complex Radio Navigation simulation and test facilities for spacecraft, aircraft, maritime and land mobile applications. Strong experience at user level with satellite navigation receivers and satellite navigation positioning and integrity algorithms. Knowledge of modern computer systems, programming languages, computer simulation tools and signal processing. Some experience of commercial simulation software is desirable. Fluency in English both written and spoken is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. 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 Estefania directly on phone number 31 0 71 579 55 51.
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Navigation System Engineer
2020-09-10 17:11:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Randstad Italia Inhouse Services is currently recruiting a Navigation System Engineer The postholder will contribute to the engineering activities undertaken by the Navigation System Department within the frame of programmes and studies. Task description In the frame of the design phases, to support the definition of navigation system functional and performance requirements by performing the required System Trade offs and Analysis activities Definition, implementation and maintenance of models and software tools for simulating the navigation system endtoend functionalities and main performances. Definition, implementation and maintenance of system budgets. Contribution to definition of system functional and physical architectures. Contribution to definition of System Verification Plan and Requirement Verification Matrices, elaboration of System Test Cases and Test Procedure. In the frame of the verification and validation phases of the programme, support to assessment of functional and performance verification on the basis of test results. To support as System Verification engineer the relevant Assembly Integration and Test AIT campaigns as applicable. Participation to meetingsreviews with both internal and external customers. Participation to Proposal preparation in the area of Navigation System aiming to enlargement business in Navigation Domain. Participation to internal RD activities for the design, modelling, architectural tradeoff and performance assessment of advanced navigation system. To contribute to the developmentusage of navigation system laboratory facilities and analysissimulation tools. Preparation of documents and presentations. Contribution to programme reports and minutes of meetings. The ideal candidate shall be in possession of Masters degree in ElectronicsTelecommunication Engineering. Background in the field of communication systems, with focus on Satellite Navigation Knowledge of Matlab, MS Office products. Knowledge of the main programming languages e.g. C, Visual Basic. Knowledge of the English language for both written and verbal communication. Attitude to teamwork. The successful candidates will be offered a very competitive contract and salary package, commensurate with skills and experience.
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