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Mission Control Applications Software Engineer

2016-08-08 10:03:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Mission Control Applications Software Engineer. Main responsibilities You will support software development and maintenance aspects of MC components and applications. This support is focused on but not limited to the elements that are designed with an object oriented approach and following a clientserver architectural organization. The development cycle includes the typical phases requirements, design, development, testing with formal procedures related to configuration control, verification against the software requirements and rollout into operations. Development ranges in a mixed multiplatform environment, from fixing problems and engineering changes, technical support to the continuous operation of the system, including analysis, investigation and resolution with the creation of appropriate documentation. Main duties include Maintenance and Evolution activities Software development using C and Java engineered in Windows and Unix environments, interacting with Commercial Off The Shelf COTS products Preventive maintenance Support to the 247 smooth running of facility software applications and their operating systems and in the case of anomalies affecting operations, identifying and applying appropriate first line corrective actions ensuring that in the case of problems with applications, operating systems or COTS, that the operational configuration can be restored Corrective maintenance Investigation into relevant anomalies and solutions, their documentation and classification, with suitable, followup of the delivery of software updates System Evolution Analysis of userdriven requirements, generation of software requirements, design, implementation and verification testing activities Verification testing activities Generation of verification test procedures and delivery documentation, participation in verification and regression testing activities at unit and system level, participation in factory acceptance testing campaigns and execution of onsite verification testing at integration level System Upgrades Analysis, planning and management of application, operating system and COTS upgrades and reconfigurations, taking into account any compatibility issues Definition and management of technical documentation and procedures in support of these activities. User Support Applications support Software and technical support to the endusers of the application software by request Attendance in meetings Participation in technical, progress and team meetings, submission of reports as required On call service On occasions, provision of standby callout support to operations and support to critical operations out of normal hours Additional support Provision of support to other areas and programmes as required, for example, supporting the simulations infrastructure. Technical Management Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Meeting participation participation to technical, progress and team meetings as needed and requested Routine reporting preparation and production of routine reports as necessary Contractor management at technical level acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organising periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Software engineering framework support Analysis activities focused on a common software engineering framework for the GSI Mission Control Applications and Tools Team Development of tools implementing this software engineering framework. Ideal candidate Requirements Essentials In addition to having a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, you should demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of software development. You should have skills and experience in software development with the following Mandatory areas Domain Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in the definition, development and maintenance of Mission Control Functions software applications with focus on development whole life cycle for typical MC applications covering aspects like TMITC, Automation schedule and procedure execution, Operations Preparation, etc. Good knowledge and understanding with working experience evidence of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS related to spacetoground interfaces. System Development Maintenance Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in software development and maintenance following formal software lifecycle processes resulting in multiple customer deliveries covering production of requirements, design engineering artefacts and implementation reflecting corrective and evolution software maintenance activities as well as new applications definition Extensive experience minimum 5 years in verification and validation process and experience of supporting testing campaigns and related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in designing and developing software components and applications using Object Oriented 00 approach including design patterns Extensive experience minimum 5 years designing and developing software components and applications using C, Java and scripting languages under both Windows and Linux platforms Experience with formal software development environments like Eclipse IDE and Microsoft Visual Studio. Documentation and Configuration Management Skills Good knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and experience with Documentation Management systems Experience in using Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting and Tacking tools. Due to the variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported you should be able to quickly adapt to changes in assignments, manage his tasks in an efficient way demonstrating high degree of independence and autonomy, excellent analytical skills, effectiveness within a small team, good presentation and communication skills. You should be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, encouraging a friendly and cooperative working environment, demonstrating capabilities in applying principles, accept criticism and being open to discussing and share solutions with other. Moreover is expected to actively participate, as required by the Team Leader, in technical meetings and or periodic reviews and activity assessments. The official languages of EUMETSA T are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore, you must be able to work effectively in this language and have an acceptable knowledge of the other. Desirables It would be a distinct advantage for you to have experience with some of the following optional skills Domain Skills Knowledge of ESA mission control software products, such as MICONYS suite e.g. SCOS2000, NIS, EDDS, GFTS, etc. ... Spacecraft and or TTC GSt simulation environments systems e.g. SIMSAT, TEVALIS Experience with MC systems and related user requirements needs for GEO missions. System Development Maintenance Skills Software support to users and in general to Flight Control Teams Work experience in a 247 operational environment characterised by high availability needs. This includes experience with oncall support to operational systems. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Experience developing interacting middleware components and applications using TCPIP and CORBA Experience with scripting languages e.g. Python, PHP, Unix Shell scripts, etc. ... Experience developing software components and applications making use of Web Applications technologies client and server side Tomcat, Javascript, HTML5 Knowledge of Open VMS platform. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU EEA nationals. Important Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu

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Mission Control Applications Software Engineering

2016-08-05 12:04:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Since 1979, Italian ACS has been a Software System Integrator. As a Payload Data Ground Segment specialist, ACS develops componentssubsystemsground stations for satellite data acquisition, processing and dissemination. The company is active in geospatial multisource applications development for planning and management of environmental risks infrastructures and realtime handling of large data streams. ACS offer to their customers the complete range of services from the collection of user requirements to operational activities support. Our German subsidiary ACSD provides consultancy service at EUMETSAT Darmstadt. Selected candidate will sign permanent full time contract and work at EUM premises. Besides an opportunity to work in international environment, ACS can offer competitive salary, attractive benefits package tailored to specific needs, training and career growth within ACS group, support for relocation to Darmstadt. For our activities in Germany, we are looking for a person to provide Mission Control Applications Software Engineering. TASKS Maintenance and Evolution activities Software development using C and Java in Windows and Unix environments, interacting with Commercial Off The Shelf COTS products Preventive maintenance Support to the 247 smooth running of facility software applications and their operating systems and in the case of anomalies affecting operations, identifying and applying appropriate first line corrective actions Corrective maintenance Investigation into relevant anomalies and solutions, their documentation and classification, with suitable, followup of the delivery of software updates System Evolution Analysis of userdriven requirements, generation of software requirements, design, implementation and verificationtesting activities Verificationtesting activities Generation of verificationtest procedures and delivery documentation, participation in verification and regression testing activities at unit and system level, participation in factory acceptance testing campaigns and execution of onsite verification testing at integration level System Upgrades Analysis, planning and management of application, operating system and COTS upgrades and reconfigurations, taking into account any compatibility issues Definition and management of technical documentation and procedures in support of these activities. User Support Applications support Software and technical support to the endusers of the application software by request Attendance in meetings Participation in technical, progress and team meetings, submission of reports as required On call service provision of standbycallout support to operations and support to critical operations out of normal hours Additional support support to other areas and programmes as required e.g., the simulations infrastructure Technical Management Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Meeting participation to technical, progress and team meetings as needed and requested Routine reporting preparation of routine reports as necessary Contractor management at technical level point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organising periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Software engineering framework support Analysis activities focused on a common software engineering framework for the GSI Mission Control Applications and Tools Team Development of tools implementing this software engineering framework SKILLS University degree in a relevant engineering discipline Domain Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in the definition, development and maintenance of Mission Control Functions software applications with focus on development whole life cycle for typical MC applications covering aspects like TMITC, Automation schedule and procedure execution, Operations Preparation, etc ... Good knowledge and understanding with working experience evidence of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS related to spacetoground interfaces. System Development Maintenance Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in software development and maintenance following formal software lifecycle processes resulting in multiple customer deliveries covering production of requirements, design engineering artefacts and implementation reflecting corrective and evolution software maintenance activities as well as new applications definition Extensive experience minimum 5 years in verification and validation process and experience of supporting testing campaigns and related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in designing and developing software components and applications using Object Oriented 00 approach including design patterns Extensive experience minimum 5 years designing and developing software components and applications using C, Java and scripting languages under both Windows and Linux platforms Experience with formal software development environments like Eclipse IDE and Microsoft Visual Studio. Documentation and Configuration Management Skills Good knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and experience with Documentation Management systems Experience in using Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting and Tacking tools. MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass format

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Mission Control Applications Software Engineering Support

2016-08-05 12:04:48| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Client and Location For one of our main customers EUMETSAT, located in Darmstadt Germany, we are currently looking for an engineering consultant who will support the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team MCAT within the Generic Systems and Infrastructure Division. This division is in charge of engineering, maintaining and upgrading generic ground segment functions, services, infrastructure and tools in response to requirements of operational and future programmes. In particular, the MCAT is responsible for the maintenance and evolution of all Satellite and Ground Segment MC applications and tools. Tasks and Responsibilities The Consultant shall support software development and maintenance aspects of MC components and applications. The support is focused on but not limited to the elements that are designed with an objectoriented approach and following a clientserver architectural organization. The development cycle includes the typical phases requirements, design, development, testing with formal procedures related to configuration control, verification against the software requirements and rollout into operations. Development ranges in a mixed multiplatform environment, from fixing problems and engineering changes, technical support to the continuous operation of the system, including analysis, investigation and resolution with the creation of appropriate documentation. Main duties include Maintenance and Evolution activities Software development using C and Java engineered in Windows and Unix environments, interacting with Commercial Off The Shelf COTS products Preventive maintenance Support to the 247 smooth running of facility software applications and their operating systems and in the case of anomalies affecting operations, identifying and applying appropriate first line corrective actions ensuring that in the case of problems with applications, operating systems or COTS, that the operational configuration can be restored Corrective maintenance Investigation into relevant anomalies and solutions, their documentation and classification, with suitable, followup of the delivery of software updates System Evolution Analysis of userdriven requirements, generation of software requirements, design, implementation and verificationtesting activities Verificationtesting activities Generation of verificationtest procedures and delivery documentation, participation in verification and regression testing activities at unit and system level, participation in factory acceptance testing campaigns and execution of onsite verification testing at integration level System Upgrades Analysis, planning and management of application, operating system and COTS upgrades and reconfigurations, taking into account any compatibility issues Definition and management of technical documentation and procedures in support of these activities. User Support Applications support Software and technical support to the endusers of the application software by request Attendance in meetings Participation in technical, progress and team meetings, submission of reports as required On call service On occasions, provision of standbycallout support to operations and support to critical operations out of normal hours Additional support Provision of support to other areas and programmes as required, for example, supporting the simulations infrastructure. Technical Management Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Meeting participation participation to technical, progress and team meetings as needed and requested Routine reporting preparation and production of routine reports as necessary Contractor management at technical level acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organising periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Software engineering framework support Analysis activities focused on a common software engineering framework for the GSI Mission Control Applications and Tools Team Development of tools implementing this software engineering framework. Experience and education In addition to having a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, the consultant shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of software development. The consultant shall have skills and experience in software development with the following Mandatory areas Domain Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in the definition, development and maintenance of Mission Control Functions software applications with focus on development whole life cycle for typical MC applications covering aspects like TMITC, Automation schedule and procedure execution, Operations Preparation, etc... Good knowledge and understanding with working experience evidence of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS related to spacetoground interfaces. System Development Maintenance Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in software development and maintenance following formal software lifecycle processes resulting in multiple customer deliveries covering production of requirements, design engineering artefacts and implementation reflecting corrective and evolution software maintenance activities as well as new applications definition Extensive experience minimum 5 years in verification and validation process and experience of supporting testing campaigns and related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in designing and developing software components and applications using Object Oriented 00 approach including design patterns Extensive experience minimum 5 years designing and developing software components and applications using C, Java and scripting languages under both Windows and Linux platforms Experience with formal software development environments like Eclipse IDE and Microsoft Visual Studio. Documentation and Configuration Management Skills Good knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and experience with Documentation Management systems o Experience in using Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting and Tacking tools. It would be a distinct advantage for the Consultant to have experience with some of the following optional skills Domain Skills Knowledge of ESA mission control software products, such as MICONYS suite e.g. SCOS2000, NIS, EDDS, GFTS, etc... Spacecraft andor TTC GSt simulation environmentssystems e.g. SIMSAT, TEVALIS Experience with MC systems and related user requirementsneeds for GEO missions. System Development Maintenance Skills Software support to users and in general to Flight Control Teams Work experience in a 247 operational environment characterised by high availability needs. This includes experience with oncall support to operational systems. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Experience developing interacting middleware components and applications using TCPIP and CORBA Experience with scripting languages e.g. Python, PHP, Unix Shell scripts, etc... Experience developing software components and applications making use of Web Applications technologies client and server side Tomcat, JavaScript, HTML5 Knowledge of OpenVMS platform. Due to the variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported, the Consultant shall be able to quickly adapt to changes in assignments, manage his tasks in an efficient way demonstrating high degree of independence and autonomy, excellent analytical skills, effectiveness within a small team, good presentation and communication skills. The Consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, encouraging a friendly and cooperative working environment, demonstrating capabilities in applying principles, accept criticism and being open to discussing and share solutions with other. Moreover is expected to actively participate, as required by the Team Leader, in technical meetings andor periodic reviews and activity assessments. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore, consultants must be able to work effectively in this language and have an acceptable knowledge of the other.

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Software Engineer for Copernicus Mission Control Applications

2016-07-20 16:06:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, EUMETSAT and CNES. This is a challenging opportunity for a Software Engineer with minimum 35 years experience in complex 247 applications with Java and webbased deployment. This position is based on customer site in EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany. The position is unlimited and fulltime and will start in September 2016. Submission deadline for applicants is 23rd of August 2016. ResponsibilitiesDuties The key person will provide hisher prime support to the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team and heshe will support Maintenance of the EUMETSAT CopernicusSentinel3 Mission Control Applications and MMEMon tools instantiation for Sentinel3 Requirements specification, design, development implementation, integration and verification of extensions including future obsolesces reengineering of Sentinel3 mission control applications and tools and MME Support to users in investigation andor handling in the operational usage of the Sentinel3 mission control applications and tools and MME Provide MCAT with strong software technologies expertise in the area of web applications QualificationsExperience A university degree in either Aerospace, or ITSoftware disciplines electronics, physics, computing, process control, ground station operations, would be an advantage. Essential Skills Fluency in English Experience in the full cycle of development and maintenance of software application following formal software engineering processes Experience in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation and maintenance of 247 applications based on java technologies within web based deployment Experience in IVV integration, verification and validation activities following formal engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, system and subsystem integration, generation of test plan and test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of test tools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports and anomaly tracking. Experience in designing and implementing backend software applications using Servlet containers e.g. Tomcat, JBoss and Java programming languages for UNIXLinux operating systems Experience in designing and implement web client applications using GWT and HTML 5 technologies javascript, CSS, HTML and javascript frameworks Experience in designing and implementing applications based on Messaging Oriented Middleware and using ActiveMQ andor ZeroMQ as message brokers Experience in designing and developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Desirable Skills Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Experience in using Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. XML processing schema design, validation, parser libraries, transformation XSLT and XPath. Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks. Application You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your application preferrably online with your availability details and salary expectations.

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Data Systems Engineer Mission Control System MCS mw

2016-07-06 16:07:00| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Vitrociset Belgium is looking for a Data Systems Engineer who will be based at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. For more information you can contact Roxana Sasu at r.sasuvitrocisetbelgium.com ! Deadline for applications 20.07.2016 Vitrociset Belgium, a Vitrociset Group company, can claim almost 30 years of experience in the field of space operations engineering activities, starting in 1982 with the European Space Agency. Today Vitrociset Belgium is the Corporate Groups center of gravity for the Space activities in central Europe. With the headquarter located in Belgium and permanent offices presence close to ESAs centers ESOC D, ESTEC NL and ESAC SP, the company offers you major opportunities at its many sites abroad, an international environment and assignment to prestigious clients ESA, CNES, EUMETSAT, ASTRIUM. Summary of the role Start date 01.01.2017 The area of responsibility for this role is for Data Systems Operations Engineering, covering the areas of the following two Mission Data Systems MDS Sentinels Mission Control Systems Engineering support Sentinels Simulators Engineering support Initially this role will be fully dedicated the Sentinels MCS Engineering support, however it should not be excluded that at a later stage tasks related to the Sentinels Simulators Engineering support may be included. Key Responsibilities Specification of the software requirements of these systems in collaboration with the operational users Definition and specification of their internal and external interfaces in agreement with the relevant parties Acceptance of the deliverables received from industry, ensuring correctness, completeness and compliance to the applicable requirements Support to the mission operations staff as required in the various operational phases, including System Validation Tests, simulation campaign and in software support coordination as part of the Flight Control Team during critical operational phases such as launches Coordination with other internal ESOC or external units, e.g. with the unit supplying mission data systems infrastructure and with the unit supplying the ICT systems and services Participation in research and development activities in the area of mission data systems Participation in the testing and validation of the various infrastructure elements used by the Sentinels MDS as well as definition of the future evolution of these systems Collaboration with other missions to ensure crossmission consistency and harmonization between Sentinel and other missions MDS systems, spinin from other missions into the Sentinel MDS and spinout from the Sentinel system to future systems including, but not limited to, future Sentinel missions The tasks to be performed require considerable initiative, flexibility and independence in executing the assigned tasks. Requirements Good knowledge of Mission Control Systems for Earth Observation satellites and the EO MCS Kernelin working arrangements and the ability to apply initiative and creativity in the execution of tasks. Experience as Software Support for Earth Observation Missions including prelaunch activities and launch campaigns of satellites Familiarity with MICONYS and in particular extensive knowledge in the operational deployment of external systems EDDS, GFTS, DARC Ability to understand and accurately predict behavior of complex systems Service provision in English Wellorganized, able to prioritize and manage several activities in parallel Familiarity with programmingscripting languages e.g. C, Java, JavaScript, shell scripting Capability to interact with users in a customer oriented manner. This include 1st and 2nd line support Experience in working with operational missions, and in particular, previous experience with CopernicusSentinels missions Experience with the ESOC working environment including Procedures and Quality Management System QMS The ESOC MOIIT services e.g. ESOC operational networks, baselines etc. The ESOC SDE environment including the production and execution of Acceptance Test Plans Furthermore, it would be a distinct advantage for the Consultant to have experience with Experience in softwaresystem design methodologies Familiarity with effective teamwork principles and team building aspects A proactive attitude towards problem solving and the ability to achieve solutions as required Please be advised that by submitting your CV or other content to us, you agree to the administration, processing and storage of any personal data for the purposes of recruitment processes. The agreement covers the processing of personal data by Vitrociset Belgium even after finishing the recruitment process to submit further proposals for employment and may be revoked at any time. Come and join us! More information at httpwwww.vitrocisetbelgium.com

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