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Software Engineer for Science Operations Solar Orbiter SCJ2900
2015-07-07 14:05:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An experienced and knowledgeable engineer required to support Solar Orbiter Science Operations at ESAC. Objective To provide software engineering to support ESA in developing science operations systems and tools for Solar Orbiter. Responsibilities Duties Generic tasks native to Software Development and Maintenance Develop and maintain modules, applications and tools specific to product generation framework and quality control framework Ensure timely delivery of SW releases and relative increments Perform SW architectural design as needed Prepare and maintain SW documentation. Develop and maintain unit test harnesses Report on progress and problem areas Participate in the Configuration Control Boards applicable to the development Followingup and tracking the correction and resolution of problem reports Implement approved software enhancement requests Tasks specific to Support of Solar Orbiter SOC Development and Maintenance Develop, implement and maintain the science operations planning system. Develop, implement and maintain a low latency data production system integrating data processing pipelines supplied by the Principal Investigators. Develop, implement and maintain the auxiliary data productions system. Support the archiving of science data products provided by the Principal Investigators. Organise development tasks as needed. Tasks specific to validation and operation of the Solar Orbiter SOC system Deploy and configure new versions of the SOC subsystems. Test and validate new deliveries of software, including regression testing. Test and validate external deliveries of data processing pipelines. Report on progress and problem areas. Participates in the Configuration Control Boards applicable to the development and maintenance. Communicate with SOC team at ESAC and experts in the Principal Investigator teams. Qualifications Experience University degree in computer science, or software engineering, or scientific discipline, or equivalent. Experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. Essential Skills ECSS standards for software development. Software architecture and design. Ability to understand the different subsystems as a whole integrated systems. Virtual machine management and configuration. Software repositories Subversion, GIT. Databases and data processing. Scientific data formats used by the Heliophysics and Space Physics communities FITS, CDF. Data processing pipelines in solar system or astronomy space projects. Modern programming languages CC, Java, Python. Scripting languages. Operating system in common use in Heliophysics and space science linuxUnixMacOS, Windows. Coordination of a small team of software developers. Qualities The engineer must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Heshe should display good interpersonal and communication skills. The engineer should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English. Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Closing Date for applications is Friday 17th July 2015 Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid, Spain Benefits Salary plus a benefits package are offered to the successful candidate Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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NASA Awards Raytheon $240M Contract For Earth Science Data System
2015-07-07 08:28:59| rfglobalnet News Articles
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded the Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a five year contract valued at up to $240 million to continue its support of the Earth Observing Systems Data and Information System (EOSDIS).
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Configuration Controller in Earth Observation, Navigation Science
2015-07-06 16:04:52| 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 new role for a Configuration Controller in Earth Observation, Navigation Science has arisen in Portsmouth The succesful candidate will be responsible for managing the configuration on the PDM tool day to day with periodic supervision and guidance from the Configuration Manager. This role applies change control techniques and processes within the SPRINT PMC and CONNECT Windchill company tools and requires to have a deep understanding and ability in the product, function, assembly and asbuilt trees and views in both tools, as well as the ability and willingness to handle documentation in both tools, and secure manual documentation processing. Training in the company tools will be given according to the projects assignment and candidate experience need. Internal Relationships As a member of one or more product or project teams, provide advice and guidance on Configuration Management and Technical Data Management issues. Act as the central point of contact for the assigned product and project teams and be the issuing and distribution authority for formal product data. External Relationships Provide an interface for all formal data transactions from external sources and from different contractual levels within the company. Be aware of the customer CM requirements for the company and flow down to lower tier subcontractors. Inputs CM customer requirements standards and company management systems methods, processes and related tools projectproductservices needs e.g. objectives, planning, cost all projectproductservices configuration management relevant data documentation e.g. requirements, design, manufacturing service documentation, changes, deviations along the entire product life cycle . Mission Define and implement configuration management methods, processes and related tools along the entire product life cycle to ensure the availability and consistency of relevant data e.g. requirements, design, manufacturing service documentation, changes, deviations and productservices configuration consistency. Outputs Consolidated and consistent product data along the product life cycle through product baselines and configuration management status accounting and or CM documents e.g. CMPlan. The successful candidate will be subject to UK National Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs. Perform configuration management define, plan, schedule and organize CM activities in the programmeproject context over the entire product life cycle. Identify configuration items to be placed under their formal configuration control. Identify the requirements and the functional and physical characteristics of those configuration items. Ensure configuration control control and document changes to those characteristics and operate effective Configuration Control Boards CCB. Ensure configuration status accounting record, retrieve and report configuration status. Ensure configuration verification and audit verify achievement of required product characteristics. Jobtechnical knowledge Specialist knowledge of CM tools and methodology. Understanding of ECSSMST40C. Required qualification level Engineering degree, HNC, or similar. Essential requirements At least 3 years experience in an engineering environment design, assembly, test Windchill experience is a priority for this position Proactive with proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels speaking, listening, written, and to win recognition and buyin for Configuration Management. Good organisational and interpersonal skills. Fluent English spoken and written. Willing to occasionally travel as part of the UK national and transnational initiatives short trips in Europe up to 4 times a year. Extra travel may be required in some project assignments. Desirable requirements Understanding of EADSCDS001 EADS CM policy, Space Industry experience. CMII qualification. Transverse industrial knowledge RM, ERP . Process improvement oriented. Please apply on line for this vacancy using your eRecruiting profile with your CV attached. To apply click here
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908 Devices Accelerates Entry Into Life Science Market With Backing From Leading Industry Players
2015-07-06 02:52:03| chemicalonline Home Page
908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, recently announced it has raised additional growth equity investment for acceleration into the life sciences market, completing its Series C funding and bringing the Company’s funding total to $29 M
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Pope Francis, science and government are reframing climate change
2015-07-06 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: THE long-anticipated encyclical by Pope Francis to the world on the environment was released mid-June. The Lancet Commission, a distinguished United Kingdom-based health body, the following week released its report on health and climate change. The next day, the White House hosted a summit on the same subject. Will this unprecedented alignment of key official voices -- religious, scientific and governmental -- change the conversation on ecological destruction and whom it impacts? Pope Francis...
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