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Complex Fluids Science Coordinator
2013-02-13 15:36:48| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Space is a successful international space company. For 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Complex Fluids Science Coordinator to support us in the Netherlands. Complex Fluids Science Coordinator Key Tasks and Responsibilities As part of our Science Coordination Team, you will have the following responsibilities Discipline Coordinator for the field of Complex Fluids Monitoring of ESA Topical Teams in the general field of complex fluids, stimulating cooperation between scientists and industry for submitting proposals for application oriented research programmes Contributing to the formulation and updates of the ESA research plan for physical sciences in space identification of scientific priorities and support in Announcement of Opportunities definitions and evaluations Development of potential project proposals to the Framework Programme of the European Commission. Project Scientist for the selected projects in the field of Complex Fluids Supporting the scientific teams in the translation of their scientific objectives into experimental requirements, and their synthesis into specifications for instruments to be operated on various lowgravity carriers ESRs Experiment Scientific Requirements document Coordination of the experimental programme of these projects together with the divisions in charge of the hardware development and operations. Monitoring the exploitation of the flight results collecting reports from the science teams and collecting all relevant publications Dissemination of project results including the coordination of inputs to the Experiment Archive and maintenance of the website as appropriate. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience PhD in a relevant field of physics including extensive utilisation of optical diagnostics Experience in microgravity research andor experimentation Ability to effectively manage groups of international scientists and to actively interface with industry and with project managers in a complex environment Fluency in English is mandatory, the knowledge of another European language will be an advantage. This job is located in Noordwijk.We are looking for candidates who are available from April 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English to Ms Leanna Roscoe at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference NLSC1948 before 22Feb13. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!
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United Kingdom: Climate change science irrefutable Ed Davey
2013-02-13 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Climate science is irrefutable and screams out from decade upon decade of research UK Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Davey will tell an audience at the Royal Society later today. And in a direct attack on climate sceptics who believe man made global warming is at best overblown or at worst a hoax, Davey will argue they are risking their childrens futures by slowing efforts to cut emissions. You know, when I am confronted by some of the most dogmatic and blinkered people who deny that...
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Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis(Farmer et al.)
2013-02-12 11:27:43| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
Volume 1 - The Physical ClimateClimate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis introduces the principles of climate change science, emphasizing the empirical evidence for climate change and a warming world. Divided into eleven sections, this comprehensive book opens with an introduction to basic scientific principles including the scientific method, the laws of thermodynamics, the gathering and interpretation of data, ...
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Support to Science Operations XMMNewton
2013-02-11 17:36:46| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION The Instrument Operations Team IOT within the XMMNewton Science Operations Centre SOC at ESAC provides the System and Software Engineering support of the XMMNewton Science Operations Control System XSCS. The IOT also performs the Data Processing of the XMMNewton science data ODFs as well as the support activities in the Science Operations area in close collaboration with the Mission Operations Control Centre MOC located at ESOC and the Science Support Team SST at ESAC. Responsibilities Duties Tasks The main activities of this service position should include but are not limited to Software maintenance of the XSCS XMMNewton SOC Control System Subsystems. XSCS subsystems comprise o SCOS 2000 based downlink subsystems PMS, ODS and QLA o Non SCOS 2000 based uplink subsystems HRPSXRPSPHS SGS o Non SCOS 2000 based service subsystems AMS, XFTS and DTS Migration of the XSCS subsystems to Solaris Virtual Machines o Migration of the Solaris8 based subsystems to Solaris10 based Virtual Machines. Data Processing of the XMMNewton Data, including o Raw TM handling and maintenance, including TCX generation and Long Term Archive Trend Analysis. o ODF generation and supervision o Qcheck support and maintenance with evaluation of results. o Supervision of ODF Reprocessing. o In general, support and coordination of overall Science Products Generation. Operations Support, including o Support to the Instrument Operations Manager. o Support of activities related to routine payload operations preparation, execution and evaluation. o Support to the On Board Instrument Software activities. Quality Assurance, including o Configuration Control support activities and Documentation Management CCB issues handling. Maintenance tasks will include both first and second line maintenance. The incumbent holder will keep a strong interaction with the XSCS users on what concerns the daily operations of the XSCS systems. Maintenance activities include the setup and run support to the several chains where XSCS is installed Operational, Reprocessing, Validation, Development and AO Chains. Qualifications University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields. Background in a scientific discipline is desirable. Required knowledge Experience with ESAs operational systems SCOS is highly desirable. Proven experience in the development andor maintenance of space observatory science control systems is an advantage. The candidate should be open minded and be able to understand the different subsystems as a whole integrated systems. Good system engineering practices are Proven experience on data processing systems for space astronomy missions. Experience with Data Base management tools mostly ORACLE and protocols for information access from SOC systems. Good knowledge of UNIX mostly Solaris and Virtual Operating systems. Experience with the management of TM and subproducts trend analysis, long term archive. Good command of modern programming languages CC, Perl, Tcl, Fortran, . The selected contractor must be willing to operate in an international team environment. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage. Candidates should be systemminded, flexible and able to work as a member of a small interdisciplinary team. The contractor should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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Support to Science Operations Gaia
2013-02-11 17:36:46| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Gaia is a major astrophysics mission within the ESA science programme. A large and active scientific community is deeply involved in the preparatory tasks for the mission, in particular for the data processing and analysis tasks. These tasks are the responsibility of the scientific community, organized under the umbrella of the Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC. This consortium consists of more than 400 active scientists and engineers making significant contributions to the preparations for the ultimate product of the Gaia mission the Gaia catalogue. The Project Scientist is responsible for all scientific aspects of the mission. A small team of scientists assists him in this task. One aspect is the support of DPAC activities through the provision of essential information services, ensuring access to ESA provided resources, maintaining a current and archive document system, and ensuring effective information flow between all parties involved. This support will be the primary concern of the candidate. The candidate will be a member of the Gaia Project Scientists Support Team based in RSSD at ESTEC. The role of the team is to support and advise the Gaia project team, the Gaia Science Operation Centre team at ESAC and the Data Processing andAnalysis Consortium DPAC on all scientific aspects of the mission. Within the team the candidate will be expected to support the daytoday activities of the SOC and DPAC by acting as Information Manager within the team, ensuring access for SOCDPAC to the resources provided by the Project Scientist, supporting activities in the domain of outreach to the Gaia scientific community within the boundaries established by the existing ESA infrastructure. Responsibilities Duties Tasks Maintain and develop the web pages and associated tools used by the Gaia scientific community for the organization and coordination of scientific development activities Maintain the scientific documentation database for Gaia, and facilitate and promote its use within the Gaia scientific collaboration Support internal and external scientific meetings, workshops, and conferences related to Gaia Provide appropriate projectrelated information to the external scientific community, as requested, and with the approval of the Gaia Project Scientist Support the interface between the Project Scientist and the ESA communication bodies Qualifications Masters degree or equivalent in space science, or closely related scientific or engineering field. Required knowledge Webbased communication tools especially web site management wiki use programming methods for example, some of java, xml, php, perl Experience working in a scientific environment is required. The contractor must be able to work independently. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are necessary. Fluency in English is a requirement. A demonstrated interest in outreach activities andor educational support would be an asset. The contractor must be willing to travel when necessary. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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