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2013-02-01 00:22:00| American School & University

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Support to Science Operations GAIA

2013-01-31 18:38:07| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

RHEA the fastest growing leading Belgian SME providing system engineering solutions and professional engineering services to the international space industry is recruiting experienced engineering support for a full time position based in the area of Noordwijk, The Netherlands. 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 and Analysis 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. The candidate will be required to 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 Requirements Masters degree or equivalent in space science, or closely related scientific or engineering field. 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. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Application deadline 260213 If you are interested, please send your Word format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager, or Emilie Royez, Recruitment Assistant at careeropportunitiesrheagroup.com Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. RHEA provides you with an attractive employment package based on the candidates experience, the opportunity to build experience in the space sector and to grow within an international company. RHEA is an independent Space Engineering Consulting and Software company that offers knowledgebased services and innovative solutions to the space industry. Our technical expertise is coupled with the provision of software tools for both Space and Ground segments. For the past 18 years RHEA has supported over 40 space missions, including comet chasers, planetary and Moon missions, deep space astronomy experiments to understand the fundamental laws of physics, climate monitoring, meteorology, navigation and communications. Rhea is the market leader for MOIS solutions and procedure management systems. Rhea has successfully brought together engineers and scientists from 13 nationalities to support its clients across 7 European countries, Canada and the USA.

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Support to Science Operations XMMNewton

2013-01-31 16:38:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

RHEA the fastest growing leading Belgian SME providing system engineering solutions and professional engineering services to the international space industry is recruiting experienced engineering support for a full time position based in the area of Madrid, Spain. 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. 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. Requirements University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields. Background in a scientific discipline is desirable. 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 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. Location ESAC, Madrid, Spain Application deadline 260213 If you are interested, please send your Word format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager, or Emilie Royez, Recruitment Assistant at careeropportunitiesrheagroup.com Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. RHEA provides you with an attractive employment package based on the candidates experience, the opportunity to build experience in the space sector and to grow within an international company. RHEA is an independent Space Engineering Consulting and Software company that offers knowledgebased services and innovative solutions to the space industry. Our technical expertise is coupled with the provision of software tools for both Space and Ground segments. For the past 18 years RHEA has supported over 40 space missions, including comet chasers, planetary and Moon missions, deep space astronomy experiments to understand the fundamental laws of physics, climate monitoring, meteorology, navigation and communications. Rhea is the market leader for MOIS solutions and procedure management systems. Rhea has successfully brought together engineers and scientists from 13 nationalities to support its clients across 7 European countries, Canada and the USA.

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Support to Science Operations XMMNewton

2013-01-31 14:43:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

INSA is a leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA. INSA seeks a candidate for a postion of Support to Science Operations XMMNewton located at ESAC MadridSpain. Work Package Overview 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. 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. Specific tasks include 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. Specific Qualification Requirements University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields. Background in a scientific discipline is desirable. Applications Interested candidates should fill in and send Recruitment Form OEESARECRUITMENTFORM.doc to tarsicio.martinesa.int by 28022013.

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System and Software Engineer Science Operations XMMNewton

2013-01-31 14:43:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

System and Software Engineer Science Operations XMMNewton, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. For our activities in the European Space Agency, we are currently seeking to employ a highly motivated and enthusiastic System and Software Engineer to support the Instrument Operations Team IOT within the XMMNewton Science Operations Centre SOC at ESAC who provide 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. The main activities of this service position include but are not limited to Software maintenance of the XSCS XMMNewton SOC Control System Subsystems, XSCS subsystems comprise of SCOS 2000 based downlink subsystems PMS, ODS and QLA Non SCOS 2000 based uplink subsystems HRPSXRPSPHS SGS Non SCOS 2000 based service subsystems AMS, XFTS and DTS Migration of the XSCS subsystems to Solaris Virtual Machines Migration of the Solaris8 based subsystems to Solaris10 based Virtual Machines Data Processing of the XMMNewton Data, including Raw TM handling and maintenance, including TCX generation and Long Term Archive Trend Analysis ODF generation and supervision Qcheck support and maintenance with evaluation of results Supervision of ODF Reprocessing In general, support and coordination of overall Science Products Generation Operations Support, including Support to the Instrument Operations Manager Support of activities related to routine payload operations preparation, execution and evaluation Support to the On Board Instrument Software activities Quality Assurance, including Configuration Control support activities and Documentation Management CCB issue handling. Maintenance tasks will include both first and second line maintenance. The successful candidate will interact 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 and Requirements Applicants require a University degree, or equivalent, in computer science or related fields together with a background in a scientific discipline. Essential Skills Good knowledge of UNIX mostly Solaris and Virtual Operating systems Good command of programming languages CC, Perl, Tcl, Fortran Experience with Data Base management tools mostly ORACLE and protocols for information access from SOC systems Proven experience on data processing systems for space astronomy missions Experience with the management of TM and subproducts trend analysis, long term archive. Desirable Skills Experience with ESAs operational systems SCOS is highly desirable Proven experience in the development andor maintenance of space observatory science control systems Applicants should be open minded and be able to understand the different subsystems as a whole integrated systems and posses good system engineering practices. You must be willing to operate in an international team environment and have good interpersonal and communication skills. You will be systemminded, flexible and able to work as a member of a small interdisciplinary team. You will be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English additional EU languages are an asset About Serco Serco is amongst the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies and has a global heritage in the Space business, operating for 35 years across 3 continents. Serco has a longstanding understanding of the space market and a worldwide client base providing operational and engineering support across International Organisations, Government Agencies, Defence, Industrial Partnerships and related Scientific Institutions. With over 1100 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of qualifications and skills, it is our track record in such a wide range of market sectors and geographies that allows us to share best practice, expertise and innovation in our business solutions today. Serco Europe employees have provided their skilled competence for various European space missions since the inception of a coordinated European space organisation. Our ongoing commitments within the industry cover Earth Observation, Meteorological Services, Space Science, Technology, Telecommunications and Human Spaceflight, as both an integrated services and managed space resources provider At the heart of our approach is the recognition that a good business depends on good people. We ensure that we continue to have the people and expertise that we need to face both the challenges of today and those of tomorrow our people are our key assets. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid39245 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position System and Software Engineer Reference RTCSRE024 Application closing date 27022013 Start date 02042013 Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope

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