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GSMA casts doubt on Google satellite plan

2014-06-04 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Anne Bouverot describes Internet giant's balloon, drone and satellite-based Internet projects as 'clever marketing'.

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Satellite Simulator Software Engineering Support 1413047

2014-06-03 15:41:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Satellite Simulator Software Engineering Support 1413047 Job Description The key person shall work in the TSS Department with the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team, which is part of the GSI Division. The Mission Control Applications and Tools Team performs the following activities Software engineering and software maintenance of multimission and missionspecific Mission Control Function systems and tools for GEO and LEO missions. In particular the following systems and tools Monitoring Control Systems and tools, Onboard software management tools, Flight Dynamics Facilities, Mission Planning Facilities, OpsPrep Facilities, Data analysis and reporting tools, Software engineering for the reusage of Mission Control Function systems and tools with the separation between generic kernel and missionspecific extensions. Automation of application software testing. Software engineering and software maintenance of satellite simulators. Ground Segment Reference Architecture. Software support to operations. The key person will provide hisher prime support to the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Spacecraft Simulators in general and in particular to SIMULUS based simulators The tasks of the key person will typically include Maintenance and Evolution Activities Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction or following the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in the software facilities and verification testing of the fixes. Evolutions and changes generation andor analysis of userdriven and maintenance driven software requirements, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes. Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test procedures at software facility level and at system level. Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andor procurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression, functional and performance testing. Analysis and implementation of mechanisms or tools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the application software. Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination of the production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the application software, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation to technical reviews, participation to infactory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT. Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testing campaigns. This activity includes preparation of test data, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports, analysis of results and troubleshooting of problems. User Support Software support software support to the endusers of the application software. Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support to operations. Training prepare and provide training covering systemusage and maintenance aspects of the mission control systems. 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, organizing periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Critical review of industry provided requirements and design definition related to existing andor future simulators spacecraft models and simulator infrastructure components. 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. Required Skills and Experience University degree in a relevant engineering discipline. Domain Skills Significant knowledge and experience in the area of simulator software maintenance, evolution and testing as well as space segment requirements and design with the following mandatory areas Experience minimum 3 years in software maintenance and evolution of Spacecraft Simulators based on SIMULUS software suite from ESAESOC. In particular, experience in all the following SIMULUS components is considered mandatory SIMSAT, Ground Models, Generic Models, REFA, Emulator Suite and tailoring, UMFEGOSMF. Experience minimum 3 years in the definition and design of SMP2 compliant software models of spacecraft service platform subsystems. Knowledge and understanding of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS with specific reference to ECSSE7041A TM and TC packet utilization. Software Development Maintenance Skills Experience minimum 3 years in the full cycle of development of application software for SIMULUS based simulator, following formal software engineering processes. This includes system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design and implementation reflecting maintenance activities as well as new applications definition. Experience minimum 3 years in corrective maintenance, integration and verification testing activities of application software following formal software engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, 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, investigation, correction and testing. Experience in defining automatic testing suites at unit and components integration level. Software Engineering Skills Experience minimum 3 years in developing and maintaining software applications using Java and C programming languages under UNIX operating systems and development and maintenance of javascript scripts SIMULUS scripting technology. Experience minimum 3 years in developing and maintaining software applications using objectoriented technologies, Unified Modelling Language UML for software design and CASE design tools like Magic Draw. Domain Skills Experience with MICONYS ESOC components SCOS2000, NIS and SLE API. Experience on TMTC front ends like CORTEX Experience with software support to operations and in particular to TMTC database and OBSW images import System Maintenance Skills Experience with technical management of contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. IBM DOORS requirement management tool. Experience in version Control Systems CVS and SVN. Linux Operating System. Interprocess communication mechanisms, in particular TCPIP and CORBA standards. XML processing schema design and validation. Eclipse Rich Client Platform applications development and maintenance. Experience with static and dynamic software analysis tools in support to testing and troubleshooting. Fluency in English. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 07 July 2014 Start of Work 01 September 2014 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 07 July 2014 Learn more about us in Facebook

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Satellite Simulator Software Engineer

2014-05-28 14:40:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 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 Satellite Simulator Software Engineer to support our customer in Germany, Darmstadt. Satellite Simulator Software Engineer Key Tasks and Responsibilities As part of the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team, you will have the following responsibilities Evolution and maintenance Spacecraft Simulators based on SIMULUS Operational satellite simulator anomaly investigation and resolution Implementation of simulator enhancements Testing, verification and validation of new simulator releases Development and enhancement of the simulator verification environment and automated testing Rollout of software new releases and patches Software support and training to the endusers of the application software Oncall services and software support to operations Generation and maintenance of technical and user documentation. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience Development and maintenance of Spacecraft Simulators based on SIMULUS SIMSAT, Ground Models, Generic Models, REFA, Emulator Suite, UMFEGOSMF SMP2 compliant software models of spacecraft service platform subsystems ECSS and CCSDS standards, especially ECSSE7041A PUS Formal software engineering processes Corrective maintenance, integration and verification testing of software Defining automatic testing suites at unit and components integration level Java and C programming under UNIX JavaScript scripts SIMULUS scripting technology Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in Darmstadt.We are looking for candidates who are available from September 2014. 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 and in Word to Ms Corrina Scheepmaker at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference DED2271before 01Jul14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you! Please note Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you are eligible to obtain a work permit for Germany.

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Satellite Images Reveal Scope of Massive Balkans Flooding

2014-05-27 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: The full, devastating scale of the downpour-driven flooding that tore across the Balkans in mid-May is evident in newly released images from a NASA satellite. This image, taken by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellie, shows a close-up of the town of Vidovice, Bosnia and Herzegovina, surrounded by and inundated with water from the Sava River. Torrential rains fell across parts of Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina beginning on May 13, with some spots recording...

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Satellite Simulator Software Engineer

2014-05-27 18:39:52| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, is for a graduate Consultant with at least 3 years experience of spacecraft simulators systems and in particular knowledge of the SIMULUS software suite from ESAESOC. Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. The successful candidates duties will cover the support to routine operations for existing missions and the evolution and maintenance of simulator systems of future missions. The key experience and skills sought are Experience in software maintenance and evolution of Spacecraft Simulators based on SIMULUS suite from ESAESOC Experience in the definition and design of SMP2 compliant software models of spacecraft service platform subsystems Knowledge and understanding of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS Experience in the full cycle of development of application software for SIMULUS based simulator Experience in corrective maintenance , integration and verification testing activities of application software following formal software engineering processes Experience in defining automatic testing suites at unit and components integration level Experience developing software applications using Java and C under UNIX Experience developing software applications using objectoriented technologies, UML for software design and CASE design tools The working language is English. This is a permanent employee assignment starting in September 2014. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.

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