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Earth Observation Technology and Frequency Management Engineer

2018-04-25 10:23:48| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. Applications from women are encouraged. Post Earth Observation Technology and Frequency Management Engineer This post is classified A2A4 on the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Description Earth Observation Technology and Frequency Management Engineer in the Future Missions and Instruments Division of the Future Systems Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. Duties Reporting to the Head of the Technology Coordination and Frequency Management Section, the postholder will in performing these tasks work in close cooperation with staff in the Future Systems, the Projects and the Mission Management Ground Segment Departments, while liaising with the Directorate of Technology, Engineering Quality and the Agencys Frequency Management Office. Duties include responsibility for the following tasks related to EO technology identifying technology requirements for future EO missions and programmes, monitoring and reporting the evolution of EOrelevant technologies including from new emerging applied sciences, defining and managing technology development activities for the preparation of EO missions in coordination with other Directorate Divisions, contributing to coordination of preparation of ESA RD programmes at corporate and Directorate level for EO space and ground segment aspects, initiating and performing internal studies to assess the results of industrial activities, monitoring and reporting the evolution of EOrelated technology activities in the technology programmes of ESA and its Member States. The postholder will also support the Section in the following tasks analysing requirements and constraints of EO missions under preparation with respect to frequency allocation and interference, providing specific support to preparatory activities and to projects to an extent to be determined casebycase, monitoring the evolving frequency needs of future EO missions, including early concepts, and potential conflicts with competing areas, participating as needed in the work of technical committees in the framework of the International Telecommunication Union ITU, the European Conference of Postal Telecommunications Administrations CEPT and the Space Frequency Coordination Group SFGG, conducting studies to support the ESA position in these committees. In performing these tasks, the postholder will have close contacts with representatives of industry and other space agencies. Technical competencies Knowledge of ESA missions specific frequency management issues Knowledge of ESA technology programmes and the organisation of RD activities Knowledge of scientific discipline, including strategic vision of the area of Earth Observation Behavioural competencies Teamwork Ability to conduct research autonomously Education Applicants should have a Masters or equivalent university degree in an engineering discipline or in applied physics as a minimum, with relevant background and experience in space technology development. Additional requirements Familiarity with remotesensing systems is an asset, as is experience in frequency management andor signal processing. Other information For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. The closing date for applications is 16 May 2018. If you require support with your application due to a disability, please email contact.human.resourcesesa.int. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada and Slovenia. According to the ESA Convention the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States. When shortlisting for an interview, priority will first be given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented Member States. see Nationality Targets In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment. Recruitment will normally be at the first grade in the band A2 however, if the candidate selected has little or no experience, the position may be filled at A1 level. Apply HERE

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Geospatial Software Engineer Platform Earth Observation

2018-04-24 18:23:56| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Role Purpose The role is responsible of supporting our imagery and geoanalytics distribution and exploitation services and platform, called Kanvas. Heshe would support the implementation of new features and capabilities and providing innovative Earth Observation and geospatial solutions for scientific and commercial applications. Heshe will be involved in configuring, developing and consolidating software solutions over our Amazon Web Services and ArcGIS technology stack, especially in the fields of imagery production pipelines, valueadded products, customerfacing services development, thirdparty applications integration, connection with multiple data sources and federation with external platforms. Heshe would work within a continuous integrationcontinuous delivery environment, with highly automated testing procedures and supporting agile development teams to deliver operational software over public cloud infrastructures responding to requirements from business development and imagery production teams. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Integrate Deimos Imagings imagery production pipelines with Kanvas platform. Support the development and integration of imagery, valueadded products and geospatial services on Kanvas platform. Design and integrate customerfacing services to access our space assets including data, applications and analytics. Integrate Kanvas platform with thirdparty platforms. Support the integration of thirdparty applications and services. Connect Kanvas with multiple spaceborne sensors and imagery production chains plus other raster and vectorial data sources. Other responsibilities Configure and maintain internal and customerfacing ArcGIS enterprise environments. Evangelize teams in the possibilities and uses of the ArcGIS software suite, including imagery and GIS services. Education and Requirements University degree or equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Remote sensing, telecommunication or similar. Masters Degree Software Engineering, Computer Science, Remote sensing, telecommunications will be considered an asset. 3 5 years of proven experience within the fields of Earth Observation andor Geographical Information Systems with expertise in data and information distribution and exploitation platforms. A background in geospatial markets, enterprise platform markets, and geospatialenterprise business models is strongly desired. Expertise in ESRIs ArcGIS Enterprise and especially ArcGIS Imagery servers is preferred. Command of English is mandatory, other languages are an asset. Technical Skills and knowledge Knowledge and experience designing, developing or operating Earth Observation or Geospatial data and information distribution and exploitation services or platforms. Expertise in developing software for imagery or geospatial applications and services. Expertise of web applications frontend development languages, including Javascript. Knowledge of Open Geospatial Consortium standards for imagery, maps, sensors and others WMS, WTS, WCS, CSW, WFS, etc. Knowledge of Open APIs for imagery and data sharing, including OpenSearch. Knowledge of CKANbased data platforms. Experience working with standard imagery and geospatial data and metadata formats, including GeoTiff, JPEG, NetCDF, HDF, KML, GML and shapefiles. Expertise of software programming languages for jobs automation and scriptinglike Python. Knowledge of imagery programming libraries like GDAL. Experience deploying software in public cloud infrastructures like Amazon Web Services. Experience working in CDCI pipelines with automated testing. Knowledge of Remote Sensing, Earth Observation or Data Science applied to those fields. Skills Candidates should be able to work effectively, autonomously and cooperatively in a diverse and international team environment, defining and implementing solutions in line with team and individual objectives, as well as project deadlines. Applicants should also have good analytical, organizational and reporting skills, a proactive attitude to problemsolving and an interest in innovative technologies. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team environment. Experience of working closely with customers, partners and suppliers. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Capacity to prioritize, adaptable and flexible, autonomous Honest and ethical approach Team player with proactive and positive attitude Building trust and influencing. Used to cope with the pressure of a target driven environment

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Data Access Expert for the Earth Observation satellite mission operations and maintenance

2018-04-04 17:24:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Adavanced Computer Systems ACS, a company of Exprivia group, is looking for a Data Access Expert for the Earth Observation satellite mission operations and maintenance. The selected person will be inserted in the Operations Engineering support team, and work in strict cooperation with the Operations Manager, ACS Project Manager and ACS Maintenance and Operations responsible, to carry out anomaly investigation and first line maintenance duties on the SW components developed and maintained by ACS. As part of his tasks, he will Monitor and maintain all ACS components deployed in various centers in a working state Monitor and maintain configuration changes to the components Control proper usage of the data access chain by the users, and raise associated anomaly if any Analyse system level anomalies allocated by the system manager, and cascade them to correct software level anomalies Manage technical and programmatic communications with the core procurement team providing the components Propose workaround for critical Software Problem Reports Maintain and monitor anomalies corrections delay and contents Validate new software versions, patches and workarounds Provide contribution to Operations Reports regarding the data access chain Participate to operations meetings, both internal and with the Customer Report to the System Manager, ACS Project Manager and ACS Maintenance and Operations manager The candidate shall have working experience in complex systems engineering and development, preferably in the field of Satellite Ground Systems engineering and operations, good knowledge of Linux operating system, and working knowledge of relational databases Postgres. A good knowledge of English language written and spoken is mandatory, as well as availability to work abroad for long periods at least six months, after a training period in ACS.

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Veterinarian shares observation in sow mortality

2018-02-16 04:49:00| National Hog Farmer

U.S. hog producers are reporting an increase in sow mortality. The Carthage System discusses mortality trends, sharing data from their hog production systems.

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Veterinarian shares observation in sow morality

2018-02-16 02:26:03| National Hog Farmer

U.S. hog producers are reporting an increase in sow mortality. The Carthage System discusses mortality trends, sharing data from their hog production systems.

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