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Climate Change Service C3S Atmospheric Sounding Engineer
2016-10-13 13:04:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Since 1979, Italian ACS has been a Software System Integrator. As a Payload Data Ground Segment specialist, ACS develops componentssubsystemsground stations for satellite data acquisition, processing and dissemination. The company is active in geospatial multisource applications development for planning and management of environmental risks infrastructures and realtime handling of large data streams. ACS offer to their customers the complete range of services from the collection of user requirements to operational activities support. Our German subsidiary ACSD provides consultancy service at EUMETSAT Darmstadt. Selected candidate will sign permanent full time contract and work at EUM premises. Besides an opportunity to work in international environment, ACS can offer competitive salary, attractive benefits package tailored to specific needs, training and career growth within ACS group, support for relocation to Darmstadt. For our activities in Germany, we are looking for a person to provide Climate Change Service C3S Atmospheric Sounding Engineer. TASKS Import and implementation of microwave sounder correction software provided by CM SAF infrared sounder software, including updated calibration and uncertainty quantification methods provided by the FIDUCEO project Scientific analysis of the meta data and raw data quality for the additional historical HIRS instruments infrared and microwave FCDRs quality including uncertainty estimates employing quality monitoring procedures, e.g., the Virtual Observatory and other validation techniques and data as appropriate Support to the acquisition and archiving of all infrared and microwave sounder instrument data Acquisition of relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring Support to the preparation of data records for the submission to the C3S CDS and ingestion into the EUMETSAT Data Centre Compilation of relevant data record documentation including validation reports, user guides and format descriptions Compilation of presentations and reports for the reporting to C3S and participation in C3S progress meetings as required. SKILLS University degree in a relevant natural science subject Able to work effectively in English EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass format Indepth knowledge and proven experience in Use of atmospheric sounder data for climate monitoring Measurement uncertainty analysis principles and methods Time series analysis methods applicable to satellite data Radiative transfer in the infrared and microwave spectral range Implementation and use of software for delayed mode processing of satellite data Programming using CC or Fortran 95 and higher programming languages as well as scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, Shell Working in unixlinux environments Data formats such as NetCDF4, HDF5, GRIB, BUFR and the decoding of historical data formats. In addition Strengths in analysis, synthesis and presentation of results Excellent technical writing skills Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills. Distinct advantage Use of data bases such as MySQL and Oracle Calibration of infrared and microwave satellite instruments Basic understanding of System Engineering Concepts Processing and monitoring of large volume of remote sensing data Familiarity with operational procedures for software verification and validation Operational product processing environments
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Copernicus Climate Change Service Atmospheric Sounding Engineer
2016-10-12 10:03:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For the location in Darmstadt Germany we are looking for a Copernicus Climate Change Service Atmospheric Sounding Engineer fm Tasks She shall perform following main tasks Import and implementation of microwave sounder correction software provided by CM SAF infrared sounder software, including updated calibration and uncertainty quantification methods provided by the FIDUCEO project Scientific analysis of the meta data and raw data quality for the additional historical HIRS instruments infrared and microwave FCDRs quality including uncertainty estimates employing quality monitoring procedures, e.g., the Virtual Observatory and other validation techniques and data as appropriate Support to the acquisition and archiving of all infrared and microwave sounder instrument data Acquisition of relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring Support to the preparation of data records for the submission to the C3S CDS and ingestion into the EUMETSAT Data Centre Compilation of relevant data record documentation including validation reports, user guides and format descriptions Compilation of presentations and reports for the reporting to C3S and participation in C3S progress meetings as required Essential requirements University degree in in a relevant natural science subject Use of atmospheric sounder data for climate monitoring Measurement uncertainty analysis principles and methods Time series analysis methods applicable to satellite data Radiative transfer in the infrared and microwave spectral range Implementation and use of software for delayed mode processing of satellite data Programming using CC or Fortran 95 and higher programming languages as well as scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, Shell Working in unixlinux environments Data formats such as NetCDF4, HDF5, GRIB, BUFR and the decoding of historical data formats Desirable requirements Use of data bases such as MySQL and Oracle Calibration of infrared and microwave satellite instruments Basic understanding of System Engineering Concepts Processing and monitoring of large volume of remote sensing data Familiarity with operational procedures for software verification and validation Operational product processing environments Other Information Start date is January 2017
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Sounding Off on NYC's Commercial Waste Collection Zone Idea
2016-08-22 07:46:00| Waste Age
A host of industry officials, elected officials, union leaders and others have issued statements on the study released last week recommending that New York City move ahead with implementing commercial waste collection zones. read more
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Sounding the alarm on violence against women transport workers
2016-07-27 01:00:00| Railway Technology
In May, 75 women from the International Transport Workers Federation and urban transport unions met in Bali as part of a ground-breaking action forum on violence against women working in public transport. The forum explored the hardship transport w
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Hyperspectral Sounding Products Generation Prototyping Specification and Validation Engineer
2015-12-21 17:03:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
One of our Space clients based in Germany is looking for a Hyperspectral Sounding Products Generation Prototyping Specification and Validation Engineer to work as part of the HSIRL2 team, contributing to the specifications documentation and prototyping of the IASING principal components referred to as L1D in EPSSG context and L2 products generation functions and to the support of the operational software implementation during the initial development phase of the Payload Data Acquisition and Processing. Additionally, the engineer will support the preparation and completion of the commissioning of IASIMetopC. The submission deadline for applicants is 27th January 2015. Key tasks Analysis of similarities and specificities to the IASI and IASING processing within the EPS and EPSSG contexts and the required products, with the aim to maximise algorithm reuse. Maintenance and evolution of the IASING products generation specification documents, taking into account the above identified commonalities and specificities. Maintenance and evolution of the documentation including new science resulting from internal developments or external studies or contributions. Contribution to the review and analysis of specification documents for the input data to the IASING processing chain, e.g. IASI L1c, MWS L1b etc. Contribute to clarifications and answers to issues raised during the reviews of IASING L1D and L2 documentations evolve the IASING products generation specification documents taking the review outcome into account. Support the porting and reuse of IASI processing software in the context of EPSSG for IASING, including the preparation and documentation of SW packages, test and verification data. Prototype functions of the IASING L1D and L2 processing chain. Adapt and evolve the existing IASI L2 operational processor to form an IASING prototype, e.g. make it ready to ingest IASING and MWS L1 synthetic test data. Contribution to the harmonisation of the IASI and IASING processors. Integration and verification of external software deliveries in the prototype processor. Software anomaly fixing. Code optimisation. Development and documentation of prototype software and test procedures. Generation of test data. Statistical analysis and visualisation of hyperspectral infrared principal components and Level 2 products. Support L2 monitoring facilities and interpretation. Contribution to validation reports for IASI operational and IASING prototype products. Qualifications University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as computer science, mathematics, physics, astrophysics, meteorology or remote sensing. Skills At least three years of experience in the field of scientific computing. Numerical algorithms. Development and testing of complex scientific software. Documentation of complex scientific software. Generation and documentation of test data and test procedures. Handling and processing of big amounts of data. NetCDF format and using associated libraries. Object oriented techniques for scientific computing. Concurrent SW development in a team and Software tools for revision control. Very good skills in C. Advanced use of data analysis and visualisation with tools like IDL or Matlab, preferably with satellite data. Good English skills are essential. The ability to write clear and concise scientific reports as well as clear and exhaustive scientific SW documentation in English. Experience Experience in some of the following areas is expected and will be an advantage Inverse problems. Principal component analysis. Further mathematical modelling techniques nonlinear optimization, regression, neural networks, Kalman filters, etc.. Familiarity with satellite data, preferably from IASI or other hyperspectral infrared instruments Use of radiative transfer models. Retrieval of atmospheric parameters from infrared andor microwave radiances Software testing. Validation and visualization of satellite products. Software libraries for numerical linear algebra and similar subroutines. Experience with further programming relevant languages and tools such as Perl, Python, Java, etc. Multithreads programming.
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