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2014-03-24 17:35:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA is currently recruiting an Applications Engineering Consultancy to support the maintenance, operation and evolution of off line Ground Segment elements as well as the analysis, design, development and testing of the facilities at our clients premises in Darmstadt, Germany. Tasks and Activities Your primary tasks and activities may include Contributing to the definition, design, implementation and maintenance of architectures for data processing ground segments and their components with special emphasis on product quality control, calibration and validation, production monitoring and reporting Supporting the operations of existing data processing ground segments and their maintenance and evolution. This will also include Upgrading software, including implementing and maintaining new algorithms for product quality control and calibrationvalidation activities Performing routine tasks in operational systems under configuration control such as Supporting the Configuration Management process and the building and distribution of software releases and patches Supporting to the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, and configuration and testing Anomaly investigations, documentation and classification. Follow up of the delivery of SW resolutions for these anomalies Performing standard SW engineering activities such as SW testing in a structured approach to verify that delivered SW is fulfilling the requirements or to demonstrate that problems have been corrected SW integration and verification in the EUMETSAT ground segments Settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures Supporting to the procurement and installation of software, and the coordination with external providers of support services Participating in meetings and formal reviews Skills and Experience You must possess the following skills and experience University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline Fluency in English Experience in system design, SW development, operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of large complex realtime data processing systems for meteorological satellites Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the following areas is mandatory Experience of operating and maintaining software systems in a UNIX based environment specifically LINUX and AIX CC programming language experience in a UNIX based environment Use of and application programming of database systems in particular ORACLE, INFORMIX, PostgreSQL and MySQL Competence in the use of scripting languages e.g., shell scripting and highlevel languages e.g., Python, Java Knowledge of web technologies, programming and markup languages e.g. Apache, CGI, JavaScript, UML Competence in SW testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation Very good communication, presentation and team working skills Ability to cope with very high workloads, to adapt to a rapidly changing, often stressful environment and retain a system overview Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and to demonstrate good analytical skills The following skills would be highly desirable. Experience in system design for quality control and calval systems Experience with operational Earth Observation science data processing Knowledge of Data visualisation tools, e.g. IDL, ENVI Familiarity with data formats used for meteorological satellite products Experience in using Python libraries and tools, such as Matplotlib, NumPy, Django and accessing sql databases from Python Knowledge of relevant Standards, Quality Assurance and Configuration Management principles and applications Very good technical writing skills, in particular in the area of formal technical documentation, e.g. design documentation, test procedures, maintenance procedures Competence in the exploitation of modern hardware and operating systems at the application level e.g., multithreading, parallel programming e.g. MPI, OpenMP, virtualization Competence in objectoriented software design and implementation in the context of satellite instrument data processing systems How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 2242014. We look forward to hearing from you!
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