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2013-06-21 10:36:03| 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 Engineers from the Satellite Industry for a full time position based in the area of Darmstadt. Description As a member of the Data Centre Operations Team in the User Support and Climate Services Division, the general task of the Consultant will be the provision of advice and engineering support to the Data Centre Operations Manager in all aspects of work associated with the MTG Programme related to the Operation of the EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive and associated data services. Major tasks of the Consultant will be to provide requirements, documentation and support which are necessary for the required evolutions of the Archive and the related ondemand data access services. The Consultant shall be responsible for the following tasks Support MTG programme reviews with the view to assess their impact on the ondemand Data Access System, which comprises the EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive and other related ondemand User data services where archived data is provided. Support the translation of the MTG Programme user requirements into detail system requirements of the ondemand data access services. Provide support to the MTG Development Programme covering all aspects of the User Support and Climate Services Division. Contribute to the preparation of the MTG Validation and Verification VV activities and commissioning in respect to the data access system. This includes validation of Output formats and performance assessments of the system. Contribute to the definition and enhancement of the end user interfaces for the ondemand data access services, e.g. data access interfaces, delivery mechanisms, product visualisation. Enhance and automate the reporting of the Data Centre usage to provide regular and configurable reports of current and future data holdings. Support the Climate Data Processing and Satellite Intercalibration activities of the Division and in EUMETSAT by extracting relevant and available metadata from the Archive and making them accessible to users via Web Technologies. Represent the User Support and Climate Services Division in relevant meetings and workshops. Liaise with the EUMETSAT Format Advisory Group on proposed MTG related delivery formats. Profile In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Science discipline, the Consultant shall have as a prerequisite a demonstrated experience of at least three years in the field of Meteorological Satellite product handling with exposure to UserSystem requirements definition and validation in a satellite data environment. Knowledge and experience of the following is mandatory A minimum of three years in the field of Earth Observation EO data or metadata handling A minimum of three years experience working with Web Technologies e.g. Java GWT, JQuery etc. Handson experience in shell scripting Experience in the definition validation of system and user requirements Experience in writing test plans and related documentation for validation of the developed systems for operations Ability to translate EO Data Access related requirements into detail system requirements Knowledge and experience in the following areas would be considered an advantage Experience with the Meteorological Climate Research User Community Experience of EO data formats e.g., NetCDF, HDF5, BUFR, etc and visualisation of these formats. Knowledge of OGC standards and Web Map Services Geographical Information Systems Knowledge of XML technologies for the definition of data format representation Knowledge of meta data standards Knowledge of SQL for extracting Database Information Experience of software testing tools Knowledge of the requirements management tool DOORS Presentation skills for presenting proposed concepts, development status, and results to expert and nonexpert audiences The variety of tasks to be supported requires a high degree of autonomy, good analytical skills and good communication skills. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the consultant must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. Location Darmstadt, Germany Application deadline 08082013 If you are interested, please send your WORD EUROPASS format CV as well as a Cover Letter to Lena Englander, Recruitment Manager to 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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