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Copernicus Altimeter Data Processing Expert
2016-05-03 16:06:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us 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. We are looking for a Copernicus Altimeter Data Processing Expert to work at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Tasks As part of its Copernicus delegated responsibilities EUMETSAT will deliver operational data services for Jason3 and Sentinel3 Marine altimetry products. Components of such services include operational processing in near real time and offline, quality monitoring, calibrationvalidation and continuous improvement as well as implementation of new services based on user requirements. The mission of the Remote Sensing and Products Division within the Technical and Scientific Support TSS Department of EUMETSAT is to make available the scientific expertise required to establish user requirements and future EUMETSAT satellite systems, and to develop, implement, validate and evolve operational observational products from EUMETSAT and agreed third party satellites. The Consultant will be a member of the Altimetry team in the Marine Applications section of the Remote Sensing and Products division. The tasks of the Altimeter Products Expert will typically include Supporting the transition of Jason3 and Sentinel3A from the commissioning to routine operations phase Contribution to altimetry calval and quality control activities Analysis and correction of anomalies in the altimeter processing chains Supporting the commissioning and calval of Sentinel3B Specification and proto typing of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains Contributing to operational processor operation and maintenance activities Specification, implementation and evolution of operational quality monitoring tools Specification, implementation and evolution of product performance monitoring and reporting tools Maintenance and evolution of preprocessing and postprocessing elements. Essential requirements In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Consultant shall have, as a prerequisite a demonstrated experience in the development, implementation, and operation of altimeter products processing systems. This experience shall include at least five years in the following Algorithm development for operational Earth Observation missions Operational scientific data processing implementations. Scientific coding on Unixbased platforms inC, C, or Fortran Detailed knowledge of established altimeters, e.g. ERS112 RA, Envisat RA2, CryoSat SIRAL, SARALAltiKa, Jason12, etc. knowledge of DelayDoppler Synthetic Aperture Radar altimetry techniques would be an advantage Desirable requirements It would be advantage to have some experience of the following Processing, analysis, and calval of altimeter data Interfacing with scientific organisations and user communities. Large, complex processing systems with stringent timeliness and availability requirements. Other Information Start date is August 2016 Fluency in English is mandatory. Travel within Europe will be necessary to follow the Copernicus activities. To apply online please visit www.scisys.despacejobs
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