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Earth Observation Application Support Engineer
2013-10-29 17:36:52| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our main customers, ESAHarwell, located in Oxfordshire in the UK, we are currently looking for an Earth Observation Application Support Engineer for the ESA Climate Office, Science, Applications and Future Technologies Department in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programme. Tasks and Responsibilities You will report to the Head of the ESA Climate Office and will be leading the management of activities related to climate datainformation quality assurance in relation to the climate data products, standards, algorithm validation and long term preservation. the definition of the CCI Data Access needs, both FCDRs and ECVs, in terms of services Coordinated Interface, CoreInfrastructure, Analysis and Reporting, and Quality Control the analysis, definition, initiation and management of industrial activities, associated to the Distribution of the Earth Observation data from the GMECV programme and the Climate Scientific User Community acquire, archive, document and make available in CMIP5 CCI products. This includes maintaining both the standards and protocols, filenaming conventions, data formats etc already agreed between the CCI teams and the development of CFsatellite convention definition and development of the CCI Data Portal, a dedicated web portal setup to provide a single point of access for all CCI data products definition and development of the CCI Tool Box, incorporating generic functions applicable to all ECV data products will be implemented, in order to simplify analysis of multiple ECVs in parallel support the development of climate services, especially international and intergovernmental public sector markets, including climate data visualisation. Experience and Education Applicants should have a university degree or equivalent qualification in physics, engineering or a relevant Earth sciences discipline. You should also have the following extensive professional experience on product definition, calibration, validation, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data, particularly ESA missions an established profile of dialoguing with EO research communities in disciplines relevant for climate you should be strongly selfmotivated, resultsoriented, possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work effectively within ESA teams and in international cooperation The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these two languages is required. Knowledge of another member state language is an asset. A minimum of 5 years working experience in the space industry. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace, High Tech and Offshore industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. Interested? Submit your CV and personal details through our website or send your application directly to recruitmentatgeurope.com. We encourage you to submit your CV in the Europass format. Click here to create a Europass CV.
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