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Flight Dynamics Software Engineering Support
2016-05-02 18:07:37| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
POSITION ID GSE2820 Role Function Flight Dynamics Software Engineering Supportin Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START ASAP PERIOD 1 year 3 options for extension, each option stands for 1 year LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Science WORKING LANGUAGE English French is advantageous DEADLINE 20 May 2016 MUSTHAVE SKILLS MANDATORY In addition to having a university degree in a relevant engineering discipline, the consultant shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of software development. The Consultant shall have skills and experience in software development with the following mandatory areas Domain Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in the definition, development and maintenance of Flight Dynamics software applications mainly oriented to GEO missions Experience with support to Operations for GEO satellite Flight Dynamics Systems showing a sufficient understanding of Flight Dynamics principles e.g. Orbit determination, Orbit maintenance, Fuel estimation, etc .. Good knowledge and understanding with working experience evidence of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS related to spacetoground interfaces. System Development Maintenance Skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years in software development and maintenance following formal software lifecycle processes resulting in multiple customer deliveries covering production of requirements, design engineering artefacts and implementation reflecting corrective and evolution software maintenance activities as well as new applications definition Extensive experience minimum 5 years in verification and validation process and experience of supporting testing campaigns and related activities test procedure generation, nonregression testing, requirements verification and validation Experience in being the technical point of contact for customers and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Extensive experience minimum 5 years designing and developing software components and applications using FORTRAN, C and Java Experience with formal software development on Windows platforms using the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE Experience with development using SQL and relational database management systems Documentation and Configuration Management Skills Good knowledge of MS Office Suite applications and experience with Documentation Management systems Experience in using Configuration Management and Anomaly Reporting and Tacking tools. NICETOHAVE SKILLS CONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE IT would be a distinct advantage for the consultant to have experience with some of the following optional skills Domain Skills Experience with software development and maintenance of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems and Tools based on the ESAIESOC NAPEOS Navigation Package for Earth Observation Satellite Experience in integration with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAIESOC. System Development Maintenance Skills Software support to users and in general to the Flight Control Teams Work experience in a 247 operational environment characterised by high availability needs. This includes experience with oncall support to operational systems. Software, Technologies and Engineering skills Experience in software development using the HewlettPackard Visual FORTRAN IDE plugin Experience with scripting languages e.g. Python, PHP, Unix Shell scripts, etc ... Experience programming with XML. Due to the variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported, the Consultant shall be able to quickly adapt to changes in assignments, manage his tasks in an efficient way demonstrating high degree of independence and autonomy, excellent analytical skills, effectiveness within a small team, good presentation and communication skills. The Consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, encouraging a friendly and cooperative working environment, demonstrating capabilities in applying principles, accept criticism and being open to discussing and share solutions with other. Moreover is expected to actively participate, as required by the Team Leader, in technical meetings andor periodic reviews and activity assessments. The official languages of company are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore, consultants must be able to work effectively in this language and have an acceptable knowledge of the other. TASKS The Consultant shall support software development and maintenance of the Flight Dynamics Systems following formal processes and methodologies. The development cycle includes the typical phases requirements, design, development, testing with formal procedures related to configuration control, verification against the software requirements and rollout into operations. Development ranges in a mixed multiplatform environment, from fixing problems and engineering changes, technical support to the continuous operation of the system, including analysis, investigationresolution and production of the appropriate documentation. Main duties include Maintenance and Evolution activities Software development using FORTRAN, C and Java engineered in Windows and Unix environments, interacting with Commercial Off The Shelf COTS products Preventive maintenance Support to the 247 smooth running of facility software applications and their operating systems and in the case of anomalies affecting operations, identifying and applying appropriate first line corrective actions ensuring that in the case of problems with applications, operating systems or COTS, that the operational configuration can be restored Corrective maintenance Investigation into relevant anomalies and solutions, their documentation and classification, with suitable, followup of software updates delivery Evolutive maintenance Analysis of userdriven requirements, generation of software requirements, design, implementation and verificationtesting activities Verificationtesting activities Generation of verificationtest procedures and delivery documentation, participation in verification and regression testing activities at unit and system level, participation in factory acceptance testing campaigns and execution of onsite verification testing at integration level System upgrades Analysis, planning and management of application, operating system and COTS upgrades and reconfigurations, taking into account any compatibility issues Definition and management of technical documentation and procedures in support of these activities.
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