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Gaia Science Operations Support
2013-01-22 17:38:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Gaia Science Operations Support, based at European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain Applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU nationals. For our activities in the European Space Agency, we are currently seeking to employ a highly motivated and enthusiastic Space Science Data AnalysisAstronomer to support the Gaia mission. The mission is planning to map to microarcsecond accuracy 1 of the stellar population of our galaxy that is around one thousand million objects. Each object will be seen about 100 times over the fiveyear mission. The data reduction of the 100 Terabytes of downlinked data is estimated to require a Petabyte storage system. The processing will be community wide effort performed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC in which ESAC plays a coordination role. The ESAC team is forming Gaias Science Operations Centre SOC and is heavily involved in DPAC especially in the overall architecture and the core processing. The core processing includes initial data treatment and the Astrometric Global Iterative Solution AGIS to solve for the many unknown astrometric parameters. The processing is distributed over five locations and ESAC will form the hub for data exchange via the Main Database. This main database will form the input for all processing and will be augmented with the output of all processing to arrive at a new version. The production of processing software for Gaia has started and will continue through operations to final catalogue production in 2019. The SOC maintains core software as well as receiving packages from external entities to be integrated and run in SOC. Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree, minimum MSc, or equivalent, in computer science or related fields with a educational, or workacquired knowledge, background of astronomyphysics and standard numerical methods and techniques would be a strong asset Task to be carried out on the core systems provided by SOC, including the Main Database and Gaia Tools, these are large bodies of code and the successful candidate will be required to quickly come to grasp with the code base and implement big fixes and enhancements. Essential Skills The chosen language for the Gaia Core processing is Java, therefore the successful candidates must possess strong Java skills. Knowledge and experience in at least some of the following is essential Large DBMS, Distributed processing, Numerical and statistical techniques. Experience working with large data volumes, ICDs, data dictionaries would be an asset Ability and aware of required documentation for a large project Specific knowledge is required in the following areas ECSS standards for software development JDK 1.7 RMI Generics OO design Distributed processing Numerical programming in Java JUnit Eclipse Ant JDBC DBMS interaction Subversion Large Databasesdata processing 1TB Desirable Skills A scientific background is a strong advantage LaTeX About Serco Serco is amongst the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies and has a global heritage in the Space business, operating for 35 years across 3 continents. Serco has a longstanding understanding of the space market and a worldwide client base providing operational and engineering support across International Organisations, Government Agencies, Defence, Industrial Partnerships and related Scientific Institutions. With over 1100 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of qualifications and skills, it is our track record in such a wide range of market sectors and geographies that allows us to share best practice, expertise and innovation in our business solutions today. Serco Europe employees have provided their skilled competence for various European space missions since the inception of a coordinated European space organisation. Our ongoing commitments within the industry cover Earth Observation, Meteorological Services, Space Science, Technology, Telecommunications and Human Spaceflight, as both an integrated services and managed space resources provider. At the heart of our approach is the recognition that a good business depends on good people. We ensure that we continue to have the people and expertise that we need to face both the challenges of today and those of tomorrow our people are our key assets. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid38937 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Gaia Science Operations Support Reference RTCSRE022 Application closing date 14022013 Start date ASAP Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process Register with Serco eRecruitment for automatic email alerts for new opportunities httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope
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