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Lightning Imager Support Consultancy
2013-09-03 16:35:35| 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 In general, the tasks of this Key Personwill be towards the provision of support to the LI product development within EUMETSATs Remote Sensing and Products Division RSP. Within RSP, the Key Person will work in the team of the Atmospheric and imaging Applications AIA in the group responsible for the scientific product development. It is expected that the tasks of the Key Person will include support to the MTG programme for the LI instrument in the following areas Development and evaluation of appropriate filtering techniques Development of a reference processor for LI, from Level 0 to Level 2 with emphasis on filtering false events in the Level 0 data to optimise detection efficiency Provision of an Algorithm Theoretical baseline Document ATBD for the LI processing Conducting external studies and analysing study results. As lightning and convective activity in the atmosphere are closely related, the Key Person will be required to support activities concerning specific cloud products obtained from the optical imaging instrument onboard MTG Flexible Combined Imager, FCI. This includes Support for the utilisation of EUMETSAT cloud products, in severe storm situations Support of the development of advanced cloud models for use in remote sensing using passive VIS IR measurements, e.g. through literature studies Obtaining, classifying and analysis of validation data, e.g. the ATrain satellite observations see httpatrain.nasa.gov, for the EUMETSAT cloud products. Profile The Key Person shall have, as a prerequisite, a university degree or comparable qualifications in Meteorology, Atmospheric Physics or related subjects, and a demonstrated experience in the area of satellite meteorology or satellite data processing. Furthermore, at least 3 years experience in software development in a Linux or Unix environment is required, together with at least 3 years experience in CC, preferably also in Fortran90. Knowledge on lightning processes, lightning detection systems ground or space based and on the general atmospheric processes in convective situations would be a distinct advantage. Furthermore, experience with graphics packages like IDL or Matlab would be a distinct advantage. The Key Person is required to have the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision. The Key Person shall also possess good interpersonal skills. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the Key Person must be able to work effectively and have good writing skills in this language. Location Darmstadt, Germany Application deadline 16102013 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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