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Meteorological Product Operations Engineer
2015-05-07 12:12:32| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are currently in search of support for the following project. This position is available on a permanent basis. POSITION ID 2445 Role Function Meteorological Product Operations Engineer in Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START 01 September 2015 PERIOD 2 years 2 options for extension, each option stands for 1 year LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Science CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 16 June 2015 MUSTHAVE SKILLS MANDATORY In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years experience of the operational use and quality control of satellite or meteorological data. Specifically, the consultant shall have experience in the following areas Verification of operational product processing systems Configuration control of software and data Programming in C, C and Fortran Production monitoring and reporting Quality control of satellite data and products Utilisation of products from meteorological satellites Calibration and validation of satellite products NICETOHAVE SKILLS CONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE Knowledge and experience in the following areas will be an advantage Experience in the use of image processing software such as IDL or ENVI in a UNIX environment Experience in the quality control of NOAA polar satellite data, meteorological observations and Numerical Weather Prediction data Knowledge of and experience with EPS missions and instruments Experience with work under UNIXLinux operating systems Experience in the use of Scripting Languages e.g. Perl, Python, shell The consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and structured manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with a minimum of supervision. TASKS The tasks of the Consultant will generally include Extracting relevant information from the ATOVSAVHRR EPS processing chains and Cal Val Facility CVF to perform regular production and quality monitoring reports. The reporting intervals are daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly Performing offline analysis of product quality Implementing new or revised products into the operational product processing chains Working on improvements of the existing product quality Maintaining contact with users to obtain their feedback on product service quality Elaborating, tracking and publishing service level quality indicators Reporting anomalies in product services, contributing to their diagnosis and tracking their resolution Supporting validation of new and improved products, and the compilation of the relevant product validation reports.
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Category:Transportation and Logistics