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2020-04-24 11:12:29| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are the first choice European aerospace company for softwarecentric engineering solutions. We combine 40 years of experience in a market, where trust and quality are needed. With more than 350 employees in Germany, we shape the future of aerospace and beyond together. Our staff plays a key role in our success through their qualifications, motivation, passion, different cultural backgrounds and their sense of collaboration in an open international environment living our values trust, integrity, participation, color, and curiosity. We are committed to crafting a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We offer a wealth of benefits to support a balanced worklife balance, including but not limited to mobile working and encouraging career development. The Position Climate change is affecting our life more and more, therefore not only weather forecasting but also Earth Observation are facing new challenges. New needs for higher temporal, spatial and spectral resolution, new instruments, all this becomes reality with the Earth observing missions operated by our customer EUMETSAT in 2021. For our team onsite EUMETSAT, we are looking for a Meteorologist Atmospheric Physicist to support the development of aerosol and cloud products for future and current missions of EUMETSAT. These are the Meteosat Third Generation MTG, the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation EPSSG programs as well as the Sentinel3 Copernicus program. This position is based at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt. It is fulltime and permanent and expected starting date will be around July 2020. We are looking forward to meeting you! ResponsibilitiesDuties Your principal task will be the continuous development of geophysical products level 2 in the Technical Computing Environment TCE supporting the Remote Sensing and Product Division. In the TCE facility different cloud and aerosol products are prototyped in order to prepare the operational implementation on ground segments where they will be continuously generated and disseminated in near real time to the user community. You will be primarily in charge of the software that generates the aerosol retrieval from the simultaneous Surface and Aerosol Retrieval approach SAR. One of these technics the GRASP has to be implemented to support testing and adaptation for future operations. Additionally a strong involvement in the general work on aerosol processors and products of the Sentinel3 mission will fulfill your daily work. Just to list the general task within the Cloud and Aerosol team Algorithm installation and testing, Algorithm software anomaly investigation and correction, Operation of scientific validation tools to support the analysis, Design and implementation of algorithm enhancements improvements, Analyses of new product algorithms and updates, Development of tools in support of product monitoring, product analysis, and validation testing. QualificationsExperience What are we looking for? Maybe for you, with at least a University degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Physics or related subjects. With your 3 years of experience in of processing satellite or meteorological data. Of course, you are easily understanding the relating physics processes in such satellite instruments. Essential Skills You are daily working with Python in a LinuxUnix environment and the latest software development tools and methods are your daily business. We dont have to tell you about NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and other libraries. You have already gained a lot of experience with representing scientific data for Earth Observation application with Python. Furthermore, you have proven experience in the design, implementation, and testing of complex scientific algorithm software CC and Fortran in a UNIX environment. Teamwork and ones own initiative is what you enjoy Capable of working both individually and independently on assigned responsibilities, while you are part of the system team. We are of course looking for good interpersonal and communication skills! Desirable Skills Ideally, you know already a lot about the area of Aerosol andor Cloud extraction from satellite imagery, image processing algorithms, operational data processing. Experience on the EUMETSAT developments or facilities is more than welcome! Further Details Requirements Europass CV and certificates Your Benefits of joining us By joining the Telespazio family, you will enjoy all the benefits of a competitive salary in a sustainable work environment, flexible working time models, diverse advancement and training possibilities for technical, language and soft skills, a generous holiday package as well as a company pension scheme. Furthermore, we support you with your relocation. Through our wide network, we can also support your partner in finding a job at your new work location. Application Are you equally passionate about our visions and dreams? Wed love to hear from you today and send us your application! Your HR Contact for this position is Melanie Giesche.
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