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Mission Analysis and Payload Planning System Engineer
2016-08-01 19:06:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Mission Analysis and Payload Planning System Engineer. Main responsibilities You will interact freely with any member of the following institutions involved in science operations work All missions science operations centres and science ground segments teams External elements of the science ground segments if required, under the supervision of the ESA internal part of the science ground segments ESAC Computer Support Group MAPPS TEC team at ESTEC Mission Planning Working groups internal or external as requested. Furthermore you will have the following tasks and responsibilities System engineering and architectural design activities, including operating plans and procedures Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining software tools and systems, e.g. Observation proposal handling, mission planning and quicklook systems, parts of which may be distributed to the community User support tools Interactive analysis and calibration systems, to be distributed as needed to the community for data reduction and analysis Data processing pipelines Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the virtual observatory Scientific and technical WWW systems to support Science Operations Centre, Science Ground Segment and the scientific community. Implementation of new MAPPS features, in the area of the Graphical User Interface, and in backend processing software Building compelling, interactive visualizations timelines, maps, geometrical data, statistics, etc.. and user interfaces Participate in all phases of development specification, design, development, bug fixing, testing, and documentation according to the ESA software engineering processes. Ideal candidate Requirements You should bring a Master Degree in a relevant discipline, at least 4 years of working experience and the following Extensive experience with objectoriented programming and relative design patterns Recent experience in C development 2 years Extensive experience in designing and producing meaningful, effective interactive customized data visualization and Graphical User Interfaces GUI Experience in language tools for memory debugging, memory leak detection and profiling General knowledge on commonly used bug reporting systems e.g. JIRA and software versioning systems e.g. GIT Experience with the Windows and Linux operating systems Knowledge is required in system and software engineering practices Knowledge in the corresponding software development language, database systems Knowledge is required in ECSS standards for software development. The following would be considered as an advantage Experience in other programming languages, such as Java, C, Python Experience in developing web applications Experience with the Qt toolkit or any comparable C based GUI toolkits Knowledge of spacecraft systems engineering Experience in modelling and simulation of spacecraft systems. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU EEA nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu
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