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MultiSensor Aerosol Product Implementation Engineer MF
2013-02-20 09:36:30| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. The mission The tasks of the Consultant will include Update, maintenance and verification of an operational processor for multisensor satellite retrievals of aerosol optical properties from Metop data based on preexisting prototype versions and or processor specifications Integrating the operational processor into the operational product processing chain of the EPS ground segment Developing operational continuous functional, performance and quality monitoring processes to be implemented in the EPS operational monitoring system Deriving relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring in the EPS operational monitoring system Performing offline analysis of processor performance and product quality Supporting the validation of aerosol products from EPS and the compilation of the relevant product validation reports Contributing to the update of the product specification and algorithm specification for multisensor satellite retrievals of aerosol optical properties from Metop Reporting anomalies in aerosol product services, contribute to their diagnosis and track their resolution Profile 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 development and implementation of software for operational processing of satellite or meteorological data. The Consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years work experience in UNIX application development and testing in C and C. Experience in scientific processing in general and the Fortran programming language would be a distinct advantage. Specifically, the Consultant shall have experience in Quality control of satellite data and products Operational product processing environments Software build environments and tools e.g. make, imake, eclipse, insure Source code control system, e.g. Subversion or CVS Experience and skills in working in projects and environments characterised by a diversity of stakeholders. English oral and written is mandatory. The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Inverse modelling of atmospheric composition using vector radiative transfer models Aerosol optical properties retrieval from satellite data Calibration and validation of satellite products Knowledge of the EPS missions and instruments Java programming Experience with Scripting languages e.g. Python, Perl, TclTk, shell Production monitoring and reporting. To apply, please send your CV to FranoisXavier LAFFONT francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with CC to recrutementcs.fr with the job reference.
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