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Ocean Colour Scientist
2015-03-19 12:06:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public services, including science and defence. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for an Ocean Colour Scientist. Tasks and Responsibilities The activities will include scientific and engineering aspects related to the scientific support to both Sentinel3 OLCI Levell TOA Radiance products and Level2 Ocean Colour products. This will include contributions to the scientific development, maintenance, Levell and Level2 processors, instrument calibration, algorithm and product validation, verification, routine monitoring and offline analysis of Levell and Level2 OLCI marine data products in support of the Copernicus Sentinel3 marine mission. The requested support is for the Sentinel3 OLCI Ocean Colour product chains nevertheless, assistance with other marine activities may be required. EUMETSA T disseminates Ocean Colour Third Party Data to Copernicus Marine Services and is in the process of developing OCrelated products from its own mandatory missions. The OLCI CalNal activities will require intercomparisons with Third Party Ocean Colour data sets. The tasks and responsibilities will include Support to validation and verification of Level2 Ocean Colour algorithms and Level2 and Level3 products Support to OLCI instrument characterization and calibration and to verification of Levell products Support to the scientific and engineering development of calibration and validation methods as well as implementation of new tools and utilisation of existing tools Support to the development of new tools for product processing monitoring and utilisation of existing tools Investigation of anomalies and issues related to Level 1 and Level 2 product quality Support to the setup and operation of product quality monitoring and reporting tools Contribution to the analysis, assessment and maintenance of LlL2 Ocean Colour satellite data processors and algorithms Contribution to scientific development of algorithms to support CaiN al activities Contribution to the execution of scientific support studies. The Key Person will work in a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support to the Copernicus Sentinel3 Operations Team and will be a member of the oceanography team of experts and scientists of the RSPMASection of the TSS Department. The support will involve crossdivisional interactions and interface with experts in various disciplines system engineering, instruments, operations, science, as well as CaiN al experts outside of EUMETSAT. The Key Person will work at EUMETSAT Headquarters, located in Darmstadt, Germany Requirements Essentials Scientific support consultancy is sought mainly in the areas of optical imaging for oceanography products, in particular for Ocean Colour products. The consultant shall have the following mandatory experience and background University degree in remote sensing, oceanography, physics, or equivalent Good interpersonal skills in support of team work A 5 year or longer experience with satellite Ocean Colour Handson experience with the calibration and the validation of remote sensing products Hands on experience with the development of calibration and product validation methods and tools Familiarity with the precursor to the Sentinel3 Ocean Colour mission Experience with operational satellite data processing Mandatory 5 years of scientific programming skills C, IDLPVWAVE and ENVI or equivalent Skills in writing technical and scientific documents Familiarity with Linux programming environment and Microsoft Office. Fluency in English is mandatory as this is the working language at EUMETSAT. The consultant must be able to work effectively in this language. Desirables The following experience would be highly desirable Experience with calibration and characterization of Ocean Colour instruments and with calibration validation Experience in the development and validation of Ocean Colour data processing Experience with the development of product monitoring tools Experience with large data sets. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU 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. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in our corporate careers website httpwww.serco.comcareersindex.asp If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Ocean Colour Scientist Reference G015054EUM Application closing date 09.04.2015 Start date 01.06.2015 If you are not yet registered with Serco we advise you to register your details by adding your details and attaching your CV via httpswww.amris.comsercoalertssignupform.php For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope For additional information about EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int
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