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Software AIV Engineer
2015-07-17 12:03:51| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
SCISYS provides professional engineering and consultancy services to spacecraft operators and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving other ESA sites, the German Space Operations Centre and the Galileo Control Centre. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. Tasks The SCISYS Space Division seeks a versatile, enthusiastic and knowledgeable engineer to be part of the team responsible for the Assembly, Integration and Validation AIV activities for two ground control segment elements of the Galileo satellite constellation. The first assignment involves performing a customer facing onsite role for the Galileo mission. The role is strategically important for SCISYS business and will allow the successful candidate to progress their career within the company. The OPF is the Operations Preparation Facility which is the element responsible for providing an environment to the satellite operators for developing and maintaining operations configuration data, including spacecraft databases, procedures, planning and flight dynamics databases. The SCPF is the Spacecraft Constellation Planning Facility which is the element responsible for scheduling contacts between for the constellation of satellites and the ground stations. The job will be based across a number of sites in Europe to provide full time support of AIV activities. The role involves working both independently and as part of a team to perform Installation of software on the target environment Preparationdevelopment of test procedures Supporting acceptance campaigns including the execution of test procedures Reporting and writing all AIV documentation related to SCPF and OPF Analysing anomalies, providing the first line of investigation Providing support to users and support for operations Essential skills The successful candidate will have a software engineering background with experience in AIV activities. Experience with writing and executing tests is essential. The project standards must be adhered to and therefore an understanding of good software standards are required and an ability to work within project guidelines. The role will be customer facing, so the candidate must be fluent in English and confident in their role representing the company and interfacing with the customer and operators. As the role will include support in several European countries the candidate must be eligible to work across Europe and have a willingness to travel regularly. It will be necessary to obtain Security Clearance for some aspects of the project. Desirable skills Linux The software is predominantly a Linux based solution, so an understanding of the Linux command interface would be useful, together with scripting knowledge e.g. perl and shell scripts. Requirements Engineering Tests will predominantly be for requirements verification, so an understanding of requirements engineering Languages As the role will include travel to Germany and Italy, a conversational ability in those languages may be beneficial, although not essential. Having prior experience of the Galileo mission is not a prerequisite for this position but can be an advantage. Any other information e.g. dual location, special security clearance, foreign languages Eligible to work in the UK, Germany and Italy Security Clearance may be required Willing to travel regularly between Fucino, Italy, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, and Portsmouth, UK When applying for this role, your details will be entered into a database for sole use by SCISYS.
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