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Software Engineer for Interplanetary Mission Ground System Support fm
2013-02-28 15:38:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites, ESO, Columbus Control Centre, the German Galileo Control Centre 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 innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. We are looking to recruit a Software Engineer for Interplanetary Mission Ground System Support fm for our Darmstadt office in Germany. The position involves working with a team of engineers developing and maintaining SCOS2000 based Satellite Mission Control Systems. Tasks This position is ideal for a person who has a passion for working in the space industry as the successful candidate will join our team supporting the mission control software systems for Rosetta, Mars Express and Venus Express. This means the candidate will play a key role in the team for Rosettas comet rendezvous in 2014 and will be contributing to three of the European Space Agencys most successful and long running interplanetary missions. The tasks of the position include Design, development, testing, installation, support and maintenance of ground data and control software for space missions Participate in our internal research development activities for Ground Data Systems Customer support and interaction with the operators of operational spacecraft. In the first instance this will focus on ESOC but may expand to our other clients throughout Europe Contribute to a fresh technical knowhow and discussion of the latest software engineering trends and developments Shaping technical solutions and contributing to proposals for future work Working closely with the team to deliver a high quality service to the client For the position in our Darmstadt team we seek the following essential items Knowledge of SCOS2000 or other ESOC ground segment software A university degree or equivalent qualification in computer science, software engineering, science, engineering or a relevant discipline involving programming and computing Knowledge and experience of C programming gained on UNIXLINUX Knowledge and experience of object orientated design methods Knowledge and experience of UNIXLINUX Knowledge of UNIXLINUX shell scripting languages Knowledge of Networking Good spoken and written English Proven ability to learn quickly and solve problems independently Some project management andor team leadership experience Experience of customer facing communication The following would be an asset Knowledge of another programming language Knowledge of databases Knowledge of a modern scripting language Knowledge of UML, XML or TclTk Additional Information Must be an EU national or possess a valid German Work Residence Permit Occasional provision of oncall support to the missions during critical phases, such as a satellite launch Starting date is as soon as possible To guarantee that your application is processed, please apply via our website httpwww.scisys.dewhereweworkspacecareersspacejobs.html
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