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System Software Engineer LISA Pathfinder SCJ 2814
2014-08-12 16:41:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary To support the Science and Technology Operations Centre of the Lisa Pathfinder mission, a technology demonstrator for the LISA mission. Objective The Science and Technology Operations Centre STOC is the point of interface to the scientific community, and is responsible for the payload scheduling, quicklook data analysis, data processing and archiving. The engineer will be developing this infrastructure. Responsibilities Duties 1. Activities during the development phase a STOC Operations preparation The service to be provided by the Operations Engineer will entail supporting the final preparation of the STOC for operations.This includes Support the generation of the detailed payload operations Support the validation of the payload activities using simulators Support the writing of the STOC Operations Plans and Procedures b STOC SW development The Operations Engineer will support the installation of the STOC software modules e.g. Mission Planning, Data Ingestion, Simulator in their operational environment at STOC, their configuration control and their acceptance tests. c STOC integration Ground Segment Tests The Operations Engineer will provide service support for the definition, preparation and execution of i the STOC integration tests, ii the Ground Segment tests SOVTs and iii the STOC Simulations. This includes Prepare test plans, test data and procedures to applied during these tests Participate in the tests, the debriefings and write the necessary test reports and raise SPRs as well as nonconformance reports as appropriate 2. Activities during the operational phase a STOC operational duties The Operations Engineer will be responsible for providing a service to a number of operational duties. This includes Generate the operational payload mission planning files to be sent to the MOC Monitor the data ingestion tasks that will receive the telemetry and auxiliary data from MOCs Data Disposition System Support the data archiving tasks that will populate the archive Support the investigation of payload anomalies and the implementation of the recovery b STOC offline support activities The Operations Engineer will support the maintenance of the STOC facilities during operations. This includes Maintenance of the STOC operational databases e.g. payload telecommand sequences, payload activities Maintenance of the STOC Operations Plans and Procedures c STOC SW maintenance The service provided by the Operations Engineer will cover the monitoring of the maintenance of the software modules and provide to the developers the priorities for the resolution of the software problems as seen from the users side. The service provided by the Operations Engineer will cover the support for the installation of these tools and their configuration control at STOC. Qualifications Experience University degree or equivalent in a related field Experience needed in the development, testing and operations of a scientific operations centre or a similar system Experience in satellite payload operations Essential Skills The selected engineer must have good interpersonal and communication skills Be comfortable in an international working environment Be willing to travel During the operational phase of the mission extensive stays at ESOC Darmstadt, Germany may be needed. Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Closing Date for applications is Monday 25th August 2014 Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid. Benefits Competitive package Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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