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System and Software Engineer LISA Pathfinder SCJ 2700
2013-07-19 18:36:09| 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 system engineering Define and maintain the toplevel system design of the Science Operations Ground Segment in the different mission phases Support the definition of the interfaces between the STOC and the MOC and the writing maintenance of the STOCMOC ICD Define the interfaces between the STOC and the LTP DRS and write the STOCLTP and STOC DRS ICDs Write the STOC Operations Plans Write the STOC Operations Procedures b STOC SW development Monitor the development of the software modules e.g. Mission Planning, Data Ingestion, Simulator, Be responsible of the installation of these tools and their configuration control at STOC Perform their acceptance tests. c STOC integration Ground Segment Tests The Operations Engineer will provide service support for the definition, preparation and execution of the STOC integration tests, the Ground Segment tests SOVTs and the STOC Simulations Prepare test plans, test data and procedures to applied during these tests 2. Activities during the operational phase a STOC System Engineering Maintenance of the interfaces between the STOC and the MOC, LTP DRS and their relevant ICDs Maintenance of the STOC Operations Plans Maintenance of the STOC Operations Procedures b STOC operational duties 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 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 being responsible 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 Good Knowledge and understanding of SCOS Database Experience Experience in satellite payload operations Software skills JAVA, MATLAB, Perl and C Essential Skills The selected contractor must have good interpersonal and communication skills to interact with a number of external people Desirable Skills Operations of scientific satellites and in particular of LISA Pathfinder or its payload would be an asset 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 5th August 2013. Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid. Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including holiday 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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