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Engineering Support on Cold Atom Interferometry for Future Missions at ESTEC
2015-05-11 05:04:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of Earth Observation. Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service. Overview The candidate shall provide engineering support within the Future Missions Division EOPSF of ESAs EOP Directorate. Previous EO missions such as GRACE, CHAMP and GOCE have successfully made precise gravity field measurements and improved our knowledge of the geoid, but future followon mission concepts such as GRACE 2 or ESAs Next Generation Gravity Mission are pushing electrostatic gravity gradiometers to their performance limits. Atomic quantum sensors have the potential to drastically increase the performance of inertial measurements. Recent lab results show that it is possible to build a reliable system for the use of atom interferometry on vehicles and for space applications. Cold Atom Interferometry CAI will enable the realization of inertial and gravity sensing payloads with unprecedented sensitivity. A series of CAI studies whose elements are very much interrelated has been planned along a roadmap. In parallel to this, small activities more related to CAI technology have been implemented, particularly to exploit the combination of different kind of accelerometers. The provision of this support will follow the developments in the above activities and parallel studies, and in general the tasks include Reviewing Technical Notes TNs and related documents, and actively participate to progress meetings related to ongoing CAI activities 3 ongoing1 starting mid2015, Supporting elaboration of SoWs for future CAI activities, and subsequent support to the monitoring of the execution of these activities including review of TNs and related documents, Investigating and proposing parallel studies on CAI technology for space applications, supporting interactions with other ESA departments e.g. TECMM and SRES, national agencies and space industry in order to propose more reliable and compact CAI technology, Performing internal studies to assess the results of external activities on CAI, including to define and maintain CAI systemlevel budgets and to perform performance studies. A series of 4 specific tasks have been defined Task 1 Support to monitoring EOP CAI studies Study of a CAI Gravity Gradiometer Sensor and Mission Concepts Started in Feb. 2015 Development of ultravacuum chamber for cold alkali atom chamber experiment Started in Oct. 2014 Laser system Development of CoolingRaman laser source with enhanced operational features Planned to start by mid2015 Hybrid atom electrostatic system for satellite geodesy initiated Task 2 Internal studies on CAI activities Task 3 Preparation on next activities planned in the Roadmap Task 4 Investigation in CAI technology for space application The work is carried out in close cooperation with specialists in the different domains as well as with the scientists andor data users proposing the mission or expected to use its results. The work in general requires a systemoriented perspective where the needs of the users and the technical and cost constraints have to be balanced so as to provide overall architectural analyses and finally detailed system and element designs that support credible estimates of performance, cost and schedule. Specific qualification requirements University degree Masters or PhD in engineering research in a related field, A minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience post Degree, Good communication and technical writing skills, Good organisation skills, Methodical and proactive, Good general knowledge of ESA EOP missions, and in particular of future gravity missions based on CAI technology, Strong and demonstrated background in CAI technology, and in particular in laser systems and quantum sensors, and in its applications to space, Experience of daytoday contact with international experts and partners in the field. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident. Location The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ESTEC at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contract The selected candidate will receive good remuneration. Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially. Aurora contributes to a company pension scheme. To be considered for this Position Provide at latest 29 May 2015 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailed Recruitment Form to Mr. Andy McGarry, at email andy.mcgarryaurora.nl quoting reference EOP44a. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting their detailed technical proposal and candidates to ESA by midday 4 June 2015.
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Meteorological Product Operations Engineering Consultancy Support
2015-05-08 17:06:09| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a Meteorological Product Operations Engineer. ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. TASKS Extracting relevant information from the ATOVSAVHRR EPS processing chains and Cal Val Facility CVF to perform regular production and quality monitoring reports. The reporting intervals are daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly Performing offline analysis of product quality Implementing new or revised products into the operational product processing chains Working on improvements of the existing product quality Maintaining contact with users to obtain their feedback on product service quality Elaborating, tracking and publishing service level quality indicators Reporting anomalies in product services, contributing to their diagnosis and tracking their resolution Supporting validation of new and improved products, and the compilation of the relevant product validation reports MANDATORY SKILLS University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline A minimum of 3 year experience of the operational use and quality control of satellite or meteorological data Able to conduct all activities in an orderly and structured manner, able to work calmly and correctly under stress and with a minimum of supervision The consultant must be able to work effectively in English and have knowledge of French Good skills in writing in English Good communication skills Experience in Verification of operational product processing systems Experience in Configuration control of software and data Experience in Programming in C, C and Fortran Experience in Production monitoring and reporting Experience in Quality control of satellite data and products Experience in Utilisation of products from meteorological satellites Experience in Calibration and validation of satellite products Knowledge and experience in the following areas will be an advantage Experience in the use of image processing software such as IDL or ENVI in a UNIX environment Experience in the quality control of NOAA polar satellite data, meteorological observations and Numerical Weather Prediction data Knowledge of and experience with EPS missions and instruments Experience with work under UNIXLinux operating systems Experience in the use of Scripting Languages e.g. Perl, Python, shell Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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Meteorological Product Operations Engineering Consultancy Support
2015-05-07 16:06:06| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our main customers, EUMETSAT, we are looking for a Meteorological Product Operations Engineer to work in the Technical and Scientific Support Department as a member of the Remote Sensing and Products Division RSP. The consultant will be a member of the Atmospheric Profiling Team within RSP. Hisher responsibilities will cover the monitoring and reporting of product production and product quality in close cooperation with relevant members of other teams in RSP and of the OPS Department. The support will focus on products processed from measurements of a subset of instruments embarked on the EPS Metop and the NOAA satellites. Tasks and Responsibilities Extracting relevant information from the ATOVSAVHRR EPS processing chains and Cal Val Facility CVF to perform regular production and quality monitoring reports. The reporting intervals are daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly Performing offline analysis of product quality Implementing new or revised products into the operational product processing chains Working on improvements of the existing product quality Maintaining contact with users to obtain their feedback on product service quality Elaborating, tracking and publishing service level quality indicators Reporting anomalies in product services, contributing to their diagnosis and tracking their resolution Supporting validation of new and improved products, and the compilation of the relevant product validation reports Experience and education The candidate shall have A University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline Minimum of 3 years of experience of the operational use and quality control of satellite or meteorological data. Verification of operational product processing systems Configuration control of software and data Programming in C, C and Fortran Production monitoring and reporting Quality control of satellite data and products Utilisation of products from meteorological satellites Calibration and validation of satellite products Knowledge and experience in the following areas will be an advantage Experience in the use of image processing software such as IDL or ENVI in a UNIX environment Experience in the quality control of NOAA polar satellite data, meteorological observations and Numerical Weather Prediction data Knowledge of and experience with EPS missions and instruments Experience with work under UNIXLinux operating systems Experience in the use of Scripting Languages e.g. Perl, Python, shell The consultant shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and structured manner, heshe shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with a minimum of supervision. The activity is assumed, as a baseline, to require the fulltime participation of one Consultant for the duration of the contract. The tasks of the Consultant will be carried out mainly at EUMETSAT facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace, High Tech and Offshore industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. We need you to complement our super star team!
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Image Quality Assessment Engineering consultancy support
2015-05-06 16:05:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our main customers, EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for an Image Quality Assessment Engineering consultancy support. The candidate shall offer consultancy support to the technical and scientific activities conducted by the Image Navigation, Registration and Calibration INRC Competence Area of the Remote Sensing and Products Division RSP within the Technical and Scientific Support Department. The main activities for the INRC Competence Area are related to image navigationgeolocation, rectification, onboard, vicarious and crosscalibration. The Key person shall work as a member of the Image Quality Assessment Team of INRC supporting the mediumterm and longterm monitoring, operation and further development of Level 1 data processing systems. The Key person shall support the quality assessment and validation of the Level 1 image products for current and future GEO missions but will also provide support to current and future LEO missions in this area. Moreover, heshe shall support the development and maintenance of monitoring software for Level 1 image quality assessment as well as support the software maintenance of the operational MSG Level 1 data processing systems. This includes a significant contribution to and active participation in verification and validation test activities. In addition, the Key person may also support the development activities for the MTG and EPS SG missions. The activity is assumed, as a baseline, to require the fulltime participation of a Key person for the duration of the contract. Tasks and Responsibilities The tasks of the Key person will typically include Monitoring the mediumterm to longterm performance of Level 1 data processing systems, including the performance of their algorithms, and monitoring the quality of the generated Level 1 image products Developing and maintaining image quality assessment software, including the specification, verification and validation testing of software developments Supporting the further development of the Level 1 data processing systems, including the specification, verification and validation testing of system updates and related Level 1 products Supporting the investigation and correction of anomalies related to the performance of the MSGMTP Level 1 data processing systems Supporting the preparations for future GEO and LEO missions in the area of image quality assessment Attendance at technical meetings Participation in formal reviews. The tasks of the Key person will be carried out mainly at EUMETSAT facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities. Experience and education In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Key person shall have Good theoretical knowledge of satellite imagery data processing algorithms for navigation, registration and calibration and the techniques used for assessing the geometric and radiometric quality of Level 1 image products A minimum of 3 years experience in the processing and analysis of data from imaging andor sounding instruments on remote sensing spacecraft Significant experience of validating remote sensing products and complex remote sensing data processing systems. The Key person shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. Fluency in English is mandatory and a working knowledge of French would be an advantage, together with good communication skills. In addition, the Key person shall have practical, demonstrable experience inwith Software engineering, in particular in algorithm software development, in a Unix environment using CC, and ideally also Python and MatlabIDL Implementation of scientific algorithms from a given specification. Furthermore, it would be a distinct advantage for the Key person to have experience with or knowledge of some of the following Working with relational database preferable Oracle or Postgres Spacecraft andor ground segment operations Imaging and sounding instrumentation for remote sensing spacecraft ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. We need you to complement our super star team!
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Support to Computer System Engineering Service
2015-05-06 16:05:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
A Spanish leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA seeks a candidate for a Computer and System engineer. This work package is intended to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in Computer System Engineering at ESAC for the missions science operations centres. The SREO Computer Support Group CSG is providing computer support to all science operations centres and science ground segments located at ESAC, either in development or in operational phase. Under this work package, service shall be provided to support ESA in system administration activities for those computer systems used for science operations and research activities. These computers are general servers or workstations mainly based on Linux and Oracle Solaris, Macintoshes, Technical PCs and for Office Automation activities. The environment also includes Disk Storage infrastructure, Virtual infrastructure as well as GRID and Cloud computing infrastructures. Systems can be physical machines or provided through virtual infrastructure. These systems are connected to networks organized by functions operational, office and development, external services, GRID, Cloud and administration networks. Specific tasks would include installation, configuration, deployment, integration, monitoring, administration and maintenance of these computer systems, scientific and commercial software installation and administration, data backup and retrieval, interface with IT vendors for quotation, installation and maintenance agreements, users IT support, defining and operating computers operational procedures, hardware inventory tracking. It specifically excludes ESA corporate informatics infrastructure services office automation, network, terminal servers, Lotus Notes, LAN and communications, which are provided and subject to separate Service Level Agreements SLA. Service Specific Information Position Instance SSCO08CCSG05 Position Instance Title Support to Computer System Engineer Service Job Class E3 ESA Competence E196 Sciences Operation Engineer Service Specific Tasks UNIX LINUX and SOLARIS, Macintosh and PC System management Installation, configuration, integration and setting up of new machines with appropriate operating systems and layered software Administration and operation management of computer systems System security management System upgrades, both physical and logical. User support mainly scientists and engineers Handle the mail aliases and mail distribution list. Handlingcheckingmodifying all backups. Definition, implementation and maintenance of computer operators procedures Issues of documentation and technical reports GRID related activities Installation, configuration, integration, operations, maintenance and upgrade of Grid Engine Support users to adapt their computing tasks to the GRID infrastructure Cloud related activities Installation, configuration, integration, operations, maintenance and upgrade of Eucalyptus Cloud middleware Knowledge of other Cloud middleware is an asset Contact with hardware and software suppliers Definition of hardwaresoftware needs and quotation requests for new purchases and maintenance contracts Locking hardware incidents calls and following the call history. Assisting technician when on site. Others Installation and maintenance of storage SANNAS infrastructure Installation and maintenance of Virtual Machines Installation and maintenance of compute clusters Interface with external ESA corporate informatics infrastructure service providers Design of network setup requirements and follow up of implementation Request of new network connections. Output and Service Performance Monitoring ESA will formally define the service delivery in terms of delivery times, performance targets and similar measurable parameters Key Performance Indicators. This shall be agreed with the service provider and shall be assessed, and modified as needed, during regular progress meetings typically monthly. The service provider shall manage the service provision and provide ESA with the necessary data and corresponding evidence. The service provider shall be measured and assessed on the basis of Installation, configuration, integration, administration and operation management of SREO computer systems at ESAC in cooperation with the CSG computer system engineers Availability of the SREO technical and scientific computer environment at ESAC. Definition and maintenance of SREO computer operational environment and associated operational procedures Resolution of the user support and data centre incidents and change requirements Implementation of tasks according to science operations priorities Iterations with science operations centres teams Iterations with teams external to the SREO department Interactions It is expected that the service support provider will be able to interact freely with any member of the following institutions involved in science operations work All missions science operations centres and science ground segments teams External elements of the science ground segments if required, under the supervision of the ESA internal part of the science ground segments ESTEC science support office IT services ESA corporate IT and IT procurement services ESAC local facilities management services External IT providers In addition to the above, frequent interactions are expected to take place with the Head of the SREO CSG, as well as with other potential providers of similar service within the SREO department. Specific Qualification Requirements Specific knowledge is required in the following areas GRID technology Grid Engine Cloud computing Storage SANNAS technologies Solaris System management Linux RedHat system management Virtualization technologies Backup technologies PC Windows and Macintosh system management Scientific user computer support Network design and requirements Positions covered by this work package will require that the service personnel should possess a university education PhD or MSc in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience in line with the requirements of the job class. The selected provider must be willing to render the service in a team environment. Good interpersonal and communication skills, together with a proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus are required. The service provider should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in written and spoken English, one of the official languages of ESA. Other Information The service is expected to be provided during normal ESA working days and working hours. Some provision should also be made to allow exceptional cases of oncall and or extra time support. APPLICATIONS Interested candidates should send cv and cover letter to seleccionisdefe.es. The job code must included on the subjet.
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