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Mission Planning System Software Engineering Support
2016-08-23 20:03:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.800 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems. The key person will work in the TSS Department supporting the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team, which is part of the GSI Division. The Mission Control Applications MCA and Tools Team is responsible for the maintenance and development of the following Mission Control Applications Spacecraft Monitoring Control, Local Applications Monitoring Control, Onboard software management, Flight Dynamics System, Mission Planning System, OpsPrep Tools, Data analysis and reporting tools, Spacecraft Simulator. The Mission Control Applications and Tools Team performs the following activities Software engineering and software maintenance of multimission and missionspecific Mission Control Applications and Tools for GEO and LEO missions. Software engineering for the reuse of Mission Control Applications and Tools with the separation between generic kernel and missionspecific extensions. Integration and verification at application and system level. User and software support to flight control teams. Support to the EUMETSAT Programme Preparation and Development PRD Department for the PhaseBCD of new missions in the domain of Mission Control Applications. The key person will provide hisher prime support to the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team and heshe will support the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions. the requirements specification, design, implementation, integration and verification of Mission Planning Systems for new EUMETSAT LEO Programmes PhaseBCD, including the setting up of the related maintenance arrangements and processes. the technical coordination in the team of the different parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions. The tasks of the key person will typically include Maintenance and Evolution Activities Reengineering activities analysis of the porting of some subsystems to stateoftheart technologies, tradeoff studies of various technologies, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes. Evolutions and changes generation andor analysis of userdriven and maintenance driven software requirements, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes. Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction or following the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in the software facilities and verification testing of the fixes. Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test procedures at software facility level and at system level. Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andor procurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression, functional and performance testing. Analysis and implementation of mechanisms or tools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the application software. Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination of the production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the application software, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation in technical reviews, participation in factory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT. Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testing campaigns. This activity includes preparation of test data, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports, analysis of results and troubleshooting of problems. Software support software support to the endusers of the application software. Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support to operations. Documentation generation and updates of technical documents. Technical point of contact for maintenance contractors acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organizing periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering Participation in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Mission Planning System. Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Mission Planning System. Participation in workshops and review meetings. Interfacing with Operations to consolidate the operational concept in the Mission Planning System requirements. Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Mission Planning System requirements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements. Interfacing with the Mission Planning System kernel product experts in the MCA Team to coordinate their contributions to the requirements definition. System Architectural design Support the generation of the architectural system level design of the Mission Planning System as part of the Ground Segment. Support the production of design models using Systems Engineering and CASE tools. Support the definition and documentation of all interfaces IRDsICDs between the elements of the Mission Planning System and other Ground Segment or external elements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment design. Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Mission Planning System implementation Support to the requirement and design engineering activities as part of the applications development. Participation and contribution in requirements, design and implementation reviews both internal and with external contractors. Follow the software development by external contractors of the Mission Planning System. Support to IVV and Acceptance Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. Technical coordination of the parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions Support to the technical coordination of all the activities in the team where the EUMETSAT LEO Mission Planning Systems are involved. These activities comprise at the moment the maintenance and evolution for missions under routine operations, reengineering activities and the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System in new Programmes. PROFILE In addition to having a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, the key person shall demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems. The key person shall have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas 1. Domain Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems in the context of Low Earth Orbit LEO space missions. 2. Software Development, Verification Maintenance Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal software engineering processes. This includes user and system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design, implementation, corrective and evolutive maintenance activities. Experience minimum 3 years in IVV integration, verification and validation activities, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, system and subsystem integration, generation of test plan and test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of test tools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports and anomaly tracking. 3. Software Engineering Skills Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using C and Java programming languages for UNIXLinux operating systems. Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using JBoss Drools as business rule management system. It would be a distinct advantage for the key person to have knowledge andor experience with some of the following 4. Domain Skills Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience in support to flight control operations teams for Mission Planning Systems. 5. System Maintenance Skills Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. 6. Software Technology Skills Experience in the usage of software CASE design tools e.g. Enterprise Architect andor MagicDraw. Experience in using Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. Experience in developing software applications interfacing with Oracle RDBMS. Experience with Oracle RDBMS administration. Experience with ILOG Views visualization library. XML processing schema design, validation, parser libraries, transformation XSLT and XPath. Experience in designing, developing and maintaining software client applications using Eclipse as HMI framework Rich Client Platform. Experience in designing and developing component based software applications using formal techniques e.g. OSGi. Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the Engineer must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to pierre.lenahediccssytems.de and copy to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 4th October 2016 Starting Date 1st January 2017 Interviews week 4445 2016
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Mission Planning System Software Engineer
2016-08-23 20:03:54| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Mission Planning System Software Engineer. Main responsibilities Tasks and Responsibilities You will provide prime support to the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team and you will support the evolution and maintenance of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions the requirements specification, design, implementation, integration and verification of Mission Planning Systems for new EUMETSAT LEO Programmes PhaseBCD, including the setting up of the related maintenance arrangements and processes the technical coordination in the team of the different parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions. In particular your tasks will typically include Maintenance and Evolution Activities Reengineering activities analysis of the porting of some subsystems to stateoftheart technologies, tradeoff studies of various technologies, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes Evolutions and changes generation andor analysis of userdriven and maintenance driven software requirements, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction or following the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in the software facilities and verification testing of the fixes Maintenance test procedures generation and updates of maintenance test procedures at software facility level and at system level Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andor procurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression, functional and performance testing. Analysis and implementation of mechanisms or tools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the application software Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination of the production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the application software, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation in technical reviews, participation in factory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT Execution and coordination of software verification and nonregression testing campaigns. This activity includes preparation of test data, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports, analysis of results and troubleshooting of problems Software support software support to the endusers of the application software Ensure operations continuity by provision of oncall services and software support to operations Documentation generation and updates of technical documents Technical point of contact for maintenance contractors acting as point of contact with the contractor for technical discussions, review of technical documentation from the contractor, organizing periodical technical meetings with the contractor. Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering Participation in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Mission Planning System Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Mission Planning System. Participation in workshops and review meetings Interfacing with Operations to consolidate the operational concept in the Mission Planning System requirements Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Mission Planning System requirements Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements Interfacing with the Mission Planning System kernel product experts in the MCA Team to coordinate their contributions to the requirements definition. System Architectural design Support the generation of the architectural system level design of the Mission Planning System as part of the Ground Segment Support the production of design models using Systems Engineering and CASE tools Support the definition and documentation of all interfaces IRDsICDs between the elements of the Mission Planning System and other Ground Segment or external elements Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment design. Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Mission Planning System implementation Support to the requirement and design engineering activities as part of the applications development Participation and contribution in requirements, design and implementation reviews both internal and with external contractors Follow the software development by external contractors of the Mission Planning System. Support to IVV and Acceptance Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. Technical coordination of the parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions Support to the technical coordination of all the activities in the team where the EUMETSAT LEO Mission Planning Systems are involved. These activities comprise at the moment the maintenance and evolution for missions under routine operations, reengineering activities and the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System in new Programmes. Ideal candidate Requirements Essentials In addition to having a University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, you should demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems. You should have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas Experience minimum 5 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems in the context of Low Earth Orbit LEO space missions Experience minimum 5 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal software engineering processes. This includes user and system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design, implementation, corrective and evolutive maintenance activities Experience minimum 3 years in IVV integration, verification and validation activities, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, system and subsystem integration, generation of test plan and test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of test tools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports and anomaly tracking Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using C and Java programming languages for UNIXLinux operating systems Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS Experience minimum 3 years in designing and developing software applications using JBoss Drools as business rule management system. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language. The key person shall also be assessed for the following skills and qualities Working proactively with the minimum of supervision in an individual or team environment Conducting activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, working calmly and correctly under stress Working in teams and sharing expertise and experience with other team members Able to commit to the plan and deliver the expected results on time or to report proactively if any deviations are foreseen Take ownership of problems through to effective resolution Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills and be confident to deal with a wide variety of people. Desirables It would be a distinct advantage for you to have knowledge and or experience with some of the following Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Flight Dynamics Systems Experience in support to flight control operations teams for Mission Planning Systems Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance Experience in the usage of software CASE design tools e.g. Enterprise Architect andor MagicDraw Experience in using Unified Modelling Language UML for software design Experience in developing software applications interfacing with Oracle RDBMS Experience with Oracle RDBMS administration Experience with ILOG Views visualization library XML processing schema design, validation, parser libraries, transformation XSLT and XPath Experience in designing, developing and maintaining software client applications using Eclipse as HMI framework Rich Client Platform Experience in designing and developing component based software applications using formal techniques e.g. OSGi Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU EEA nationals. Important Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu
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Mission Planning System Software Engineer
2016-08-23 12:04:19| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Mission Planning System Software Engineer 1613138 Job Description The key person will work in the TSS Department supporting the Mission Control Applications and Tools Team, which is part of the GSI Division. Some of your key tasks will include Maintenance and Evolution Activities Reengineering activities analysis of the porting of some subsystems to stateoftheart technologies, tradeoff studies of various technologies, software design of the technical solutions, following the procurement of the changes with external contractors and verification testing of the changes. Preventive and corrective maintenance including the investigation and correction or following the corrections implemented by external contractors of anomalies in the software facilities and verification testing of the fixes. Support and development of the verification infrastructure development andor procurement of scripts tools to perform installation checks, nonregression, functional and performance testing. Analysis and implementation of mechanisms or tools allowing the automatic or semiautomatic verification testing of the application software. Coordination of the production of new software releases or patches, delivery acceptance and installation onsite. This activity includes the technical coordination of the production by an external contractor of new releases or patches of the application software, liaison with the EUMETSAT operational users, participation in technical reviews, participation in factory at contractor premises acceptance testing campaigns and coordination of the installation of the releases or patches onsite at EUMETSAT. Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering Participation in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Mission Planning System. Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Mission Planning System. Participation in workshops and review meetings. Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Mission Planning System requirements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements. Interfacing with the Mission Planning System kernel product experts in the MCA Team to coordinate their contributions to the requirements definition. System Architectural design Support the generation of the architectural system level design of the Mission Planning System as part of the Ground Segment. Support the production of design models using Systems Engineering and CASE tools. Support the definition and documentation of all interfaces IRDsICDs between the elements of the Mission Planning System and other Ground Segment or external elements. Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Mission Planning System implementation Support to the requirement and design engineering activities as part of the applications development. Participation and contribution in requirements, design and implementation reviews both internal and with external contractors. Follow the software development by external contractors of the Mission Planning System. Support to IVV and Acceptance Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. Technical coordination of the parallel activities involving the EUMETSAT Mission Planning Systems for LEO missions which include the maintenance and evolution for missions under routine operations, reengineering activities and the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Planning System in new Programmes. Required Skills and Experience A university degree in a relevant engineering discipline Demonstrate significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems. Specific skills and experience are mandatory in the following areas 1. Domain Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation and maintenance of Mission Planning Systems in the context of Low Earth Orbit LEO space missions. 2. Software Development, Verification Maintenance Skills Experience minimum 5 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal software engineering processes. This includes user and system requirement analysis, software requirement engineering, software design, implementation, corrective and evolutive maintenance activities. Experience minimum 3 years in IVV integration, verification and validation activities, preferably for Mission Planning Systems, following formal engineering processes. This includes requirement verification, system and subsystem integration, generation of test plan and test procedures, nonregression testing, generation of test data, generation of test tools, running the test procedures on the target system, generation of test reports and anomaly tracking. 3. Software Engineering Skills minimum 3 years Designing and developing software applications using C and Java programming languages for UNIXLinux operating systems. Designing and developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Designing and developing software applications using JBoss Drools as business rule management system. Desirable Skills and Experience Domain Skills Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. Experience in integration of Mission Planning Systems with Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience in support to flight control operations teams for Mission Planning Systems. System Maintenance Skills Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Software Technology Skills Experience in the usage of software CASE design tools e.g. Enterprise Architect andor MagicDraw. Experience in using Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. Experience in developing software applications interfacing with Oracle RDBMS. Experience with Oracle RDBMS administration. Experience with ILOG Views visualization library. XML processing schema design, validation, parser libraries, transformation XSLT and XPath. Experience in designing, developing and maintaining software client applications using Eclipse as HMI framework Rich Client Platform. Experience in designing and developing component based software applications using formal techniques e.g. OSGi. Experience using tools for the automation of software testing. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 27 September 2016 Start of Work January 2017 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 27 September 2016 Learn more about us in Facebook
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Mission Planning System Software Engineering Consultancy Support
2016-08-22 18:04:06| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
POSITION ID OT2879 ROLE FUNCTION Mission Planning System Software Engineering Consultancy Support in Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START January 2017 LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Aerospace CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 04. Oktober 2016 MUSTHAVE SKILLS MANDATORY In addition to having a university degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the consultant shall have at least 5 years experience gained through the specification, procurement and operation of space mission planning systems. More precisely, the following experience is required At least 5 years practical experience of LEO mission planning system specification, development, procurement and routine operations At least 3 years experience of AIV related activities test procedure generation, requirements verification and validation, etc, preferably in the field of space mission planning systems At least 3 years experience in the production and maintenance of mission planning operational rules using a Javalike Business Rules Management System e.g. JBoss Drools or ILOG Rules At least 2 years of working with files in XML format At least 2 years experience with the LinuxUnix operating system user command level Experience with Software Version Control Systems e.g. CVS, SVN or Git and Software Configuration Management Systems e.g. Serena Dimensions. NICETOHAVE SKILLS CONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE The following experience would be advantageous At least 2 years working with relational databases and sql, preferably involving Oracle database administration Knowledge of ECSS and CCSDS standards At least 1 year of software development in C, with knowledge of Oracle database access using ProC advantageous Knowledge of the principles of satellite monitoring and control Tasks The Consultant shall mainly perform tasks related to the development and procurement of the EPSSG Mission Planning System MPS. These tasks typically include Supporting the EPSSG ground segment team in the development and procurement of the MPS and any related tools Analysing and reviewing relevant EPSSG documentation, preparing technical notes and attending technical meetings Participating in reviews for the MPS and, when necessary, interfacing facilities and associated tools, throughout the procurement lifecycle Participating in MPS factory or onsite acceptance testing and related activities at facility and system level. If necessary, creating and executing test procedures to support this activity Analysing reporting on test results, in particular with respect to requirement verification and validation Proposing changes to the MPS or related tools for instance to modify some aspect of the software functionality, and contributing to the process for implementing such changes change justification, baseline requirements update, issuing the change request, liaison with external contractors, etc Raising, monitoring and steering the lifecycle of MPS related anomaly reports ARs and nonconformance reports NCRs. Supplying context and analysis to support the investigation of anomalies Participating in the installation of the MPS and related tools at EUMETSAT. Verifying the installation Defining the MPS operational implementation rules, database structures, etc and maintaining a detailed understanding of the space and ground segment operational needs that are met through mission planning Producing and maintaining MPS related documentation such as the Operational Implementation document and the MPS User Operations Guide Interacting with internal users, suppliers and partner organisations Providing procurement support to other future missions, notably JasonCS, if required
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Mission Analysis and Payload Planning System Engineer
2016-08-01 19:06:16| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Mission Analysis and Payload Planning System Engineer. Main responsibilities You will 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 ESAC Computer Support Group MAPPS TEC team at ESTEC Mission Planning Working groups internal or external as requested. Furthermore you will have the following tasks and responsibilities System engineering and architectural design activities, including operating plans and procedures Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, operating and maintaining software tools and systems, e.g. Observation proposal handling, mission planning and quicklook systems, parts of which may be distributed to the community User support tools Interactive analysis and calibration systems, to be distributed as needed to the community for data reduction and analysis Data processing pipelines Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the virtual observatory Scientific and technical WWW systems to support Science Operations Centre, Science Ground Segment and the scientific community. Implementation of new MAPPS features, in the area of the Graphical User Interface, and in backend processing software Building compelling, interactive visualizations timelines, maps, geometrical data, statistics, etc.. and user interfaces Participate in all phases of development specification, design, development, bug fixing, testing, and documentation according to the ESA software engineering processes. Ideal candidate Requirements You should bring a Master Degree in a relevant discipline, at least 4 years of working experience and the following Extensive experience with objectoriented programming and relative design patterns Recent experience in C development 2 years Extensive experience in designing and producing meaningful, effective interactive customized data visualization and Graphical User Interfaces GUI Experience in language tools for memory debugging, memory leak detection and profiling General knowledge on commonly used bug reporting systems e.g. JIRA and software versioning systems e.g. GIT Experience with the Windows and Linux operating systems Knowledge is required in system and software engineering practices Knowledge in the corresponding software development language, database systems Knowledge is required in ECSS standards for software development. The following would be considered as an advantage Experience in other programming languages, such as Java, C, Python Experience in developing web applications Experience with the Qt toolkit or any comparable C based GUI toolkits Knowledge of spacecraft systems engineering Experience in modelling and simulation of spacecraft systems. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Spain or be EU EEA nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu
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