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System and Services Operations Engineer Copernicus S3 MW
2015-10-20 15:04:42| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 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. PROFILE In addition to having a university degree or equivalent in a relevant technical discipline, the SSyOE shall have the following mandatory skills at least three years experience of System Operations in a realtime LEO andor GEO operations environment at least three years work experience defining and implementing the verification and validation of ground segment systems at least three years work experience defining, integration, acceptance testing and operation of mission data systems at least three years experience in the definition and maintenance of operational interfaces at least three years work experience in project and technical management I coordination. Experience of the following would be a distinct advantage Earth Observation ground segments experience of communications systems operations experience of operations security experience of coordination of systems development and upgrades within a 247 operations environment Windows Linux operating systems. While the official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French, the working language for the position is English and therefore the SSyOE must be able to work effectively in this language. TASKS As a member of RSO, the Copernicus S3 System and Services Operations Engineer SSyOE shall provide support to the operation of the S3 Ground System, as well as its evolution. Main duties within the S3 programme will include the support to System operations in a realtime operations environment Endtoend operations monitoring Operational interfaces within the ground segment, and to external partners, including maintenance of operational documentation JORP, OICDs, procedures etc. Communications systems operations Security operations Infrastructure operations and evolution Multimission operations, including mass storage and archiving System Evolutions Manual and Automated system and satellite operations including planning and scheduling. The role comprises a range of tasks including the provlSlon of support to the routine operation of the S3 ground segment, as well as its evolution to include new functionality and system operations. The SSyOE will be responsible for the definition andor maintenance of the routine operations procedures pertaining to system operations and the interfaces of the key systems within the ground segment, in accordance with the established EUMETSAT Operations Department configuration management and quality assurance practices. The SSyOE will acquire and maintain a Systemwide view of the EUMETSAT ground segments, wherever this could impact the S3 ground segment. The SSyOE will review any planned changes to the system configurations for the S3 ground segments, and support the investigation of anomalies encountered through the routine system and ground segment operations. The SSyOE will provide support to the operations preparation for recurrent S3 satellites into the existing systems. The SSyOE will interface with project teams on the implementation of system upgrades to support major operations projects, including System MidTerm Evolution Plan, recurrent satellites, and any System hardware and operating system obsolescence upgrade, where this affects the S3 ground segment and system operations. The SSyOE will perform the following routine operations tasks Definition and maintenance of system operations procedures, including System and ground segment procedures and operations guides Definition and maintenance of JORPs and OICDs with external partners Liaison with the spacecraft operations team to ensure the continuity and optimisation of spacecraft monitoring and control activities Liaison and coordination with the ground segment facility operations teams and system operations analysts to ensure the continuity and optimisation of ground segment and mission operations through procedure and operations guide updates, configuration changes, database or user interface changes etc. Interface and coordination with the systems maintenance teams and industry representatives to ensure optimised performance, including participating in the definition and implementation of any changes Provision of support to operational ground segment analyses Provision of standbyoncall support as system operations engineer, on an as needed basis. This will be coordinated through the normal oncall process Provision of support, as required, to critical operations Processing and coordination of system anomalies, their documentation, investigation, classification and resolutionmitigation, including participation in Anomaly Review Boards Participation in technical meetings, formal reviews, and scheduling and planning meetings Processing and coordination of system modifications, including their documentation, approval, and implementation, including participation in Change Review Boards Support to, and participation in, the functional verification and operational validation of system upgrades and evolutions, both standalone and in the context of the overall S3 ground segment. Provision of training, through written materials, practical demonstrations and presentations, to other members of the Operations Team. In the performance of these tasks, the SSyOE shall apply the EUMETSAT configuration and change control procedures as well as the relevant system engineering standards, quality management procedures and maintenance procedures. 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 marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC 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 02 November 2015 Starting Date latest January 2016 Interviews week 49
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Communications and Networks Systems Engineer MW
2015-09-18 16:04:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 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 engineer shall be employed within a leveraged allmission team, requiring the ability to switch rapidly between the multitude of roles e.g. project support, operations as required. The team support the full range of Comms Systems, from provision of support to new networks systems requirement and design, support of operational systems and those transitioning to operations status, and integration of legacy systems and their eventual replacement or decommissioning. The Comms Team performs the following activities Specification of customer networking needs for both LAN and WAN systems. Identification, extractioncollection, analysis consolidation of required data flows and specification of their characteristics. Assessment and definition of customer networking needs, plus analysis of existing infrastructure, specification of incremental and consolidated requirements on network infrastructure and systems. Specification of the customer network solution purpose and scope, highlevel functionalarchitectural design description and justification, detailed description of logical and physical design incl. redundancy behaviour. Operation and maintenance of current insitu networks on a 247 basis. Design, procurement and provision of dedicated operations voicevideo support systems. PROFILE Domain Skills Understanding and translating the business needs imposed by satellite ground systems environments or similar on networking, and the delivery of an associated network infrastructure along with functions and systems that are demonstrably viable and optimal to meet the stated requirements. 4.1.1 A demonstrable ability to analyse complex systems and present them in a comprehensible way to across other technical and managerial domains, with the specific ability to understand and communicate the relevant detail whilst maintaining focus on the overall systemwide aspects. 4.1.2 In depth experience in working within Project Management methodologies e.g. PrinceII, ideally with the Aerospace and Satellite business area. This should include knowledge of, and experience within the typlical full project lifecycle. Familiarity with appropriate industry standards e.g. ECSS should be detailed. 4.1.3 Experience with estimating and scheduling of multiple concurrent technical activities such that milestones and their likely achievement can be communicated. 4.1.4 Communication skills, in terms of experience in authoring technical and project documentation, and then being able to present it to a broad audience in English. 4.2 Development, Verification Maintenance Skills The engineer should demonstrate substantial recent direct experience with all aspects of network engineering within a comparable ideally satellite ground system communications system lifecycle. This should include for example identification of needs to deployment, operations and eventual decommissioning, and explain how those skill and experience would be directly relevant to meeting the requirements of the position. Supporting examples should be provided of recent experience where such skills have been deployed. This would include experience with mature change, configuration, capacity and problem management processes and systems. 4.2.1 Evidence of having worked with customers and stakeholders to extract and document business or crossdomain requirements, translating them into technical formal communications requirements for delivery within a project methodology. 4.2.2 Experience in the design and delivery of test plans such that deliverables can be validated against their likely ability to meet stated requirements. 4.3 Technology Skills 4.3.1 Internet Protocol network design, specification, documentation, testing, fault finding, and evolution. 4.3.2 Indepth knowledge of Cisco design methodologies, technologies and solutions. It will be beneficial if the incumbent holds current Cisco certifications or equivalent. 4.3.3 Familiarity with the trend to virtualise the above technologies and to recommend and justify when and why such approaches may be optimal, in addition to then deploying and supporting them. 4.3.4 Security skills associated with securing the communication system e.g. firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, strong authentication. 4.3.5 Skills appropriate to associated domains e.g. computing clientserver, storage, dissemination. 4.3.6 Network performance monitoring in terms of both the network and the applicationssystems it supports in terms of supporting fault finding, documentation, performance tuning, capacity and configuration management etc. 4.4 Other Skills The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the incumbent must be able to work effectively in this language. TASKS The incumbent will provide prime support to the Comms Team and will contribute to the requirements specification, design and development of Comms Systems, including the setting up of the related maintenance arrangements and processes. The tasks of the engineer will typically include but are not limited to Support to procurements of customerled network services and systems. Contribute to requirements specifications and statements of work. Participate in the evaluation of offers for network services and systems. Lead and implement the migration of existing operational programmespecific and shared facilities from their current legacy networks to the consolidated network infrastructure at EUMHQ. Upgrade the EUMETSAT networks in remote sites. Support and contribute to the development of network solutions for the MTG programme. Demonstrate how system architecture and design parameters and deliveries will meet requirements, through the effective design and implementation of testing and other verification processes and procedures. In the performance of these tasks, the engineer shall apply the EUMETSAT configuration and change control procedures. This is in addition to application of the relevant system engineering standards, quality management procedures and maintenance procedures. The engineer is expected generate and maintain documentation as an essential part of the tasks above. This may comprise writing and reviewing requirement and design specifications, change proposals, preparing documents supporting procurements, reviewing data packages belonging to technical inspections and reviews, writing and reviewing the asbuilt communication and network solution specification, writingreviewing test reports and overall status reports. 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 marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC 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 22 October 2015 Starting Date Q1 2016 Interviews week 4546
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Project and Bid Manager MW
2015-09-14 17:08:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Avec 1700 collaborateurs pour un chiffre daffaires de 173 millions deuros, CS se positionne parmi les premires socits de services en informatique en France et saffirme comme un concepteur, intgrateur et oprateur de systmes critiques de tout premier plan. Nos clients europens et mondiaux sont dans les secteurs de la Dfense, aronautique, spatial, nergie, transport, secteur public et finance. CS ralise environ 80 de ses projets au forfait. CS est cot sur le march Euronext Paris.To support the development of our German subsidiary we are looking for an experienced ProjectBid manager. The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director of CS Communication and Systems Germany GmbH. The company has grown from 2 to 25 persons in the last 3 years and we are looking for a talented manager to help us to maintain our excellence in the achievement of our projects and to continue our development. The company is still running on a startup mode and the range of activities that have to be handled is wide. We can mention among the most important tasks that will be devoted to the selected candidateEnsure projects, contracts management and followup.Support company accounting.Develop consultancies activities and recruitment.Lead or support bid management activities.Participate in the definition and achievements of the company objectives.Strengthen collaboration with French and Romanian CS Space Business Units. This remains a subset of the various aspects of the work to be done and we are convinced that in order to succeed in this challenge the candidate must be able toUnderstand the complete set of activities of our customer Build and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the customer organizations at both the management and technical level.Use and develop our recruitment network and tools to enhance our consultancy offer.Quickly learn and adapt to CS methods and processes An engineering degree in a Space related discipline andor in business and administration is requested. An experience of at least 3 years in a managing position is strongly recommended. A sound knowledge of the Space industry, in particular of all that is related to ground segment development, maintenance and operation is also considered as a mandatory key skills. Fluency in English is mandatory, working level of French andor German would be an asset.The following capabilitiesknowledge are desirable but not mandatoryExperience in bid preparationmanagement for European entities.Experience in accounting.Familiarity with PL management and budget preparation.Leading consultancy support activities from chasing candidates to contract closure. The right candidate must have very strong interpersonal and negotiation skills together with the ability to act efficiently in very changing and uncertain environment and last but not least the right level of autonomy to take decisions in hisher domain of responsibility. To apply click here
EPSSG SpacetoGround System Verification and Validation Engineer MW
2015-09-01 16:04:47| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 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 activities performed by the keyperson will be an input for the overall System VV activities. The focus is on VV activities related to the spacetoground RF links between the MetopSG satellites and the ground stations. The main RF links are in Sband for housekeeping telemetry HKTM and telecommands TC and Ka and Xbands for the transmission of payload mission data. In addition, EUMETSATs ground station in Svalbard has to support NOAAs JPSS satellites in Sband and Kaband and as needed the keyperson would be also involved in related test activities. PROFILE The keyperson shall have the following mandatory technical experience and background University degree in the domain of engineering, physics or equivalent. At least 3 years of handson involvement in RF testing of spacetoground interfaces at satellite andor ground station level. Familiarity with procurement, installation, use and maintenance of relevant test equipment, such as RF suitcases. Handson experience with the preparation of test documentation test plans, specifications, procedures and reports. The following technical expertise would be beneficial Involvement in the preparation and execution of tests at remote sites. Involvement in RF design related to spacetoground interfaces at satellite andor ground station level. Expertise in Kaband link design or testing. Experience in other areas of System VV, such as Satellite System Validation Tests i.e. validation of endtoend TMTC chains and of spacecraft operational procedures. In terms of further skills, the keyperson shall be able to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision have a systematic approach to work be able to plan hisher work, considering tight schedules and multiple tasks have good communication skills verbal and written be willing to work in a team of engineers and in cooperation with industry and partner agencies. The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the keyperson must be able to work effectively in this language. TASKS EXPERIENCE Test preparation execution Definition of the approach scope of tests, test cases, key test data test tools, logistics, ... for testing of spacetoground RF interfaces of the MetopSG and JPSS satellites with relevant ground stations, and generation of the related test plans. Generation of test specifications elaboration of test cases and of stepbystep test procedures. Preparation of a schedule for the test activities, taking into account the development schedule of ground stations, of test tools such as RF suitcases, etc. Support for the coordination of test activities with partners in particular NOAA for testing for JPSS and, as relevant, industry. Performing reviews of technical documentation provided by MetopSG industry and by EPSSG ground segment industry, to ensure compatibility of related design and testing with needs of EPSSG System VV. Coordination of shipments of test tools such as RF suitcase to the ground station, execution of the planned tests, analysis of the results and preparation of test reports if occurring during the period of the consultancy. Test tools Generation maintenance of requirements specifications for relevant test tools e.g., for RF suitcases S, Ka and Xband and for RF InOrbit Test IOT tools. Contribution to the generation maintenance of Interface Requirements Documents Interface Control Documents for these test tools. Contribution to the development procurement of test tools following up the development of RF suitcases part of MetopSG development review relevant technical documents provided by industry and support acceptance testing following up the development of RF IOT tools part of EPSSG Ground Segment development review relevant technical documents provided by industry and support acceptance testing development procurement of further test equipment as needed for testing of spacetoground RF interfaces Preparation of a plan to ensure that all relevant RF test equipment remains calibrated over the foreseen testing duration. System requirements specification and verification Support for the maintenance of the EPSSG SpacetoGround Interface Requirements Document SGIRD. Consolidation of the approach method, level, phase, etc. for the verification of the SGIRD and maintenance of the related Verification Control Matrix VCM in DOORS. Analysis of subSystem level VCMs and associated documentation, to ensure consistency with the verification approach to be applied at subSystem level MetopSG Space Segment and EPSSG Ground Segment. Assessment and tracking of results of verification activities done by MetopSG and EPSSG Ground Segment industry as relevant for spacetoground interfaces and recording of relevant results in the VCM. Recording of results of executed EPSSG System tests in the VCM if tests occurring during the period of the consultancy. Preparation of verification control documents for the SGIRD, with the synthetic status of the performed verification. In addition the keyperson will be involved in some more general tasks Participation in support for relevant internal and external technical meetings. Regular review of EPSSG documentation dealing with requirements, system concepts, architecture and design, technical analyses, to identify information of importance for System VV activities. In addition, and with the same aim, analysis of documents provided by external partners, specifically in the framework of formal reviews for space segment andor ground segment elements Support for the preparation of documentation for EPSSG System level reviews. 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 marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC 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 09 September 2015 Starting Date OctNovDec 2015 Interviews week 4041
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Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Seville Solar Projects in Southern California Totaling 50 MW
2015-08-03 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy Renewables today announced it has acquired the 20-megawatt (MW-AC) Seville I and 30-MW Seville II Solar Power Projects in California from Kruger Energy. The projects are located in Imperial County about 10 miles west of the Salton Sea. With this addition, Duke Energy Renewables has six...
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