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Microwave and submillimetre Science Support 1313032

2013-04-17 14:35:55| 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. Microwave and submillimetre Science Support 1313032 Job Description The Consultant will work within Remote Sensing and Products RSP Division of the Technical and Scientific Support TSS Department and will provide support as a member of the Image Navigation, Registration and Calibration Team. The consultant responsibilities will primarily cover the development of calibration algorithms for the MWI Microwave Imager and ICI Ice Cloud Imager mission. The tasks of the Consultant will include Development of algorithms for calibration and navigation of MWI and ICI level 0 data to generate level 1a and 1b datasets Development of prototype software code for the purposes of testing and verification of the algorithms developed Development of a performance model based on specifications to be provided by industry Generation of test data required for the verification of the algorithm and products Contributing to documentation including Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents, test data descriptions, Product Generation and Product Content Specifications, technical reports, etc Interfacing with experts across EUMETSAT and with expert groups and the wider scientific community outside EUMETSAT as needed Providing support to the development of CalibrationValidation activities. In addition the consultant will provide support to Assessment of results from scientific studies Participation in reviews. Required Skills and Experience University degree in meteorology atmospheric physics, remote sensing, instruments engineering or equivalent. A minimum of three years experience in the field of remote sensing. Experience in atmospheric remote sensing in the microwave spectrum, Experience in radiative transfer, Indepth understanding of instrument calibration and characterisation, Familiarity with Earth observation systems remote sensing and in situ systems, Handling and processing of remote sensing data, Good writing skills in preparing scientifictechnical documents, Very good skills in a higher programming language e.g. Fortran, C, Experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision, Good interpersonal skills, Able to work effectively in English. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience with submillimetre wave radiometry, Quality control of satellite data and products, Operational product processing environments, Familiarity with ground processing activities, Experience in visualisation tools, such as IDL or MATLAB, Software build environments and version control tools. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 06 May 2013 Start of Work 01 August 2013 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 06 May 2013

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Support to Science Operations Science archive Team SAT

2013-04-03 13:35:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

There is now a great opportunity to join The Server Labs team and work in ESAC The European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, Spain. The Server Labs is a European IT services company, specialised on software engineering and handson consulting. We offer an excellent package, including highest salary, social benefits, company benefits, extra holidays and health and dental insurance. Important Candidates must hold a European Passport and be willing to work in Spain Job Description Support to Science Operations Science Archive Team SAT at ESAC Within the Science Operations Departments overall responsibility for scientific operations development and execution for astronomy and solar system missions, the Science Archives and Computer Engineering Unit carries in particular the role of developing science archives, providing easy access to mission data for the scientific community worldwide. The Science Archives Team in ESAC works on various archive projects from old missions ISO, Exosat, Giotto, Smart1, Huygens, current missions XMMNewton, Integral, Herschel, Planck, HST, Mars Express, Venus Express, Rosetta, Soho, Cluster, Ulysses and future missions Gaia, BepiColombo, Euclid, Solar Orbiter,. All mission science archives are available online through GUI rich clinet or thin client web interfaces and machine scriptable interface, with data distribution done via FTP. Modular and flexible multitier and clientserver architecture together with the use of an objectoriented approach, Java and XML allows configurability and reuse of systems across archive projects. Furthermore, ESA, through the ESAC Science Archives Team is playing an important role in the Virtual Observatory VO worldwide to position itself as the main VO actor for all European spacebased astronomical data. A VO is a network of interoperating data archives and software tools that use the connectivity provided by the Internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. The vast astronomical archives and databases around the world, together with analysis tools and computational services, are linked together into an integrated facility, not only connecting astronomical data centres and providers but also providing collective capabilities beyond those possible in any individual archive. Within the Science Archives Team, the service to be provided requires that personnel are usually dedicated to a specific archive project, taking care of design, implementation, operations and evolutive maintenance of the archive software systems data repository and database products metadata, middletier applications, data distribution and interoperability, user and scriptable interfaces. As the archives software systems share a common technical framework, service personnel assigned to one archive project can move to another archive project, ensuring easier and efficient knowledge transfer. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO databases are the following Database design and modelling taking into account the user requirements Database installation, population, monitoring and maintenance Design, develop, deploy and maintain database interfaces for the rest of the archives and VO systems Design, develop, deploy and maintain applications related to the database information user administration tools, statistics tools, etc Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO user interfaces and middletier applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO graphical user interfaces which allow the users to make queries to the database, see the results, select products and request them Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO middletier applications which provide transparent access for applications User Interface, Statistics Tool, Archive InterOperability systems, and others to the database and to the data products repository Design, develop, deploy and maintain some Science Archive Data Products Visualization tools, which allow to display images and spectra and to perform some simple manipulations zooming, selection, some extraction. Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO data distribution and interoperability applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain Science Archive Data Distribution systems, which allow the users to retrieve archive data products via FTP or via an offline physical media Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive interoperability services, which provide a scriptable interface to the science archive databases and data products. Design, develop, deploy and maintain the VO compliant interoperability systems, making sure all RSSD Science Archives at ESAC are VO accessible Design, develop, deploy and maintain an ESA VO Portal, including a ESA multimissions archive based on VO protocols Design, develop, deploy and maintain VO applications and VO clients Registry, VOSpec Participating to the VO interoperability working groups where VO standards are discussed and defined. Configuration control and documentation task relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Specific tasks requirements for this position To fulfill the service activity specific knowledge is required in the following areas ESA Ground Segment and Scientific Archives Software engineering Experience in designing multitier architecture application in the context of Scientific Archives and Virtual Observatory Extensive experience in JAVA programming language Experience in Web technologies http, JSP, web services Experience in SQL and XML Experience in Graphical User Interfaces application Experience in Data Distribution applications through web services Experience in the Virtual Observatory standards and protocols, working groups, working processes and environment would be an asset UNIX SUN Solaris or Linux, and PCWindows environment Experience on ESA software engineering processes and software configuration control tools and some scientific background would be an asset Specific Qualification Requirements University degree in computer science, or software engineering, or scientific discipline, or equivalent Other Information About the role The service to be provided means that a demonstrated experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. The selected service personnel must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Display good interpersonal and communication skills. The service personnel should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA Company Description The Server Labs is a European IT services company, specialised on software engineering and handson consulting. Our architects and software engineers are experts on the latest technologies and agile methodologies, to provide our clients the best software solutions, practices and software architectures. We collaborate with our clients to obtain success, committed to innovation, enjoying what we do every day and growing with every challenge. The Server Labs works with different industries and business verticals. Within the Space industry, The Server Labs works with the European Space Agency ESA, at ESAC, near Madrid, and at ESOC, in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt. We provide specialists to ESA, but also our company expertise and services in technologies and methodologies to offer additional value to the projects and initiatives led by ESA. By working with The Server Labs, you will be part of a multinational team in a fast growing technology company based in Madrid, Frankfurt and London. Please send your CV with cover letter to resumetheserverlabs.com before the 18th of April 2013. Additional Information Deadline 18th of April 2013 Location Madrid, Spain Support Start Date 01062013 or earlier Support End Date 31122014 Reference TSLSRE033

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Support to Science Operations Euclid SCJ2635

2013-04-02 12:37:20| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Summary The ESAC team is forming the Euclid Science Operations Centre SOC, which will build the Science Ground Segment in collaboration with the Euclid Consortium. Objective The Euclid SOC will execute and monitor the sky survey, perform initial processing on the science telemetry stream and provide the Euclid archive. The Euclid SOC will work with the Euclid Consortium in the area of instrument operations coordination. Responsibilities Duties The engineer will work on the survey planning system, which will plan the Euclid Sky Survey and the instrument commanding system, which will be in use during the operational phases of the mission. The service to be provided by the engineer chosen for this position will encompass contributing to the system requirements definition, design, implementation and testing of the survey planning and instrument command generation systems to be used within the Euclid Science Ground Segment. The engineer will develop prototype code for the survey planning and instrument commanding tools. The development will be in done in Java to enable reuse of existing code from other missions located at ESAC. The engineer will work in the Engineering team of the Euclid SOC under the System Engineer. They will interface with the major stakeholders of these systems the Sky Survey Working Group, SOC Calibration and Operations Team, Instrument Operations Teams and Euclid Mission Operations Centre. Qualifications Experience Specific qualification requirements University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields Basic educational or workacquired knowledge of astronomyphysics and standard numerical methods and techniques would be a strong asset A working understanding of space operations would be highly desirable Essential Skills Specific knowledge is required in the following areas Strong software engineering skills in Java Science mission planning and instrument commanding Spacecraft attitude and orbit and the corresponding standard Flight Dynamics interfaces ECSS standards for software development Desirable Skills In addition knowledge of the following would be beneficial ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structure Scripting in a Unix environment e.g. Python Qualities Experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage Must be willing to operate in a team environment and to travel Be selfmotivated and be able to work independently. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage Ability to take initiative and proactively seek solutions to problems would be valued The person should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful engineer is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any engineer to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Location of the position is ESAC, Villafranca, Spain Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from engineers 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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Support to Science Operations Euclid

2013-04-01 15:35:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

We are a leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA. We seek a candidate for a postion located at ESAC European Space Astronomy Centre in Villanueva de la Caada Madrid. Job description Euclid is a highprecision survey mission in the Cosmic Vision Programme of ESA designed to answer fundamental questions on Dark Energy and Dark Matter. Euclid will map the largescale structure of the universe over the entire extragalactic sky out to redshifts of 2 about 10 billion years ago, thus covering the period over which dark energy accelerated the universe expansion. The mission is optimized for two primary cosmological probes Weak gravitational Lensing WL and Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations BAO. The ESAC team is forming the Euclid Science Operations Centre SOC, which will build the Science Ground Segment in collaboration with the Euclid Consortium. The Euclid SOC will execute and monitor the sky survey, perform initial processing on the science telemetry stream and provide the Euclid archive. The Euclid SOC will work with the Euclid Consortium in the area of instrument operations coordination. The candidate will work on the survey planning system, which will plan the Euclid Sky Survey and the instrument commanding system, which will be in use during the operational phases of the mission. For any potential candidate to fill this service position, experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. The selected person must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Good interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage. The person should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA. Specific tasks requirements for this position The service to be provided by the candidate chosen for this position will encompass contributing to the system requirements definition, design, implementation and testing of the survey planning and instrument command generation systems to be used within the Euclid Science Ground Segment. The candidate will develop prototype code for the survey planning and instrument commanding tools. The development will be in done in Java to enable reuse of existing code from other missions located at ESAC. The candidate will work in the Engineering team of the Euclid SOC under the System Engineer. They will interface with the major stakeholders of these systems the Sky Survey Working Group, SOC Calibration and Operations Team, Instrument Operations Teams and Euclid Mission Operations Centre. The candidate should have a solid Java background. The candidate should have a good knowledge of ECSS standards and be aware of required documentation on a large project. The candidate should be selfmotivated and be able to work independently. The ability to take initiative and proactively seek solutions to problems would be valued. Specific qualification requirements University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields Basic educational or workacquired knowledge of astronomyphysics and standard numerical methods and techniques would be a strong asset A working understanding of space operations would be highly desirable Specific knowledge is required in the following areas Software engineering in Java Science mission planning and instrument commanding Spacecraft attitude and orbit and the corresponding standard Flight Dynamics interfaces ECSS standards for software development In addition knowledge of the following would be beneficial ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard PUS services SCOS2000 Mission Information Base MIB structure Scripting in a Unix environment e.g. Python Applications Interested candidates should send CV and personnal letter to miguel.sanchezsciops.esa.int by 26042013.

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Support to Science Operations Science Archive Team SAT

2013-04-01 15:35:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

We are a leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA. We seek a candidate for a postion located at ESAC European Space Astronomy Centre in Villanueva de la Caada Madrid. Work Package Overview Within the Science Operations Departments overall responsibility for scientific operations development and execution for astronomy and solar system missions, the Science Archives and Computer Engineering Unit carries in particular the role of developing science archives, providing easy access to mission data for the scientific community worldwide. The Science Archives Team in ESAC works on various archive projects from old missions ISO, Exosat, Giotto, Smart1, Huygens, current missions XMMNewton, Integral, Herschel, Planck, HST, Mars Express, Venus Express, Rosetta, Soho, Cluster, Ulysses and future missions Gaia, BepiColombo, Euclid, Solar Orbiter,. All mission science archives are available online through GUI rich clinet or thin client web interfaces and machine scriptable interface, with data distribution done via FTP. Modular and flexible multitier and clientserver architecture together with the use of an objectoriented approach, Java and XML allows configurability and reuse of systems across archive projects. Furthermore, ESA, through the ESAC Science Archives Team is playing an important role in the Virtual Observatory VO worldwide to position itself as the main VO actor for all European spacebased astronomical data. A VO is a network of interoperating data archives and software tools that use the onnectivity provided by the Internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. The vast astronomical archives and databases around the world, together with analysis tools and computational services, are linked together into an integrated facility, not only connecting astronomical data centres and providers but also providing collective capabilities beyond those possible in any individual archive. Within the Science Archives Team, the service to be provided requires that personnel are usually dedicated to a specific archive project, taking care of design, implementation, operations and evolutive maintenance of the archive software systems data repository and database products metadata, middletier applications, data distribution and interoperability, user and scriptable interfaces. As the archives software systems share a common technical framework, service personnel assigned to one archive project can move to another archive project, ensuring easier and efficient knowledge transfer. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO databases are the following Database design and modelling taking into account the user requirements Database installation, population, monitoring and maintenance Design, develop, deploy and maintain database interfaces for the rest of the archives and VO systems Design, develop, deploy and maintain applications related to the database information user administration tools, statistics tools, etc Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO user interfaces and middletier applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO graphical user interfaces which allow the users to make queries to the database, see the results, select products and request them Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive and VO middletier applications which provide transparent access for applications User Interface, Statistics Tool, Archive InterOperability systems, and others to the database and to the data products repository Design, develop, deploy and maintain some Science Archive Data Products Visualization tools, which allow to display images and spectra and to perform some simple manipulations zooming, selection, some extraction,. Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Service specific tasks related to Science Archives and VO data distribution and interoperability applications are the following Design, develop, deploy and maintain Science Archive Data Distribution systems, which allow the users to retrieve archive data products via FTP or via an offline physical media Design, develop, deploy and maintain the Science Archive interoperability services, which provide a scriptable interface to the science archive databases and data products. Design, develop, deploy and maintain the VO compliant interoperability systems, making sure all RSSD Science Archives at ESAC are VO accessible Design, develop, deploy and maintain an ESA VO Portal, including a ESA multimissions archive based on VO protocols Design, develop, deploy and maintain VO applications and VO clients Registry, VOSpec, Participating to the VO interoperability working groups where VO standards are discussed and defined. Configuration control and documentation tasks relevant to the above mentioned tasks. Specific tasks requirements for this position To fulfil the service activity specific knowledge is required in the following areas ESA Ground Segment and Scientific Archives Software engineering Experience in designing multitier architecture application in the context of Scientific Archives and Virtual Observatory Extensive experience in JAVA programming language Experience in Web technologies http, JSP, web services, Experience in SQL and XML Experience in Graphical User Interfaces application Experience in Data Distribution applications through web services Experience in the Virtual Observatory standards and protocols, working groups, working processes and environment would be an asset UNIX SUN Solaris or Linux, and PCWindows environment Experience on ESA software engineering processes and software configuration control tools and some scientific background would be an asset. Specific Qualification Requirements University degree in computer science, or software engineering, or scientific discipline, or equivalent, Other Information About the role The service to be provided means that a demonstrated experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. The selected service personnel must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Display good interpersonal and communication skills. The service personnel should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English, one of the official languages of ESA. Applications Interested candidates should send CV and personnal letter to miguel.sanchezsciops.esa.int by 26042013.

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