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Solar Orbiter MAG Systems Engineer
2020-12-14 17:12:26| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solar Orbiter MAG Systems Engineer Space Atmospheric Physics Group, Department of Physics South Kensington Campus Salary range 38,006 46,627 per annum Fixed term One year with possibility of extension, commencing as soon as possible Closing Date for Applications 10th January 2021. Are you highly collaborative? Do you have an impressive background in systems engineering and instrumentation testing? Does the idea of applying your talents and creativity to the future of space exploration excite you? If so, then this could be the perfect career opportunity for you. The Space Atmospheric Physics Group in Imperial College Londons Department of Physics is in search of a Magnetometer Systems Engineer to become part of the highly successful, multidisciplinary team. This unique opportunity will enable you to contribute to In flight magnetic field investigations of the European Space Agency Solar Orbiter Mission to study the Sun. The development of a new magnetometer instrument for the NASA IMAP Mission to investigate the acceleration of energetic particles and the interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium. We want to hear from you if you have background in systems engineering, or in working with scientific instrumentation or electronics design and test. An interest in space hardware and experimental data analysis is highly desirable, however, we are also interested in hearing from electronics minded graduates who excel at problem solving and like to be challenged. This career opportunity will suit a motivated individual who would relish working with a small team who have developed instruments that have produced outstanding science on missions such as Cassini, Rosetta and Cluster. Should you have any queries about the application process please contact the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group Administration office via space.secimperial.ac.uk. Specific queries on the role can be made to h.obrienimperial.ac.uk For any technical queries during the application process please contact recruitmentimperial.ac.uk The Department of Physics is an IOP JUNO Champion and an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner. The College is a proud signatory to the SanFrancisco Declaration on Research Assessment DORA, which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see httpswww.imperial.ac.ukresearchandinnovationaboutimperialresearchresearchevaluation The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the Colleges care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level. httpwww.imperial.ac.ukresearchandinnovationaboutimperialresearchresearchintegrityanimalresearch To apply, please visit www.imperial.ac.ukjobs and search for NAT00831.
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Solar Orbiter MAG Calibration Engineer
2019-07-09 12:29:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solar Orbiter MAG Calibration Engineer 36,926 45,547 p.a. Job summary Are you highly collaborative? Do you have an impressive background in data processing and coding? Does the idea of applying your talents and creativity to the future of space exploration excite you? If so, then this could be the perfect career opportunity for you. Duties and responsibilities The Space Atmospheric Physics Group in Imperial College Londons Department of Physics is in search of a Calibration Engineer to become part of the highly successful, multidisciplinary team. This unique opportunity will enable you to contribute to magnetic field investigation of the European Space Agency Solar Orbiter Mission to study the Sun due to launch next year. Essential requirements A degree in physics, engineering or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent level of research, industrial or commercial experience is essential. It is also essential to have experience in one or more programming languages including Python andor C as well as in writing, testing and maintaining software pipeline or software modules for processing data. An interest in space hardware and in plotting and analysing experimental data is highly desirable, however, we are also interested in hearing from software minded graduates who excel at problem solving and like to be challenged. Further information This is a full time, fixedterm position for 2 years, with the possibility of extension subject to funding. Solar Orbiter Investigating the sunclose up Launch 2020 This career opportunity will suit a motivated individual who would relish working with a small team who have developed instruments that have produced outstanding science on missions such as Cassini, Rosetta and Cluster. To apply, visit httpswww.imperial.ac.ukjobs Should you have any queries about the application process please contact the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group Administration office via space.secimperial.ac.uk. For technical issues when applying online please email recruitmentimperial.ac.uk Closing date 28 July 2019 Committed to equality and valuing diversity. We are also an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a Two Ticks Employer. The Department of Physics is also an IoP JUNO Champion and Athena SWAN Silver Award Winner.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in Standby Mode After Battery Malfunction
2018-02-20 20:15:40| Extremetech
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is an important tool for scientists studying the red planet. That's why NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory took aggressive action last week when the satellite reported a malfunction. The post Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in Standby Mode After Battery Malfunction appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Product Assurance Safety Engineer Solar Orbiter
2018-01-08 12:17:46| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Product Assurance Safety Engineer Solar Orbiter ESTEC, Ref no 18 15765 Terma The hightech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defence, nondefence and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, selfprotection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. Terma is headquartered at Aarhus, Denmark. Internationally, Terma has subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, India, Singapore and the U.S. The Space Business Area contributes with missioncustomized software and hardware products including power systems and star trackers as well as services to support a number of inorbit pioneering European scientific and Earth observation satellite missions. Additionally, Terma is contracted for the development and delivery of software and hardware systems and services for numerous ongoing and future European, and international missions. Terma Space operates out of Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK and France. Job description For our customer, ESAESTEC, we are seeking an experienced Product Assurance Safety Engineer to work at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Responsibilities You will be assigned to the Quality Assurance and Management Section TECQQM within the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management. The task involves supporting the quality assurance activities related to the phase DE of the Project and associated reviews that occur during these phases. In particular, this will involve participation to the manufacturing, integration and test activities, e.g. manufacturing readiness reviews MRR, mandatory inspection points MIPs, test readiness reviews TRRs, post test reviews PTRs It will involve extensive traveling within Europe. It is expected 90 collocated with the spacecraft. The main integration site is Airbus DS Ltd. in Stevenage with additional tests at environmental test facilities within Europe and potentially Launch campaign activities at CSG, French Guyana. You will support the PAS Manager to ensure the effective implementation and execution of the nonconformance identification and reporting mechanisms within the contractor supply chain and confirm the correct and formal closure of nonconformances support the Solar Orbiter Product Assurance Safety PAS Manager in all activities related to the execution of the Product Assurance Program for the Solar Orbiter Project deputise for the PAS Manager as required support the Risk Management and Configuration Management processes within the Project, including the disposition of Request for Deviations and Request for Waivers RFDs RFWs Assist the PAS Manager in ensuring that all formally delivered items within the Project supply chain conform with requirements using formal acceptance reviews Delivery Review Boards DRBs Produce reports on project and review activities, including conclusions and recommendations where necessary, participating in progress meetings when needed and reporting on project PA status. This is a full time located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The requested start of work is March 2018. Qualifications Competencies The successful candidate will have A Masters level degree in an engineering discipline or the technical sciences. A minimum of 10 years experience in the space sector include 5 years in Product and Quality Assurance. Good knowledge of the applicable space standards ECSS. Knowledge of Configuration Management or the implementation of Product Assurance within a quality system certified to ISO 9001 would be an asset. Excellent interpersonal skills are needed, together with a high degree of organizational and communication abilities, and comfortable with working in a diverse and multinational team environment. Prior experience of space science projects andor experience in similar complex missioncritical projects would be an advantage. What can Terma Offer? At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the bestinclass solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace. Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company. Great opportunities for training and personal development Challenges in advanced technical environment International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere An employment contract with an attractive package with extralegal benefits Highly competitive salary Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer. Additional information Applicants should apply through the link below. For further information, please contact Mr. Simon Mills by telephone 31 6 2326 2398 or by email smiterma.com. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed we would prefer that you apply through the link below with a Cover Letter explaining your background and expertise, as well as your earliest date of availability, and an uptodate Curriculum Vitae. Closing date January 24th 2018. Please note that applicants must hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. A Certificate of Conduct will be applied for at commencement of employment.
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6 Months Solar Orbiter Test Engineer
2017-11-14 17:11:39| 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 within the Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate DSRE. Aurora currently has a team of 30 engineers and scientists at ESAC. This position is to cover our engineer who shall be on maternity leave. Overview The work is to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing the Solar Orbiter missions Science Operations Centre SOC at ESAC. This covers software design, definition, implementation and maintenance service support to Solar Orbiter Science Ground Segment SGS development, operations and maintenance at ESAC, including the science operations planning system, the lowlatency data generation and visualization system, the auxiliary data products generation system and also supports the archiving of science data products. Solar Orbiter is the first of the medium size missions in the ESAs Cosmic Vision Science Programme, developed in collaboration with NASA. It is a solar observatory carrying 10 instruments provided by Principal Investigators 6 remote sensing instruments an EUV telescope, a polarimetric telescope, an Xray telescope, a coronagraph, an heliospheric imager, and a spectrometer and 4 insitu instruments magnetometer, radio and plasma waves, energetic particle detector and a solar wind analyser. The primary goal of the mission is to operate the whole payload in a coordinated way to address some of the outstanding scientific questions on the relationship between the Sun and the heliosphere. The spacecraft is expected to be launched in October 2018, and after a 3 month commissioning phase it will cruise for 3.5 years until the proper orbital geometry is achieved. The nominal mission is expected to last 3.5 years more with a post operations phase of 2 additional years. The Solar Orbiter SOC at ESAC is responsible for the development of the SGS following the Science Implementation Requirements provided by the Project Scientist which covers all the operational activities originating from the mission science objectives defined by the Science Working Team SWT, including interactions with the Instrument Teams and the Mission Operations Centre MOC at ESOC. Operational activities for Solar Orbiter cover coordination of science operations for the cruise and nominal phases of the mission, generation of specific quick turnaround low latency data products, production of auxiliary data to support operations, as well as the archiving of Principal Investigator PI provided science data products. Interaction is expected with the members of the Solar Orbiter Science Operations Working Group SOWG and with software engineers in the PI teams. Frequent interactions are expected to take place with the SOC manager, the SOC team members and within the team working on Solar Orbiter. Also, frequent interactions are expected to take place with the Computers Support Group CSG and the Science Archives Team SAT at ESAC. Interactions with the general international community of astronomersusers are also expected via workshops and the helpdesk. The job is intended to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in developing science operations systems and tools, including 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 Scientific data archives and interfacing these to the Virtual Observatory VO. Scientific and technical WWW systems to support the SOC, SGS and the scientific community Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents ICDs and file interchange formats with external coordination units Organise and perform end to end system testing with the scientific communities Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Specific Service Tasks As part of the service the following main activities will have to be carried out Contribute to procedure writing and the implementation of those procedures. Follow procedures and operate Solar Orbiter SOC systems. Test SOC systems for the daily processing of Solar Orbiter data. Test SOC systems for the generation of Solar Orbiter payload operations requests. Further test and scale SOC products such as MDB. Participate in the optimisation of software processing. Gather operational constraints for software running at SOC. Interact appropriately with and support the providers of all software SOC systems. Interact appropriately with the users of Solar Orbiter data products. Assist in automation of SOC procedures. Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning. Provide support for testing, particularly for EndtoEnd E2E and operational rehearsal campaigns. Report on operational activities including the gathering and presentation of processing summary statistics. Specific qualification requirements At least a graduate degree Masters or Ph.D in a relevant subject area. Relevant professional experience of at 3 years. In particular, experience is preferred in Past scientific solar or heliospheric instrumentation or spacecraft support with a major international space or groundbased observatory. Support to the professional solar and heliospheric scientific community for a spacebased mission. Use of spacebased scientific data in support of science research. ECSS standards for software development. Interfacing with RDBMS. Testing environments and tools. Configuration management tools. In addition applicants should Have good communications skills. Be able to document their work. Be willing to travel regularly to ESA establishments andor Instrument teams institutes. Be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English a high level of written and spoken English is essential. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. 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 ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 11 December2017a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailedCandidate Proposal Formor CV and Motivation Letter toMr. Alex Jeanes, at emailalexjeanesaurora.nlquoting referenceSONBMAT.
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