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LEO Spacecraft Operations Engineer Consultancy Support
2015-07-24 12:05:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide LEO Spacecraft Operations Engineer Consultancy Support ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. TASKS Support to the routine operations of Metop A, B and preparing for MetopC, comprising Provision of operational expertise to the Attitude and Orbit Control System in particular, with support to other platform subsystems andor payload instruments andor onboard software management, satellite simulator and ground segment operations interfaces. Maintain the corresponding operations documentation and flight procedures, including the update and operational validation of procedures releases in a configuration controlled environment Perform trending and performance analysis on the corresponding subsystems and instruments, including definition and possibly prototyping of additional analysis checks where necessary Investigations into satellite anomalies. This may require a close cooperation with the Operations Support Entity in ESTEC and Industry Support the coordination of partner agency interactions for relevant subsystemsinstruments Participation in the satellite oncall support rota Identification and support to implementation of system and process improvements concerning the Metop Spacecraft Operations Team responsibilities and interfaces. Support to the system and operations preparation of Metop Second Generation satellites Provide inputs and or review the definition of system and satellite operationalconcepts Review space to ground interface specifications and flight operations manuals Support the definition of tools and processes required to prepare for and operate the satellites. Support to the system and operations preparation of other LEO satellites Provide operations preparation support as required to the Sentinel6 development. Mandatory skills University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline Demonstrated experience in at least two of the following mandatory skills, with a particular emphasis on ThreeAxis Stabilised Attitude and Orbit Control Systems Spacecraft monitor and control operations Spacecraft operations preparation engineering Low Earth Orbit spacecraft design or Assembly Integration and Test activities at system or subsystem level Selfmotivated candidate able to work in an organised and efficient manner with minimum supervision Strong data analysis, processing and synthesis skills, ability to recognise opportunities for improvements in areas of work and implement appropriate solutions Able to work effectively in English and have a knowledge of French It would be a distinct advantage to have experience with some of the following Inorbit operations of Low Earth Orbit Earth Observation satellites Experience in the operation or development of satellite ground segment facilities, in particular procedure development, monitor and control, mission planning, onboard software management, performance analysis, configuration management and simulator facilities The procedure development tool MOIS and the procedure execution language STOL The mission control systems EPOCH or SCOS Specification of system and operational concepts, facility requirements Familiarity with OnBoard Control Procedure and OnBoard Position Scheduler concepts Familiarity with the ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard, customisation and usage Familiarity with system change control and configuration management procedures Data analysis software packages such as MATLAB File parsing languages such as PERL, AWK Use of VBA for development of adhoc tools in MS Office applications. Good communication skills Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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System Engineering Consultancy Support
2015-07-22 14:04:14| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide System Engineering Consultancy Support ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. The Key person will perform system engineering activities such as Justification of the system design including producing and maintaining any relevant analyses and budgets General support to system engineering activities, for example o Documentation of system design and interfaces o Support to the technical coordination with Partners o Support to segment level activities and reviews as required Participate to System level formal reviews. Mandatory skills University degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline relevant to the job profile Experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision At least 5 years demonstrated experience in the field of large scale systems engineering and architectural design Demonstrated ability to analyse systems from an endtoend perspective Capability to prepare design documents, to perform systemlevel analyses and to produce and maintain technical budgets. A high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills, sound interpersonal skills to conduct the responsibilities autonomously and with a minimum level of supervision, exhibiting good oral and written communications skills, analytical capabilities, and motivation. Able to work effectively in English and have knowledge of the French. Knowledge and experience with the following is considered an advantage Experience in earth observation satellitebased projects, particularly in the areas of near real time data processing or spacecraft control systems Experience with Model Based System Engineering with the support of dedicated tools e.g. CORE Space and ground system engineering processes and standards. Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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Flight Dynamics System Software Engineering Consultancy Support
2015-07-17 17:05:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide Flight Dynamics System Software Engineering Consultancy Support ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering Participation in the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Flight Dynamics System. Support the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Flight Dynamics System. Participation in workshops and review meetings. Interfacing with Operations to consolidate the operational concept in the Flight Dynamics System requirements. Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Flight Dynamics System requirements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Flight Dynamics System kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements. Interfacing with the Flight Dynamics 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 Flight Dynamics 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 Flight Dynamics System and other Ground Segment or external elements Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Flight Dynamics System kernel products in the Ground Segment design. Support to new Missions PhaseCD activities Support to Flight Dynamics 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 Flight Dynamics System. Support to IVV and Acceptance Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. 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 maintenancedriven 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 to technical reviews, participation to infactory 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 Reference Architecture definition and maintenance Participation to the definition and maintenance of the EUMETSAT TSS reference architecture for the Flight Dynamics System part of the Ground Segment. Mandatory Skills University degree in a relevant engineering discipline Able to work effectively in English 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. Significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience minimum 3 years in requirements elicitation in the area of Flight Dynamics. Experience minimum 3 years in the definition of software requirements, architectural design, implementation andor customisation of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems in the context of LEO missions. Experience minimum 3 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of application software, preferably for Satellite Flight Dynamics 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 for Flight Dynamics 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. A distinct advantage knowledge andor experience with some of the following Experience with software development and maintenance of Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems and Tools based on the ESAESOC NAPEOS Navigation Package for Earth Observation Satellite. Experience with software development and maintenance of Tools using the Orekit space dynamics library. Experience in integration with Mission Control Systems based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. Experience in integration with Mission Planning Systems. Experience with support to operations for Satellite Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. Experience with developing software applications using FORTRAN. Experience with developing software applications using Java. IBM DOORS requirement management Tool. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Tool. Linux Operating System. Experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. 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 using tools for the automation of software testing. Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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Mission Control Applications Engineering Consultancy Support
2015-07-17 17:05:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide Mission Control Applications Engineering Consultancy Support ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. Support to GSI MCA Activities Reference Architecture Participation to the definition and maintenance of the EUMETSAT TSS reference architecture for the Mission Control Applications part of the Ground Segment. Support to new Missions PhaseB activities Requirements engineering Participation to the functional analysis and decomposition of the Ground Segment requirements in the domain of Mission Control Applications. Support to the definition of Ground Segment requirements in the area of the Mission Control Applications. Participation to workshops and review meetings. Interfacing with Operations to consolidate the operational concept in the Mission Control Applications requirements. Support the identification of the verification method and initial test cases for the Mission Control Applications requirements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Control Application kernel products in the Ground Segment requirements. Interfacing with the Mission Control Applications 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 Control Applications 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 Control Applications and other Ground Segment or external elements. Incorporate the reuse of the EUMETSAT Mission Control Applications kernel products in the Ground Segment design. Support to New Mission PhaseCD activities Support to Applications 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 Control Applications. Support to IVV and Acceptance Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns both internal and with external contractors. Mandatory Skills University degree in a relevant engineering discipline Able to work effectively in English 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. Significant knowledge and experience in the area of specification, design, implementation, verification and maintenance of Mission Control Applications. Experience minimum 3 years in the definition of Ground Segment system level requirements and production of system architectural design artefacts in the domain of the Mission Control Applications of a Ground Segment. Experience minimum 3 years in the definition of software requirements and architectural design for Mission Control Systems. Experience minimum 3 years in the development of Satellite Mission Control Systems for particular missions based on MICONYS software suite from ESAESOC. Knowledge and understanding with actual working experience of space related standards ECSS and CCSDS concerning spacetoground interfaces and applicable to Satellite Mission Control Systems such as ECSS Packet Utilisation Standard PUS, CCSDS Space Packet Protocol SPP and CCSDS Space Link Extension Protocol SLE. Experience minimum 3 years in the full cycle of development and maintenance of Mission Control Applications 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 for Mission Control Applications 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. A distinct advantage knowledge andor experience with some of the following Experience with Mission Control Applications andor operations specifically for LEO spacecraft. Experience with Mission Planning Systems. Experience with Flight Dynamics Systems. Experience with test tools for Mission Control Systems, e.g. Satellite Simulators. Experience in being the technical point of contact for contractors working at offsite premises and responsible for application software evolution and maintenance. IBM DOORS requirement management Tool. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Tool. Linux Operating System. Experience in developing software applications using interfaces to relational database management systems RDBMS and experience with data model design for RDBMS. Unified Modelling Language UML for software design. 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 using tools for the automation of software testing. Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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Consultancy Support for Supporting Applications Engineering
2015-07-17 17:05:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for a person to provide Consultancy Support for Supporting Applications Engineering ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. 1. Contribute to the definition, design, implementation and maintenance of architectures for data processing ground segments and their components with special emphasis on product quality control, calibration and validation, production monitoring and reporting. This task will mainly include 1.1. Maintenance and development of the QCF and CVF framework software 1.2. Configuration Management, building and distribution of QCFCVF software releases and patches 1.3. Contribution to QCFCVF software system design and reengineering 1.4. Support to the development and implementation of QCF and CVF tools e.g. in IDLCCFortran 2. Support the operations of existing data processing ground segments and their maintenance and evolution e.g. QCF and CVF. This will also include Upgrade software, including implementing and maintaining new algorithms for product quality control and calibrationvalidation activities. 3. Perform routine tasks in operational systems under configuration control such as 3.1. Support the Configuration Management process and the building and distribution of software releases and patches 3.2. Support to the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, and configuration and testing 3.3. Anomaly investigations, documentation and classification. 3.4. Follow up of the delivery of SW resolutions for these anomalies 4. Perform standard SW engineering activities such as 4.1. SW testing in a structured approach to verify that delivered SW is fulfilling the requirements or to demonstrate that problems have been corrected. 4.2. SW integration and verification in the EUMETSAT ground segments 5. Settingup and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures, 6. Support to the procurement and installation of software, and the coordination with external providers of support services 7. Participation in meetings and formal reviews. Mandatory Attributes, Skills and Experience University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline Experience in system design, SW development, operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of large complex realtime data processing systems for Earth Observation missions. Very good communication, presentation and team working skills and be able to cope with very high workloads. Able to work with a high degree of autonomy and to demonstrate good analytical skills. Able to work effectively in English Ability to learn and develop the needed skills and knowledge to contribute to the development of Data Processing applications within the Supporting Application Engineering Team. This includes the ability to rapidly absorb, and make use of, information presented in written and oral communications in a dynamic context Willingness to work within a multidisciplinary context in cooperation with other teams. The ability to maintain a system overview is essential. Heshe shall have a systematic approach to work, be able to plan their work and to cope with tight schedules and multiple tasks. They shall have the capability to write accurate and consistent technical documentation. CC programming language experience in a UNIXLINUX based environment Use of and application programming of database systems e.g. ORACLE, INFORMIX, PostgreSQL and MySQL Competence in the use of scripting languages e.g., shell scripting, highlevel languages e.g., Python, Java and correspondent using of their libraries Desirable Skills and Experience Experience with the programming and usage of IDL and Fortran Knowledge of XML and related technologies XPATH, SVG, etc. Experience in Web Programming Knowledge of web technologies, programming and markup languages e.g. Apache, CGI, JavaScript, UMLCompetence in SW testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation Experience in system design for quality control and calval systems Familiarity with data formats used for meteorological satellite products Design and implementation of MMI using different toolkits and languages Knowledge of relevant Standards, Quality Assurance and Configuration Management principles and applications Competence in the exploitation of modern hardware and operating systems at the application level e.g. parallel programming pthreads, MPI, OpenMP Competence in objectoriented software design and implementation possibly in the context of satellite instrument data processing systems. Additionally EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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