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Position: Operations Scientist for INTEGRAL Operations
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- A good knowledge of applied physics, at least part of which related to Space Technologies and Astrophysics.
- Expertise in the development and command of modern and commonly used scientific analysis software, ideally
with applications in Space Science.
- Good understanding of Scientific Operations of an international space-based observatory.
- Excellent analytical and communication experience.
- Flexibility and appreciation of diversity and of international working-environment.
Skills summary:
- Timeliness and efficiency of short-term planning of observations, including calibration and engineering observations.
- Overall efficiency of long-term planning, effective coordination with other observatories as possible.
- Quality and timeliness of the support to the TAC during the proposal evaluation process.
- Level and quality of the interactions with instrument teams as required for operational duties.
- Correct and timely update of user documentation.
- Documents generated in the period at the dates required by the project milestones and internal plans.
- Reporting inline/in time with the approved schedule.
- Meeting/work group attendance and presentations in line with requests.
- Identification of updates & improvements to SOC tools
- Bug reports raised and analyzed
- Functioning and validated tools
- Support to the engineering system development particularly for the planning software (ASPEN, MAPPS, EPS) as well as
to Instrument Model Development
- Documented process and procedures in the appropriate format for the mission
- Identification of updates & improvements to those tools
- Support to the engineering system development particularly for the planning software (ASPEN) and downlink (NAVCAM,
data volume analysis, data analysis)
Tasks and activities:
Specific Tasks:
- Interaction with the INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC) for the dissemination of data from the archive created and
maintained at the ISDC.
- Support the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and Project Scientist during the proposal evaluation process, e.g., by
technical evaluation of proposals or serving as secretary for TAC panel meetings.
- Contribution to INTEGRAL ToO activities especially linked to the detection and follow-up of electro-magnetic
counterparts of Gravitational Wave and High Energy Neutrino events.
- Support to the planning and development of the INTEGRAL Legacy Science Archive.
- Maintenance of and support to the OSA scientific data analysis software and INTEGRAL instrument calibration.
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CV submission deadline: Oct 25th 2019
Working language: English
Position: Software Development and Maintenance Support
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- Master degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering with background in astronomy.
- Experience in providing support and interacting with instrument scientists and engineers and with the
scientific community
Skills summary:
The service to be provided requires the following generic Software Engineering qualifications:
- Experience on ESA Science Ground Segment software
engineering processes, such as ECSS-E-ST-40C
- and ECSS-Q-ST-80C standards
- Experience in software configuration control processes
and tools
- Experience in software development under Linux
- Some scientific background would be an asset
The service to be provided requires the following specific
Software Engineering qualifications:
- High level of expertise in Solar System geometry and
ancillary information data and systems (including SPICE)
- Experience in providing support and interacting with
instrument scientists and engineers and with the scientific
community
- Knowledge of science operations planning is an advantage
- Programming languages: C, Perl, Python, IDL, Java,
Matlab, JavaScript, Fortran
- Development of Web Applications, experience with Apache
Tomcat technologies
- Knowledge of XML/JSON technologies
Optional Requirements
- Experience in other programming languages, such as Java,
C, Python
- Experience in data modelling and database design
Tasks and activities:
- Mission-specific SPICE Kernels Preparation
- Auxiliary Data Conversion System Development and
Maintenance
- SPICE Archive Generation
- Auxiliary Data Handling Technical Support and Consultancy
- SPICE Training and Community Capacity Building
- Scientific Geometry Data Analysis and Exploitation
Services
CV submission deadline: Oct 07th 2019
Working language: English
Position: Instrument Operations Scientist
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- Master degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering with background in astronomy.
- Good communication skills.
Skills summary:
- Calibration and data analysis for CCD and near-infrared
instrumentation
- Science and payload operations for space missions
- Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS
- A background in astronomy and experience with Python
applications with good broad knowledge of Python is beneficial
Tasks and activities:
- Support to payload calibration activities including
analysis of data from on-ground test activities
- Support to instrument operations preparations including
Performance Verification phase plan preparation and instrument
operations modelling for the SOC commanding system
- SOC operations preparation including the creation and
validation of SOC operational procedures for downlink operations
(routine telemetry processing, quick look and trend analysis) and
uplink operations (generation of commanding requests)
- Participation in System, Operational, Validation, Tests,
and other on-ground test campaigns.
- Testing and validation of new deliveries of SOC software,
including regression testing
CV submission deadline: Oct 02th 2019
Working language: English
Position: Test Engineering Support
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- Master degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering with background in astronomy.
- Good communication skills.
Skills summary:
- Science and payload operations for space missions
- Mission operations and interfaces to mission operations
systems (such as SCOS-2000, Mission Information Base and EDDS)
- Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS
- A background in astronomy and experience with Python
applications with good broad knowledge of Python is beneficial
Tasks and activities:
- Support to SOC system integration activities, including
the development of processes or tasks necessary for overall
integration or operation,
- Generation of test data for test activities, in
particular instrument data for Quick Look testing,
- Maintenance of test information in JIRA.
CV submission deadline: Oct 02th 2019
Working language: English
Position: Technical IT Support
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- University degree in Computer Science, related Engineering discipline, or equivalent.
- Good communication skills.
Skills summary:
- knowledge in container orchestration (e.g. kubernetes)
- knowledge in big data technologies (e.g. spark, hadoop)
- knowledge in IT automation technologies (e.g. Ansible, StackStorm, Terraform)
CV submission deadline: Sep 24th 2019
Working language: English
Position: Optical Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- Master degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering with background in Optical Engineering.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and a stringent schedule.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the outside world.
Skills summary:
- Good familiarity with optical design and performance assessment software like Zemax, ASAP, FRED, with
specific emphasis on straylight simulation aspects
- Good familiarity with computer programs such as Excel, MathCAD and MATLAB and/or Python.
CV submission deadline: Nov 23th 2018
Working language: English
Position: Optical Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- Master or PhD or equivalent in Optical Engineering or physics.
- Project and/or industrial experience in the design, engineering and testing
of various types of optical instrumentation.
Skills summary:
- Support integration and performance testing of optical instruments.
- Participation to instrument design reviews.
- Support of optical instrument developments including resolution of critical development problems.
CV submission deadline: Oct 21th 2018
Working language: English
Position: Optical Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- Master or PhD or equivalent in Optical Engineering or physics.
- Project and/or industrial experience in the design, engineering and testing
of various types of optical instrumentation.
- Good working knowledge of ZEMAX and/or CODE V (and preferably also ASAP).
- Hands-on experience in optical manufacturing techniques, alignment and tolerancing.
Skills summary:
- Be able to function as part of a team.
- A proactive and flexible attitude will be required.
- An ability to work independently and to establish good working relations.
CV submission deadline: Jun 30th 2018
Working language: English
Position: Mission Analysis and Software Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- A university degree (at least Master’s degree) or equivalent qualification in a
engineering subject.
- Very solid experience relevant to the task description in particular with
the SW skills related to multi language (C, C++, Java) and multi platform
(LINUS, OSX, Windows) development and related development
tools/environments;
- Ability to work autonomously and with rigour within the boundaries of
assigned tasks and stringent schedule, and supervise Contractor’s
activity accordingly.
- Proficient in the English language (spoken and written).
Skills summary:
- Experience in management/administration/maintenance of the anomaly tracking
system (Mantis), the CM (Git) and the CI system (Jenkins).
- Experience in design, code, test and run small Software tools.
- Experience in administration and Investigation of anomalies.
CV submission deadline: Feb 10th 2018
Working language: English
Position: Instrument Operations Scientists
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- A university degree (at least Master’s degree) or equivalent qualification in a
relevant physical science or engineering subject.
- Solid background in the analysis of spectral and time domain data acquired on variable stars.
- Experience in working in a large consortium and have experience in conflict solving in a context
without direct hierarchical relationships.
- Experience with miscellaneous time domain analysis methods and knowledge of analysis methods as:
classification engines, using miscellaneous variability classification methods, and
techniques like random forest classification and un-supervised learning.
Skills summary:
- Experience in designing, coding and testing the resulting science analysis software
using JAVA is required.
CV submission deadline: Jan 03th 2018
Working language: English
Position: Software Assurance Support Engineering
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with background on
space engineering.
- Configuration management of complex systems.
- Software engineering and PA in critical applications.
Skills summary:
- Professional experience on SW engineering and quality assurance.
- Experience in tools as JIRA, Sonar, Confluence, Jenkins, Git, Nexus,
Maven is an asset.
CV submission deadline: Dic 07th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Engineering and Scientific Support to Earth Observation
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- A university degree (at least Master’s degree) or equivalent qualification in a
relevant physical science or engineering subject.
- Demonstrated background and experience in systems for Earth Atmospheric Composition
monitoring and science studies in a space project environment as well as knowledge of
aerosols and ozone observational data.
Skills summary:
- Good knowledge of programming tools and languages relevant to the implementation and
maintenance of the system performance models (e.g. MATLAB).
- Solid analytical skills and the command of the physics and techniques of Earth limb
observation systems (bright limb, solar/stellar occultation).
CV submission deadline: Oct 31th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Software development and maintenance support (2)
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- University background in a scientific or technical subject.
- Relevant professional experience of several years in configuration management, IT web based technologies and WINDOWS / MAC systems and project support activities.
Skills summary:
- Good knowledge of project management standards and concepts.
- Good knowledge of standard configuration control methods and practices.
- Good knowledge of configuration control tools (e.g. JIRA).
CV submission deadline: Oct 13th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Software development and maintenance support (1)
Status: Closed
Place: Spain
Candidate requirements:
- The ability to act as a system architect for such a complex software development.
- Knowledge of mission planning concepts and processes.
Skills summary:
- Extensive experience with Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming.
- Recent experience in C++ for a minimum of at least 4 years.
- Experience with the Qt toolkit or any comparable C++ based GUI toolkits.
CV submission deadline: Oct 13th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Optoelectronics Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- Background in detector and quantum technologies.
- Preferably PhD level in Photonics or Optics.
Skills summary:
- Experience in the design, development and testing of opto-electronic systems and components.
- Good system experience in the use and application of fibre-optic components and sensors in spacecraft engineering,
and/or experience with high-power pulsed laser systems, complex optical set-ups and vacuum systems.
CV submission deadline: Oct 02th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Software Engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- University degree in Computer Science, Physics, related Engineering discipline, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in implementing Linux real-time software for embedded systems as well as high-level distributed applications and messaging systems.
Skills summary:
- Minimum five years of professional experience in software development, covering analysis, design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance.
- Highly proficient with (soft) real-time control software and with low-latency communication in a distributed system, preferably Linux RT (preempt).
- Excellent command of C++ (or alternatively strong C++ but excellent C). Strong Python programming skills.
- Strong abilities and experience with working in a software development team, with (unit) testing, and with software engineering practices like version control including the related tooling.
CV submission deadline: Sep 30th 2017
Working language: English
Position: EO Application Support Engineer (2)
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements:
- PhD preferably in oceanography, physics or geophysics, or other appropriate scientific fields.
- At least two years of experience in related remote sensing applications development and/or research.
Skills summary:
- Extensive professional experience on product definition, calibration, validation, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data.
- capable of working effectively in a team with minimum supervision and have excellent communication and presentation skills.
CV submission deadline: Sep 12th 2017
Working language: English and/or French
Position: EO Application Support Engineer (1)
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements: A PhD preferably in Earth Science, or other appropriate scientific fields, and have a deep understanding of climate change science.
Skills summary:
- Good knowledge of the international climate community and policy decisions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and within a team.
- Website content management experience and website analysis skills.
- Experience with design software such as Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop.
CV submission deadline: Sep 12th 2017
Working language: English and/or French
Position: Detector control software engineer
Status: Closed
Place: Germany
Candidate requirements: University degree in Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
Skills summary:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in implementing real time software for embedded systems as well as higher level, object oriented distributed applications and messaging systems.
- Excellent knowledge of C/C++ and python.
- Experience in (unit) testing.
- knowledge of operation system Linux.
CV submission deadline: July 19th 2017
Working language: English
Position: Perfomance simulations engineer
Status: Closed
Place: The Netherlands
Candidate requirements: Degree in Software, Telecommunications or Physics
Skills summary:
- Knowledge in Satellite environment, Ground System and remote sensing.
- Optical payload simulators and processors, such as ENVISAT/MERIS or SPOT.
- Familiarity with computer programs such as MATLAB and other libraries.
- Familiarity with UML.
- knowledge of operation system Linux and Windows.
CV submission deadline: July 15th 2017
Working language: English