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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