Data Processing & Applications Engineer (m/f/d) for the Space Division

Job description

Job Description

Data Processing & Applications Engineer (m/f/d) for the Space Division

Position Description
The EUMETSAT Technical & Scientific Support Department (TSS) provides support to the operation of the satellite systems and to the development of the future satellite programs described above. The focus of routine operations at EUMETSAT is the provision, by effective utilization of all elements of the space and ground systems, of timely and reliable operational services to the users.

The System Engineering and Projects Division (SEP) within TSS is in charge of the maintenance and engineering of the ground-based satellite infrastructure of the operational systems and the provision of engineering expertise for the preparation of the new missions.
Within the SEP Division, the Data Processing Systems and Applications Competence Area (DPSA CA) is responsible for the engineering and maintenance of online and offline operational Data Processing Systems.

Your future duties and responsibilities
The areas of work in the scope of the DPSA CA activities are the following:
• Creation and maintenance of Data Processing Systems/Applications Requirements (full lifecycle) for Online (Data Acceptance, Product Generation, Encoding and Delivery) and Offline (Analysis and Reporting) systems, and including their Reprocessing equivalents as used for Climate Record generation;
• Development or maintenance of Data Processing Systems and Applications;
• Data Processing Systems/Applications interfaces engineering;
• Generation of prototypes and development plans (and where relevant their implementation);
• Verification and Validation;
• Generation, maintenance and evolution of Data Processing Systems/Applications Maintenance Plans;
• Consolidation and evolution of processes, standards, methodologies, tools, elements, and facilities for data processing of science data for operational and future programmes;
• Implementation of Data Processing Systems/Applications level maintenance activities;
• Provision of relevant inputs (in area of responsibility) to the mid-term evolution planning of operational systems and their associated implementation.
• Climate Data Record generation projects;
• Automated Software Testing

The tasks shall include day to day operations and maintenance, to the handling of anomalies, upgrades and configuration changes for these facilities. Tasks will also contain the setting-up and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures. Provide support to the management of the technical interface for procurements and maintenance services.
Besides the above described routine tasks it is expected to contribute to requirements specification, design and system engineering/re-engineering, development and testing activities in the field of science data processing that will become necessary for existing and future production systems.

The tasks will include:
• Maintenance and development of the Data Processing Systems/Application Software (it should be noted that for many of the facilities the first line maintenance is being performed by EUMETSAT - in conjunction with the industrial contractor – the second line maintenance is being performed by the industrial contractor under supervision and with support from EUMETSAT);
• Procurement activities for maintenance and evolution activities, such as specification and maintenance of requirements for new or enhanced Data Processing Systems/Applications Software components that are going to be implemented by external contractors provided that the Contractor will not bid or will not be involved in such procurements; monitor their detailed design and implementation; generate the test plans, test specification/procedures, perform the acceptance of the externally developed components, support the integration testing in the ground segment and the operational validation;
• Contribute to the definition and design of architectures of data processing ground segments and their components, their interfaces, and the validation and verification methods;
• Coordination/inputs to planning and preparation of releases;
• Coordination with other EUMETSAT Teams and/or Contractors to prepare introduction of new/upgraded components; as indicated by the EUMETSAT Technical Officer;
• Generation and maintenance of technical baseline documentation;
• Contribute to the operations of existing data processing ground segments;
• Participation in technical meetings and formal reviews;
• Analysis of the maintenance requirements and identification, procurement or implementation of the tools required to fulfil them;
• Setting-up and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures;
• Perform routine tasks in operational systems under configuration control such as:
• Anomaly investigations, documentation and classification;
• Participation in relevant Anomaly Review Boards;
• Follow up of the delivery of S/W resolutions for these anomalies;
• Contribute to Configuration Management (change control practices);
• Contribute to building and distribution of application software releases and patches;
• Verification of correct facility installation for the assigned facilities;
• Contribute to the development, integration and configuration management of software developed by third parties, its installation, and configuration and testing;
• Perform S/W testing in a structured approach to verify that delivered S/W is fulfilling the requirements or to demonstrate that problems have been corrected;

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
MANDATORY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Ability to learn and develop new skills and knowledge. This includes the ability to rapidly absorb, and make use of, information presented in written and oral communications in a dynamic context.

• Capable and willing to work within a multi-disciplinary context in cooperation with other teams. The ability to maintain a system overview is essential. They 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.
• The ability to manage the technical interface with external partners/contractors, based on a solid system engineering understanding.
• Engineering of large, UNIX or LINUX based, complex, real-time data processing systems, including requirements specification, design, software maintenance or development, formal software testing and system integration;
• Very good technical writing skills, in particular in the area of formal technical documentation (e.g. requirements specification and design documentation, test plans and procedures, maintenance procedures);
• Source code control systems (e.g. Subversion, Git);
• Software anomalies analysis, debugging, profiling, fixing and processing;

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Practical knowledge and experience of as many as possible of the following areas will be an advantage:

• Operating systems and application software upgrades and/or porting to new platforms;
• Object-oriented software design, implementation, and maintenance, including the use of UML/SysML based tools for supporting/documenting the design, at least at the architectural level;
• Web technologies and programming (e.g. Apache, CGI, JavaScript, XML);
• Programming languages (e.g. C++, Java, Python);

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English.

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Skills

·  Maintenance/Production Support
·  Object Oriented Programming

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