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Instrument Performance/L1b Processing Engineer / E-ENG-01-36

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Job Introduction

Job Introduction

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency.

One of our main major customers in the continental Europe is the European Space Agency, with Serco being the largest on-site service provider.

For 2017 we anticipate further growth in our operations in ESTEC and as a result we are pleased to announce the following opportunity.

Role Responsibility

  • Technical support to the assessment and verification of the instruments end-to-end performances;
  • Analysis of the Ground Processor Prototype, GPP, and Instrument Data Simulator, IDS, requirements;
  • Monitoring of the development of GPP and IDS of the related instruments, including payload common parts;
  • Review of the GPP and IDS Input/Output Design Specifications;
  • Support to EUMETSAT documentation review (L1b products specifications, L1b Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Documentation, ATBD);
  • Review of Characterisation, Calibration and In-Orbit Verification Plans;
  • Review of instrument performance models, instrument radiometric/geometric models;
  • Improvement and maintenance of performance and data processing tools (models, performances, budgets);
  • Participation to Project reviews;
  • Assessment of non-compliances and RFDs/RFWs related to instrument performances;
  • Work closely with each of the Principal Instrument Engineers responsible for the relevant instruments. 

Successful Candidate

  • Master’s degree in instruments performance and data processing with a background in microwave radiometer instruments for remote sensing. 
  • Good understanding of the overall instruments, including background in modelling of the observation techniques, end-to-end performance estimation, level1b processing and instrument characterisation. 
  • Experience with Microwave Radiometers data processing, instrument modelling and experience in instrument development is an asset.
  • Good familiarity with computer programs such as Excel, Matlab, etc.

Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided  (if applicable).

About the Company

The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 70,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government (B2G) business, specialising across five sectors: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services.

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