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Job Introduction
Are you fascinated about Space? Do you have experience with Data and Product analysis and experience in near real time, data driven, automated systems with large computer networks? You could be our new Instrument Data Processing Engineer. Come and join talented diverse Serco team at the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Serco is among the leading Space Industry and Services Companies. Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, our employees have been providing everyday their technical, scientific and management skills to support the full range of European cornerstone space missions.
Main Responsibilities
As Instrument Data Processing Engineer you will perform tasks related to Instrument data processing in support of the Copernicus S3 Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS), during current routine S3 operations, as well as for the operations build up for S3B and the routine operations phase for the dual satellite system. The tasks cover the operation of the different data processing components for S3A & 3B, which include:
- Data ingestion, processing and product distribution;
- Data and Product analysis;
- Operational performance monitoring and reporting, including the development, documentation and maintenance of the relevant tools for e.g. production statistics generation and reporting, PDGS monitoring and reporting;
- The testing and the implementation of new products;
- The setting-up, implementation and update of operational procedures and documentation;
- Anomaly investigation;
- First line maintenance, including on-call support;
- Co-ordination with external organisations and service providers;
- Attendance at technical meetings;
- Participation to formal reviews.
Successful Candidate
Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:
- You shall have demonstrated experience in near real time, data driven, automated systems with large computer networks;
- You shall have demonstrated experience with UNIX/Linux operating systems;
- You shall be able to communicate effectively in English;
- You shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work under pressure and with a minimum of supervision.
Furthermore, it would be highly desirable to have experience with or knowledge of some of the following:
- demonstrated experience of Instrument data and product processing (Level-0 to 2) of meteorological and/or earth observation products;
- experience of validating complex remote sensing data processing systems;
- development and maintenance of operational procedures and/or configuration data;
- programming languages (e.g. C, C++ and IDL);
- scripting languages and databases (e.g. Perl, Python, shell, Oracle);
- spacecraft and/or ground segment operations;
- knowledge and/or experience of quality control, calibration and validation.
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About the Company
Serco is one of the world’s largest providers of public services to Governments employing over 50,000 people in over 20 countries. In Europe, Serco supports governments and international organisations in the delivery of essential public services with operations in Belgium, France and French Guyana, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland.
What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service and to keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play. We have a mandate to execute brilliantly and our people lead and inspire based on our core values, Trust, Care, Pride and Innovation.
As a business which delivers “front-line” public services, employing tens of thousands of people, we are constantly developing and promoting people; our need for skilled professionals is insatiable and few companies can offer as many opportunities for individuals to grow their careers.
A career with Serco offers the chance to work with both inspirational people and innovative contracts, in a dynamic and exciting environment.
If you share our values and want to join a team of over 50,000 passionate colleagues globally we want to hear from you.
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