Data Processing Development Activities Engineer - Darmstadt

Company Name: Solenix
Location: Germany

Solenix is specialized in the provision of high-quality software
engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace
domain. This vacancy note concerns an on-site consulting position at
EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany.
Data Processing Development Activities Engineer (19-13-052)

Job Description

We are looking for a Data Processing Development Engineer to join our
client EUMETSAT's Polar System - Second Generation (EPS-SG) Programme. This
successor of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) Programme will continue to
provide and enhance the core services of operational meteorology and
climate monitoring from the mid-morning polar orbit.
The EPS-SG missions will be fulfilled by a suite of instruments designed to
perform imaging and sounding missions ranging from near UV to radio waves
spectrum, with particular focus in the infrared band.
In the context of the procurement of the EPS-SG PDAP sub-segment, you will:

• Interact closely with the PDAP, DPI, and PGFs Suppliers
• software development (e.g. team workload and efficiency, adherence to
  

Quality Assurance procedures and working practices, resolution of technical
issues), in particular for the DPI and the PGFs developed under the PDAP
Contract

• management (e.g. status and progress assessment, schedule control, WP
  

management, progress report preparation)

• acceptance of subsystems (e.g. reception of subcontractor’s deliveries,
  

incoming inspections, production of test reports)

• Attend Integration and Testing activities
• attend, as requested, to Integration and Testing activities of the Data
  

Processing systems under development, including the Data Processing
Infrastructure (DPI), the L1/L2 Products Generation Functions (PGFs),
whether held at the PDAP or DPI Suppliers’ premises in Toulouse, at the
PGFs Suppliers’ premises, or at the EUMETSAT Headquarters in Darmstadt

• Participate to Technical & Management Meetings
• technical meetings related to data processing systems, including the PGFs
  

related ones

• weekly PDP and/or DPI and/or PGFs Supplier’s meetings
• weekly EUMETSAT EPS-SG PDP Team meeting
• bi-weekly EUMETSAT EPS-SG PDAP Team meeting
• 6-weekly PDP Progress Meetings held between the PDAP and PDP suppliers
• Participate in Review of Documentation
• analyse and comment, the Progress Reports associated to the PDAP and PDP
  

related Progress Meetings

• review PDAP Supplier’s documentation related to the Data Processing system
  

under development, including Design, Compliance Matrices, and IVV related
documentation

• review EUMETSAT documentation dealing with concepts and technical analyses
  

of relevance for Data Processing systems

• follow-up associated actions or review activities
  

Required Skills And Experience

• A University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, with proven
  

experience in applications of remote sensing technologies.

• Good team working skills, be able to work autonomously, and have good
  

analytical skills. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to
be supported require also very good communication and presentation skills
combined with the ability to perform under high workloads.

• You shall have skills and hands-on experience in the following mandatory
  

Areas

• system engineering processes, covering the full development lifecycle and
  

in monitoring and implementation of designs against requirement baselines
and IV&V, including testing and formal acceptance

• good working knowledge in both French and English
• good interpersonal and communication skills, allowing to work within a
  

multi-disciplinary and international context with various teams.

Desirable Skills And Experience

Practical knowledge in at least one of the following areas will be

Considered As An Advantage

• payload data processing in meteorological and/or Earth Observation ground
  

segment systems

• data processing orchestrators
• big data technologies, in particular Kafka and Storm
  

Work Location
Darmstadt, Germany
Dates
Application Deadline: 07 November 2019
Start of Work: January 2020
Important Notes
Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants
on the Solenix website under Career.
Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in
Germany.
Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the
recruitment process.
Job Application
Please send your applications electronically to career@solenix.ch before
the application deadline 07 November 2019
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