About this job

For our customer, the European Space Agency (ESA), we are seeking an experienced ground systems Software Engineer to work at ESA’s ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Responsibilities

You will be assigned to ESA/ESTEC’s Ground Software Systems & Functional Verification Section of the Software Systems Division, within the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management (D/TEC).

The main tasks will be in the scope of Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSEs):

• Providing support tor ESA projects in the procurement, development and utilisation of EGSE for space systems, subsystems and instruments, including preparation of requirement specifications, monitoring of industrial activities, acceptance of industrial products and participation in project reviews. An example is for ESA’s PLATO project where you will support on the procurement, development and utilisation of EGSE systems, including problem solving, interfaces with external systems and project reviews;
• Support on R&D studies run from with the Division, specifically related to the (currently under development) European Ground System Common Core (EGS-CC), which will be the basis of the future Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) and Mission Control Systems (MCS) infrastructures in Europe;
• Supporting the maintenance and future developments of the EGSE Reference Facility as part of the Software Systems Laboratory. The facility supports the prototyping of new technology, standards validation and evaluation of industrial methods and tools. Your tasks will include producing software builds and integration of industrial elements to the EGSE reference facility, as well as the functional verification in end-to-end scenarios, maintenance of an EGSE software library/configuration management/lab website, evaluation of the needs and generation of requirements for enhancements;
• Support ESA’s standardization activities in the EGSE domain (e.g. E70-30 Monitoring and Control Data Definition, E70-32 Test and Operations Language, E70-41 PUS, E10-23 Space System Data Repository).
• Moreover, you will provide on demand expertise and support to ESA project teams in activities related to ground software systems (EGSE systems) for the science ground segment, specifically data processing. An example is the EarthCare project Operational Scientific Ground Segment development, Level 0, 1 and 2 data-processing, visualisation. This includes generic software engineering, software development support, collaborative software development environment support, software acceptance (compilation, installation, running tests);

This is a full-time position located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

The requested start of work is January 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Profile

The successful candidate shall have:
• A Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Space Systems Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline;
• At least 4 years of relevant industrial experience, with extensive practical experience of implementing and building complex software systems in the space domain, in developing and utilizing EGSEs, in modelling monitoring and control data in compliance with the ESA monitoring and control systems (legacy systems such as SCOS or future systems such as EGS-CC);
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices and standards applied to real-time systems;
• Knowledge of Space Systems and Space System Engineering is necessary.

In particular, experience with one or more of the topics below is highly desirable:
o Level 0, 1 and 2 data-processing chains;
o SW development (Java, Eclipse);
o Service oriented and component-based architectures (OSGi, Karaf);
o Unix/Linux system administration and programming;
o Configuration management and build of large SW projects (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Gradle);
o Object Oriented design methods and corresponding tools (e.g. MagicDraw);
o Databases: Oracle, Postgres, Hadoop;
o SCOS 2000 and the SCOS 2000 MIB ICD;
o Experience with the relevant ECSS standards particularly the ESA Packet Utilisation Standard (PUS) and its tailoring.
Soft skills:
• Ability to work independently and to establish good working relations within ESA and with industrial counterparts is essential.

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Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company.
• Great opportunities for training and personal development
• Challenges in advanced technical environment
• International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere
• An employment contract with an attractive package with extra-legal benefits
• Highly competitive salary
• Support on re-location (if applicable)

Recruitment is depending on successful selection by the customer.

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Include an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter highlighting your background and expertise as well as earliest date of availability.

For further information, please contact Mr. Simon Mills
by telephone [+31 6 2326 2398] or by email [recruitment.nl@terma.com].

Closing date: November 22nd 2020

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• Applicants must hold all appropriate permits to work in the EU.
• Applicants are required to provide a copy of their ID/passport and degree/higher education certificate. Terma will validate the certificate with the issuing authority.
• In line with ESA security requirements, an official Certificate of Good Conduct (or equivalent) and employment reference checks will be required at commencement of employment. Please attach a copy of any reference letters with your application if you have them.

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