Miércoles, 20 de Mayo del 2009
Software Engineer

   In support of the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre (ISOC) at ESAC in Spain we are looking for a Software Engineer

Tasks and Responsibilities
The work consists primarily of the provision of maintenance and enhancements to the existing ISOC software systems, excluding the INTEGRAL Science Archive, ISDA. Since elements of the ISOC software systems are common to other missions in the Astronomy Science Operations Division (SRE-OA), support may also be required for other missions such as XMM-Newton.

Specific tasks include:

• Maintenance and enhancements of software packages developed by the ISOC software team. The task may include development of new parts as well as still outstanding parts of the ISOC system as directed by the ISOC manager. The work package also includes the responsibility for maintenance of the external ICD’s and liaison with the providers of the external software to ISOC, i.e. ESOC, Flight Dynamics, other Science Operations Centres at ESAC and the OMC Principal Investigator.
• Support to the configuration control of all ISOC software in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Software Configuration Management plan (SCMP). This task also includes installation of ISOC software components within ISOC. These may be software updates from the ISOC or the installation of software or data products provided by external suppliers. The maintenance and improvement of software installation procedures and the associated documentation (the Software Transfer Document, STD) is also part of this work package.
• System administration. The task of installation and maintenance of ISOC hardware and basic software is within the overall activities of the ESAC system team. The task includes being the focal point for liaison with this team. This includes requesting hardware maintenance or basic software installation or updates and reporting hardware or network problems. The task includes being the data base administrator (DBA) for all ISOC ORACLE installations, with the exception of the archive one.

Skills and experience:

• University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields;
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member state language is an asset;
• Programming experience in Java within a professional environment;
• Software planning, testing, quality control and documentation;
• Experience with scripting languages (Perl and shell scripting);
• Development of Web applications (J2EE, XHMTL, CSS, …);
• Knowledge and experience of work with ORACLE data base technology;
• Willingness to operate in a team environment;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills;
• The candidate should be comfortable in an international working environment.

Location: ESAC, near Madrid, Spain

Starting date: July 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative and motivated team awaits you!

Please send an English CV and a letter of motivation before 10 June 2009 via Email, quoting the job reference NL 904, to:
Ms. Karina Grzenkowicz
HE Space Operations BV
Email: kgrzenkowicz@hespace.com
Tel. +31-71-341-7500

HE Space Operations is an international human resources company specialised in the space market. We have been providing consultancy services in space engineering and business administration for over 25 years. We generally work directly on-site with our principal customers such as the European Space Agency and EADS Astrium.
www.hespace.com