Do you want to be part of the space future? As support to a European space company we are looking for a Archive, Retrieval and User Services Engineer

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products for its users. You will be working on-site as a member of the Multi-Mission System Team. Tasks will include:

• Ground Segment requirements analysis for GMES Sentinel-3,
• System architectural design, review and implementation,
• Implementation of Archive/Retrieval and User Services solutions,
• System Integration, Verification and Validation,
• Validation, verification and commissioning of data access system archive and user interfaces,
• Participate in meetings.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree or equivalent in computer science or engineering,
• At least 5 years professional experience in software engineering for Archive/Retrieval and User Services systems for Earth Observation,
• Strong Java (J2SE) experience, knowledge of C++ (STL),
• UNIX, Solaris, Linux, TCP/IP and web services (Apache CFX or Axis),
• Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL and JFBC, XML, XSTL (JAXB, Xalan/Xerces, JDOM),
• Servlets/JSPs using Tomcat web container,
• Meteorological Image Processing and data format conversion (NetCDF),
• Fluency in English is mandatory, some knowledge of French would be an asset.

Starting date: January 2010

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative team awaits you. You will benefit from focused training and personal development bundled with a competitive salary.

Please note: Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you already hold a work permit for Germany.

HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration. We open the door to working directly on-site with our principal customers in the space sector who rank amongst the top 25 engineering employers in Europe: EADS and the European Space Agency.