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1. Senior Systems and Network Engineer (Simon Davidson)
2. Risk Management Solutions, London: Three Weather Risk
Modellers (Steve Jewson)
3. GOME-2 Level 1 Claibration and Validation Engineer
(Simon Davidson)
4. Vacancy - Ocean/Ice Modeller - British Antarctic Survey
(Holland, Paul R.)
5. MTG IRS Scientist (Simon Davidson)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:40:11 +0100
From: "Simon Davidson" <recruit@hamtec.co.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Senior Systems and Network Engineer
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HAMTEC Consulting a provider of quality consultants to the aerospace
industry.
We are currently seeking a University educated engineer in a relevant
engineering discipline.
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Start Date: November 2011
Closing date: 5 August 2011
TASKS:
The consultant will be integrated into the Ground Segment System Engineering
Support Group of the System Engineering Support Division.
The tasks assigned to the Consultant will be agreed through dedicated
work-packages with clear identification of activities and outputs expected.
The consultant's role will be to provide senior expert support in all
network-related aspects & activities. In this role, the consultant is
primarily expected to write and review requirements specifications, design
documents, interface requirements and specifications, prototyping plans and
reports in the early project phases, produce procurement-related documents,
support procurement activities, participate in technical inspections and
reviews, and generate technical reports during the course of the programmes.
In addition the consultant shall have the ability to undertake 'hands-on'
testing, trouble shooting, and configuration of complex network
installations.
The activities will require full-time participation by the consultant for
the duration of the contract. The tasks of the consultant will be carried
out at EUMETSAT facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be
required for certain activities.
The consultant will provide three types of support:
1) Support to feasibility and preliminary design activities for EPS-SG and
the design and implementation phases for MTG in the areas of networking:
Participate to the production, update, refinement and maintenance of the:
* Ground Segment Requirements;
* Ground Segment preliminary design;
* Ground Segment Interfaces Requirements and Specifications;
* Network Requirements documents for the different elements of the
EUMETSAT Ground Segments;
* Network Requirements documents from the specific programme on the
multi-mission infrastructure of EUMETSAT.
* Identify network and protocols simulation needs and high level
requirements;
* Identify network and protocols prototyping needs and execute
prototyping activities;
* Contribute to the activities related to the EPS-SG System Concept
Review and System Preliminary Requirements Review;
* Contribute to the activities related to the MTG System Design Review
and GS Preliminary and Critical Design Review;
* Contribute to the definition and consolidation of the EPS-SG network
concepts;
* Support the procurement of the MTG Network Facility.
2) Support to the Maintenance & Engineering Division of the Operations
Department for the current network (including on-call and stand-by support):
* Network troubleshooting, maintenance and upgrades;
* WAN change implementation/migrations;
* Production & maintenance of ground segment network diagrams;
* Procurement and subsequent maintenance of a new Voice Loop System.
3) Support to general activities:
* Participation and contribution to the relevant divisional meetings,
technical meetings, workshops, and reviews;
* Ad-hoc support to other projects on issues related to networking
(cross-programmes fertilisation);
* Undertake studies on evolving network technologies and products
relevant to EUMETSAT.
OUTPUTS:
The main documentation outputs are:
* Ground Segment system and subsystem level requirements for
interfaces, protocols and networks;
* Network requirements document(s);
* Specification of studies for the resolution of open issues or
understanding of their impact;
* Technical Notes with assessment of implications of the proposed
solution and recommendations for ensuing network requirements and/or
architectural design solutions;
* Proposal for update of the relevant MTG and EPS-SG requirements
taking into account the analysis documented by industry and the independent
assessment provided by the Consultant.
* Prototyping plans and prototyping reports;
* Procurement-related documents;
* Test Plans and procedures;
* Network diagrams.
* In the performance of these tasks, the consultant shall apply the
relevant organisational and programmatic quality management procedures as
well as the relevant system engineering standards in use in the
corresponding programme.
Qualifications and Experience
. A University degree in a relevant discipline
. 8 year's experience in specification, design, procurement &
implementation, integration, verification and validation of complex networks
and data communication systems (LANs and WANs, ) based on state-of-the-art
commercial off-the-shelf components
Essential Skills
. . CISCO hardware and software;
* Data centre network architectures;
* State-of-the-art network related protocols e.g. OSPF, BGP, RIP,
HSRP, VSS
* QOS and traffic shaping;
* WAN interfacing using e.g. SDH, E1/E3, ISDN, leased lines;
* Network virtualisation;
* Access control & authentication solutions;
* Network management and monitoring techniques and tools e.g. JFF,
Nagios, HP OpenView, Tivoli, Cisco Works, RMON, SNMP;
* Network configuration management solutions;
* Security solutions e.g. Checkpoint, ASA, FWSM, IPSEC & SSL VPN, ISE;
* Negotiation of service specifications and service level agreements
for external provider services;
* Participation in procurement activities - including negotiations
with suppliers.
* The consultant shall preferably have a relevant CISCO certification.
Desirable Skills
. System Engineering practices and implementation of the full
lifecycle of requirements engineering (from conceptualisation to
operations);
. Technical management in relation to the procurement and development
of communications networks.
. Experience in the use of DOORs as requirements management tool will
also be considered an advantage.
. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be
supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills.
Security
In line with Asylum & Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be
eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will
be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore,
in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees
will undergo stringent reference and identity checks
Please send you CV in English to:
Simon Davidson via <mailto:recruit@hamtec.co.uk> recruit@hamtec.co.uk
To register with HAMTEC Consulting and to view current opportunities go to
our website:
<http://www.hamtec.co.uk> http://www.hamtec.co.uk
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 06:41:56 -0400
From: Steve Jewson <Steve.Jewson@rms.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Risk Management Solutions, London: Three Weather
Risk Modellers
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Summary
RMS is seeking to add three additional PhD mathematical modellers to our London-based team, to work on the modelling of the risks due to tropical storms, extra-tropical storms, convective storms and storm surge.
RMS Background
RMS is the world's leading organisation dedicated to the quantification of the financial risk and impact of natural catastrophes, under both present and future climates. We employ several hundred people, and are growing rapidly. Our main clients are insurance and reinsurance companies, and we also work with banks, hedge funds, governments and multilateral agencies. The RMS team that models weather-related natural catastrophes, including tropical storms, extratropical storms, convective storms and floods, is based in London. It consists of roughly 35 PhD scientists with backgrounds in applied mathematics, meteorology, climatology, statistics, hydrology and engineering. We use a wide range of mathematical modelling tools, including numerical models of the ocean, atmosphere and land surface, and classical and Bayesian statistical methods.
Requirements
A background in meteorology, climate modelling, or similar, at PhD or above.
An analytical mindset and strong programming skills (e.g., Fortran, Python, R, scripting languages).
Experience of working on large data sets in a Linux/Unix environment.
Ability to work as part of a team.
If you are interested, please send an email, with a covering letter and CV, to london.recruiting@rms.com. Appropriate candidates will be invited for interview in London.
Many thanks,
Steve
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:14:12 +0100
From: "Simon Davidson" <recruit@hamtec.co.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] GOME-2 Level 1 Claibration and Validation Engineer
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HAMTEC Consulting a provider of quality consultants to the aerospace
industry.
We are currently seeking a University educated engineer with a minimum of 5
years' experience in the field of remote sensing product data analysis
including at least 2 years of experience of UV/Visible calibration and
validation.
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Start Date: As soon as Feasible
Closing date: 12 August 2011
TASKS:
This consultancy is primarily to support the calibration and validation of
GOME-2 level 1 data products. The main focus of the activity is the
calibration and validation of the GOME-2 UV/Visible radiance and
polarisation sensitive data, the evaluation of the long-term degradation
signatures in GOME-2 data and methods for generation of degradation
correction factors, cross-calibration and validation activities both with
instruments of a similar class and GOME-2 instruments on Metop-A and
Metop-B, and investigation of problems indicated by feedback from level 1
data users.
Associated with this activity is the development of prototype software to
support the analysis and supporting documentation such as algorithm
specifications, test data descriptions and validation reports. The
consultant will be fully integrated in the LEO Support Team within the
Meteorological Division but will also be expected to interface with experts
across EUMETSAT as required.
* The tasks of the Consultant will include:
* analysis of in-flight calibration performance of the GOME-2
instruments on Metop- A and Metop-B
* evaluation of the applicability of the on-ground characterisation
key data to the inorbit situation of GOME-2 including radiometric and
polarisation sensitivity key data including angular dependencies
* analysis of the long-term degradation signatures on GOME-2,
including from all inflight calibration sources, sun and Earthshine data
* evaluation of methods for generation of degradation factors
* cross-calibration and validation of level 1 radiance and
polarisation data both with instruments of a similar class and GOME-2
instruments on Metop-A and Metop-B
* development of software for the purposes of analysing the in-flight
calibration performance and long-term degradation performance of the GOME-2
instrument
* investigation of problems indicated by feedback from level 1 users
* development of software for cross-calibration and validation
activities
* testing and validation the algorithms and analysis procedures
developed;
* provision of support to the Meteorological Operations Division for
long-term instrument monitoring and implementation and validation of the any
proposed inorbit corrections within the operational processing environment;
* interfacing with experts across EUMETSAT as needed;
* collaboration with expert groups and the wider scientific community
outside EUMETSAT as appropriate;
* The tasks of the Consultant will be carried out mainly at EUMETSAT
facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for
certain activities.
Qualifications and Experience
. A University degree in a relevant discipline
. a minimum of 5 years' experience in the field of remote sensing
product data analysis including at least 2 years of experience of UV/Visible
calibration and validation.
Essential Skills
. remote sensing data analysis using UV/Visible satellite data;
. calibration of level 0 and validation of level 1 satellite data
products;
. use of (vector) radiative transfer models;
. the GOME-2 mission and instrument;
. writing concise and comprehensive scientific and technical reports;
. demonstrated skills in a higher programming language;
. specification, design and coding of complex product processors;
. testing and verification of complex data processing systems;
Desirable Skills
. knowledge of the remaining EPS missions and instruments ;
. quality control of satellite data and products;
. operational product processing environments;
. knowledge of SQL;
. software build environments and tools (e.g. make, imake, eclipse,
insure++);
. source code control system, (e.g. Subversion or CVS).
Security
In line with Asylum & Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be
eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will
be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore,
in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees
will undergo stringent reference and identity checks
Please send you CV in English to:
Simon Davidson via <mailto:recruit@hamtec.co.uk> recruit@hamtec.co.uk
To register with HAMTEC Consulting and to view current opportunities go to
our website:
<http://www.hamtec.co.uk> http://www.hamtec.co.uk
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:25:24 +0100
From: "Holland, Paul R." <pahol@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Vacancy - Ocean/Ice Modeller - British Antarctic
Survey
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Ocean/Ice Modeller
Please quote ref no: BAS 57/11
Closing date for applications: 07 Aug 2011
Main Description
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs. We are currently seeking to appoint a postgraduate researcher with experience in the development and running of ocean models. Their role will be to set up and run a high-resolution regional ice-ocean model of the Amundsen Sea to investigate the physical processes that control the inflow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water to the continental shelf and the impacts of this on the melt rates of the floating ice shelves. The model will be forced with atmospheric reanalyses, the output from climate models and ice-cored based reconstructions, and verified by comparison with a growing database of oceanographic observations from the region. The output will be used as forcing for a glaciological model of the ice shelves and outlet glaciers of the Amundsen Sea embayment. The overall aim is to investigate the ocean forcing on the glacier evolution over the past two centuries in order to explain the current behaviour and to ascertain when the rapid changes that are currently underway may have started.
Qualifications: First degree in physical science/mathematics plus PhD (or equivalent)
Duration: 30 months Fixed Term Appointment
Salary: Salary will be in the range of ?26,180 to ?29,410 per annum. We offer a generous benefits package including a defined salary pension scheme, free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave.
On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment
These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508.
Please quote reference: BAS 57/11
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 7th August 2011
Interviews are scheduled to be held on w/c 5th September 2011
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:28:09 +0100
From: "Simon Davidson" <recruit@hamtec.co.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] MTG IRS Scientist
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HAMTEC Consulting a provider of quality consultants to the aerospace
industry.
We are currently seeking a University educated engineer who shall have at
least five year's experience with the retrieval of geophysical properties
from hyperspectral infrared observations
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Start Date: As soon as Feasible
Closing date: 12 August 2011
TASKS:
The consultant will be integrated into the MTG-IRS science support team
within EUMETSAT MET Divisions. This team provides in-house hands-on
knowledge of IRS Level 2 processing. It supports the procurement,
verification, calibration, and product validation of the operational
implementation of the L2PF IRS Level 2 processing. To support procurement,
the team will provide specifications, test data, and software tools. The
team will formulate their initial specifications in an Algorithm Theoretical
Basis Document that describes the physical principles of end-to-end product
processing in the L2PF, and then transfer these, developing them in
sufficient detail to allow a software contractor to implement them, into a
Product Generation Specification (PGS). The team will also provide test data
to verify that the contractor has implemented the specification correctly.
The team procures input test data (simulated upwelling spectra as recorded
by the IRS instrument) through study contracts with external entities. The
team generates output test data using several software tools, the most
important of these being an existing end-to-end prototype processor. The
consultant will support these activities, primarily through further
development and maintenance of the prototype processor, preparation of test
data, and application of the prototype processor to test data. The current
prototype processor is an implementation of a Bayesian methodology to
optimally estimate the Earth/Atmospheric state from a combination of
a-priori information and hyperspectral infrared satellite observations.
In particular the tasks will include:
* Support the maintenance of the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
(ATBD), describing the physical principles of the L2PF IRS Level 2 product
processing.
* Support the generation of the Product Generation Specification
(PGS), specifying the processing in sufficient detail to allow a software
contractor to implement it.
* Support the development and maintenance of prototype processor
capable of extracting geophysical information from hyper-spectral
space-borne observations in line with the functional description documented
in the ATBD.
* Support the development and maintenance of test datasets that can be
used to demonstrate the functionality implemented in the prototype processor
and to verify the correct implementation of the functionality described in
the PGS.
* Support the generation of static application data for the processing
modules embedded in the prototype processor and, later, the operational
processor.
* Create reports and presentations, including internal reports, on
aspects of the tasks above;
* Any other tasks deemed appropriate by the technical officer in
support of the overall aim of the tasks above..
Qualifications and Experience
. A University degree in a relevant discipline
. Five years experience with the retrieval of geophysical properties
from hyperspectral infrared observations
Essential Skills
Retrieval of geophysical properties from space borne hyper-spectral infrared
observations, using Optimal Estimation methodologies,
Accurate description of Infrared radiative transfer through the
Earth/Atmosphere system, Handling of large data sets.
. The ability to obtain a full system overview in the area of
responsibility;
. Very good communication, presentation and listening skills
. The ability to earn the trust of, and work as part of a team
. The ability to perform under high workloads
. The ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment;
. A high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills;
Desirable Skills
. Processing of raw Fourier transform spectrometer observations into
radiometrically and spectrally calibrated spectra,
. Statistical methods to derive geophysical parameters from
hyper-spectral infrared observations,
. Rapid algorithm prototyping and test data generation in support of
the above,
System software engineering including
. Configuration Control;
. Global standards for data, e.g.
. NetCDF-4 or HDF-5.
Tools supporting the above:
. Source Code control system(s) e.g., subversion,
. Programming languages (e.g., C++, Java)
. Prototyping tools (e.g., Python, Matlab)
Security
In line with Asylum & Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be
eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will
be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore,
in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees
will undergo stringent reference and identity checks
Please send you CV in English to:
Simon Davidson via <mailto:recruit@hamtec.co.uk> recruit@hamtec.co.uk
To register with HAMTEC Consulting and to view current opportunities go to
our website:
<http://www.hamtec.co.uk> http://www.hamtec.co.uk
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