Earth Observation Data Services Engineer

The Services Department provides end-to-end services for the development and operation of complex systems, and support by highly qualified and expert scientists, engineers and instructors. We provide complete teams and individuals to manage, coordinate and execute service provision, expert in many scientific and engineering domains as well as staff experienced in operations and training.

Position

EUMETSAT (Darmstadt, Germany) contributes, with other organizations such as ESA and ECMWF, to the Destination Earth program. The program aims at deploying several highly accurate digital replicas of Earth to monitor and simulate natural and human activities and their interactions. As part of the program. EUMETSAT is responsible for the Data Lake handling including user engagement activities. For the provision of the User Engagement Service, we are looking for an Earth Observation Data Services Engineer. The successful candidate will support the service by bringing software and applications technical expertise to the user engagement activities.

• Location
  : Darmstadt (Germany)
• Start date
  : At the earliest

Tasks and Responsibilities

User engagement:

• Identify and engage with communities suitable for DestinE Data Lake
• Document use cases
• Gather user recommendations
• Contribute to the moderation of the community forum
• Support events and webinars

User support and training:

• Review and respond to user requests
• Review and improve available documentation
• Support the review, improvement and delivery of user training material

Skills and Experience

• University degree (or equivalent), in an Earth Observation, software or engineering domain
• At least 3 years proven hands-on experience in providing technical support to customers and/or users on the technologies mentioned below
• Knowledge and experience with the services or types of services and technologies used by the Destination Earth Data Lake, including:

1) Hosted applications and environments such as JupyterHub, Dask/Dask Gateway, Open Data Cube)

2) Cloud computing environments such as Open Stack

• Very good inter-personal and communication skills to be able to interface efficiently with the stakeholders and users
• Be able to work calmly and correctly under stress
• Excellent written and spoken English

Our Offer

• Working within an exceptional sector with Staff located in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
• A professional and modern working environment with motivated Administrative Staff, Engineers, Astronaut Training Instructors and Scientists coming from all different horizons and countries with a common passion for space and their own expertise
• A full-time position with an indefinite contract of employment
• A competitive remuneration package and good working conditions
• Working from home in part can be a possibility
• An individualised training and development programmes.

About Us

Space Applications Services NV/SA is an independent Belgian company founded in 1987. Aerospace Applications North America is our Partner company in Houston, USA.

Our aim is to research and develop innovative systems, solutions and products and provide services to the aerospace and security markets and related industries. Our activities cover manned and unmanned spacecraft, launch/re-entry vehicles, control centres, robotics and a wide range of information systems.

The Company develops payloads, avionics, robotics technology and products, and provides complete mission operations control centre solutions to EN9100 standards.

We also provide engineering, science and training services, including astronaut training.

From our headquarters, we are in daily contact with the International Space Station (ISS) ensuring our Customers' research is successful.

How To Apply

Upload your CV and Motivation Letter, both in English.

The candidate shall be eligible to work in the European Union.