CLC Space is currently recruiting a Meteorological Product Software Engineer to provide consultancy support at their client’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You shall provide consultancy support as part of the EUMETSAT Meteosat Second and Third Generation and Polar System Second Generation Programmes. Supporting the Remote Sensing and Products Division’s (RSP) Atmospheric and Imagery Applications group (AIA). Within the EUMETSAT’s Technical and Scientific Support Department (TSS), RSP’s role is to develop, implement, validate, and evolve operational observational products from EUMETSAT and agreed third party satellites.
Additionally, RSP provides support to EUMETSAT’s future programmes. The products most relevant to this post will include detection and properties of clouds and several cloud-free atmosphere products. Products are derived both from geostationary and polar orbiting satellite data.
You will also participate, if necessary, in the operations preparation, launch and commissioning phases of new satellites / instruments. The work will be primarily in three areas:
• Support to the development and prototyping of algorithms for the upcoming Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI). These algorithms have a strong heritage from those applied operationally at present to the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI).
• Support to the development and prototyping of algorithms for the upcoming European Polar Satellite Second Generation (EPS-SG) Visible and Infrared Imager (VII). A number of algorithms to be supported have a common heritage with those from the FCI but several are entirely new developments.
• Support to the routine operations of the MSG SEVIRI Meteorological Product Extraction Facility (MPEF). This will involve troubleshooting, answering user questions and contributing to product upgrades and new system releases. The more complex product extraction algorithms currently and planned for use at EUMETSAT typically involve optimal estimation methods and application of real-time radiative transfer models at visible and infrared wavelengths.
The tasks will be carried out mainly at our client’s facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
You shall support the design, prototyping, operational implementation and validation of the product algorithms. The work is carried out in a small project team consisting of relevant experts. You will also be involved in the analysis and resolution of anomalies relating to the product generation software.
The tasks will typically include:
• Maintenance and extension of a prototyping system,
• Implementation, possible optimisation and validation of new and updated algorithms,
• Acceptance and implementation of third party algorithm software into the prototyping system,
• Preparation of technical notes on implementation issues and user guides, installation notes for the prototyping system,
• Monitoring and operating the product generation facilities both for future ground segments or currently for the MSG MPEF,
• Visualisation and analysis of geophysical products.
YOUR PROFILE
In addition to having a University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, such as computer science, physics, mathematics or remote sensing, you shall have minimum of 5 years of experience in operational product generation from satellite/remote sensing data. In addition, experience in validation of geophysical products from satellite data is highly desirable.
Furthermore, you shall have practical, demonstrable experience with:
• Algorithm software development using FORTRAN 90/95 Intel/GNU/Linux and/or IBM/POWER/AIX environments,
• Implementation of scientific algorithms from a given specification and their documentation,
• IDL programming language and object oriented aspects,
• Common meteorological data formats, i.e., BUFR, GRIB, HDF5, and netCDF,
• Coding and operation of optimal estimation methods for geophysical product retrieval from satellite data,
• Installing and running radiative transfer models for infrared and visible wavelengths,
• Authoring clear and concise technical documentation. Practical, demonstrable experience of the following will be advantageous:
• Experience using the community RTTOV model from the EUMETSAT NWPSAF,
• Anomaly correction processes,
• Source code control systems: Subversion and/or git.
You shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. You are expected to support a team and may be called upon to present your work, therefore good communication skills are a necessity.
The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language.