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| Control System Software Specialist | Closing date: 2016-07-31
Contact: Andrew Taylor |
SKA ORGANISATION
Job Particulars
Control System Software Specialist
Application deadline: 31st July 2016
Competitive Salary and Flexible Benefits
Job Title: Control System Software Specialist
Reference: SCE/01
Reports To: SKA Head of Computing and Software
Closing Date for applications: Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 31st July 2016. For details of how to apply please see below.
Submission of applications: Email to jobs@skatelescope.org
| | ▸ more | Organisation Background
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a global project to build a multi-purpose radio telescope that will play a major role in answering key questions in modern astrophysics and cosmology. It will be one of a small number of cornerstone observatories around the world that will provide astrophysicists and cosmologists with a transformational view of the Universe.
The SKA Organisation is headquartered in a purpose-built building at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, UK.
General Description
The Office of the SKA Organisation ("SKA Office") leads the SKA system design and oversees the detailed design being undertaken within the globally distributed SKA work packages (WPs). To accomplish this goal the SKA Office employs highly qualified scientists and engineers, project managers and system engineers. Work packages for the major SKA subsystems (elements) are contracted to a small number of work package consortia who are responsible for the management, execution and delivery of the work packages. The technical strategy and philosophy of the project are strongly based on system engineering principles.
The Role
The SKA Computing and Software team are staff with extensive experience in a particular field of interest to the SKA. They may cross work breakdown structure boundaries and advise more than one work package manager. They support the SKA Head of Project in the generation of the top level requirements and engineering activities. Computing specialists provide engineering performance analysis as well as costing and other information to work package managers.
The SKA will be controlled by a supervisory control system based on the Tango Control System framework. The core of the Tango system will be delivered by the Telescope Manager work package, but specialist Tango services will be created by other work packages.
The successful applicant for this role will be:
- Holder of a recognised university degree-level education/training in engineering or physical sciences.
- Experienced in the development and support of large supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
- A technical expert in either:
- Astronomical Control Systems
- The Tango Control system or
- A comparable system that can be demonstrated to have similar characteristics.
- Experienced in developing C++ and Python software in a GNU/Linux environment.
- Able to communicate in English in a friendly and effective manner, both orally and in writing, to an audience that spans a wide range of cultures and backgrounds.
- Experienced in presenting work orally at meetings and other forums.
- Able to work effectively with SKA engineers and scientists from a variety of cultures, and
- Willing to travel, nationally and internationally, and work outside normal business hours, including evenings and weekends;
The main functions of this role will be to:
- Work with the Head of Computing and Software; the Telescope Manager Integrated Engineering Team and the consortia responsible for delivering the SKA work packages.
- Develop the control system architecture and standards so that they are consistent across the SKA
- Develop and support the development and deployment tools that will be used across the SKA control system.
In addition, the role will be required to:
- Undertake training in the financial, occupational health and safety, and human resource management procedures applicable to the SKA or its partners.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the post holder's line manager or a member of SKA Organisation Senior Management Team.
The ideal candidate would also be:
- Familiar with methods and algorithms used in Radio Astronomy Interferometry.
- Familiar with the formalism for, and requirements of, quality control environments such as ISO9000.
For more information on the SKA project visit http://www.skatelescope.org. The SKA Organisation offers a competitive salary, a generous company pension scheme and a flexible benefits package. The successful applicant's workplace will be located at the SKA Organisation's Global headquarters in Jodrell Bank Observatory.
How to apply:
Please send a CV and covering letter, including details of your current remuneration, to jobs @ skatelescope.org, quoting reference SCE/01. Applications should include a summary of your project experience, detailing how you meet the essential and desirable knowledge, skills and experience criteria, and the names of at least three professional referees, one of whom must be your current employer (or most recent employer if not currently working). Closing date for receipt of applications is 31st July 2016.
When applying please state where you saw the vacancy advertised.
Equal Opportunities Statement:
SKA Organisation is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. Our aim to is recruit and retain the most talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or nationality.
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