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VN 24/48 Junior Data Exchange Engineer (ECEP)

Ready to launch your career with Europe’s meteorological satellite agency? At EUMETSAT, we are not just monitoring the weather and climate from space—we are shaping the future of weather and climate science, 24/7, 365 days a year.

Be part of a dynamic team where your efforts contribute to a greater purpose. As a Junior Data Exchange Engineer, within the IT and Data Infrastructures Division (I2D), you'll have the opportunity to work on EUMETCast, EUMETSAT's near-real time dissemination system for satellite data and products.

You will contribute to the near real-time delivery of vital environmental information across Europe and beyond. You will collaborate with experts to maintain and enhance the operational software and systems essential for exchanging data with our users and partners. Whether you are harnessing multicast technology to optimize data distribution or fine-tuning our systems for peak performance, you will be at the forefront of delivering crucial data to users.

With EUMETSAT, your work isn't just a job—it's a mission to empower decision-makers, protect communities, and safeguard our planet.

Duties

  • Design, prototype and develop small to medium size software applications in support to data dissemination and multi-mission elements of the EUMETSAT ground segment;
  • Support maintenance and evolutions of operational software, systems and services related to data exchange;
  • Contribute to requirements engineering, service specifications, architecture and design of software applications and their technical documentation;
  • Provide support to operations and deployment activities of related software applications, systems and services and support engineering change proposals, configuration control and quality assurance activities;
  • Support technical interactions with service providers, vendors and industrial partners.
 

LOCATION

Darmstadt, Germany

QUALIFICATIONS

A university degree in a relevant engineering discipline, e.g. Computer Science, software engineering or other relevant discipline.

LANGUAGES

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French.

DEADLINE

13 January 2025

Duties

  • Design, prototype and develop small to medium size software applications in support to data dissemination and multi-mission elements of the EUMETSAT ground segment;
  • Support maintenance and evolutions of operational software, systems and services related to data exchange;
  • Contribute to requirements engineering, service specifications, architecture and design of software applications and their technical documentation;
  • Provide support to operations and deployment activities of related software applications, systems and services and support engineering change proposals, configuration control and quality assurance activities;
  • Support technical interactions with service providers, vendors and industrial partners.

Skills and Experience

  • Strong motivation to develop in the areas of software and service engineering in a 24/7 operational environment.
  • Openness to learning and growing expertise, alongside great teamwork and communication skills.
  • Knowledge of software engineering.
  • Awareness of system engineering standards.

Practical work experience with some of the following topics would be advantageous:

  • Object-oriented programming languages, e.g. Java, C++.
  • Unix Computer operating systems and scripting languages, e.g. Python.
  • Virtualization, containerization, and network protocols, e.g. TCP/IP, UDP.

Employment Conditions

The assessment day is planned for February 2025, with the anticipated start date of 1 October 2025.

The initial contract will be under the EUMETSAT Early Career Employee Programme (ECEP), for two (2) years with grade A1. Subject to successful performance, a further contract of 5 years’ duration will be awarded in a post graded A2-A4. Additional contracts may be awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63, and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT. Further information on the Early Career Employee Programme (ECEP) can be found here.

The basic salary for this post is EURO 5594 per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances). The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.

EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women.
Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited on the basis of their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT.

About EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT has 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.)

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