• Master degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering with background in astronomy.
• Good communication skills.

• Support to payload calibration activities including analysis of data from on-ground test activities
• Support to instrument operations preparations including Performance Verification phase plan preparation and instrument operations modelling for the SOC commanding system
• SOC operations preparation including the creation and validation of SOC operational procedures for downlink operations (routine telemetry processing, quick look and trend analysis) and uplink operations (generation of commanding requests)
• Participation in System, Operational, Validation, Tests, and other on-ground test campaigns.
• Testing and validation of new deliveries of SOC software, including regression testing

The service to be provided requires a high level of relevant experience in:

• Calibration and data analysis for CCD and near-infrared instrumentation
• Science and payload operations for space missions
• Handling common astronomical file formats e.g. FITS
• A background in astronomy and experience with Python applications with good broad knowledge of Python is beneficial