Archive Scientist

.Job Requisition ID: 18887Date Posted: 16 September 2024Application Deadline: 7 October 2024 23:59 CET/CESTPublication: Internal & ExternalType of Contract: Fixed-TermDirectorate: ScienceWorkplace: Villanueva de la Cañada, ESGrade Band: A2 - A4This is a non-renewable post for a limited duration of 3 years.LocationESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada, SpainDescriptionThe European Space Agency maintains a world-leading Science Programme with missions in heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, and fundamental physics. Its mission is to "empower Europe to lead space science."The Department of Science Operations (SCI-S), within ESA's Directorate of Science, hosts the scientists and engineers who oversee the space missions from study to the end of operations, develops the science operation systems for the missions, operates the missions in space, and archives and curates their data during operations and beyond. Its main objective is to maximise the scientific output of the missions for the benefit of humankind.You will be assigned as Archive Scientist for ESA heliophysics missions under the direct responsibility of the Head of the Science Archives Development and Operations Section, also known as the ESAC Science Data Centre (ESDC), in the Data Science and Archives Division within SCI-S. You will have further functional reporting lines within the mission(s) you support.DutiesYou will be responsible for the definition and specification of the scientific archive for the supported ESA heliophysics missions and for the follow-up and monitoring of its implementation and operation with the goal of maximising the scientific return of the missions. You will work in close collaboration with the heliophysics mission project scientists, the other mission archives scientists, the ESDC Software and Data Systems Architect, and the members of the Heliophysics Archives Users' Group