[IGSMAIL-7039] help with posting an employment advertisement in geodesy

[Kefei Zhang]

Dear Sir/madam,

I would be very grateful if you could help us to post the included message
in the IGS
mail list.  Our positions are very relevant to this community since they
are to do
with precise orbit determination (POD), in particular LEO and debris POD
research.

thank you so much
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Professor Kefei Zhang
Director, RMIT SPACE Research Centre and
Satellite Positioning and Navigation (SPAN) Lab
International Student Officer
School of Mathematical and GeoSpatial Sciences, The RMIT University (CRICOS
provider code: 00122A)
RMIT City Campus (room 12.11.14)
GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne Victoria 3001
Australia
Tel: +61-3-99253272, email: kefei.zhang at rmit.edu.au
homepage: www.rmit.edu.au/SPACE,
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apology for cross postings


*Dear Colleagues, *

Hope you have had an restful Christmas and New Year break.

I would be very grateful if you could forward our advertisements below to
those who may have an interest.

Six research fellow positions are available from the Satellite Positioning
for Atmosphere,Climate
and Environment (SPACE <http://www.rmit.edu.au/SPACE>) Research Centre at
RMIT University, Melbourne Australia.
In addition to these project-based fellowships, RMIT has also created about
20 different levels of fellowships
under its "Outstanding Research Fellowships" Scheme that aims to foster a
dynamic and productive
research environment by offering prestigious positions throughout the
continuum of research
career levels, from higher degree by research candidates to senior
academics. Outstanding
researchers in space related areas are encouraged to apply.

The research to be undertaken is part of the recently awarded Australian
national research centre
- Cooperative Research Centres for Space Environment Management (CRC-SEM
<http://www.serc.org.au>) and an Australian
Research Council (ARC) project. This is an international collaborative
effort aiming
to improve Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and provide a smart
remediation method to
the growing problem of on-orbit collisions of space objects.

Major partners involved in the new centre are SPACE
<http://www.rmit.edu.au/SPACE>, RMIT University <http://www.rmit.edu.au>,
Australian National University,
Electro Optic Systems (EOS) Pty. Ltd., Lockheed Martin, Singtel Optus and
NICT (Japan).
The RMIT SPACE will oversee the research on “orbit determination and
predicting behaviours and
the research is funded for a period of five years.

Four positions are available immediately and two more positions are
expected to open soon.

The successful candidates are expected to undertake research making
significant new contributions
to the field of SSA/space debris tracking, astrodynamics, GNSS meteorology
and geodesy while
working under the supervision of the lead researchers. The candidates will
need to be innovative in their
development of new theory, methodologies and research results and
demonstrate initiative in
the design and implementation of algorithms and computational experiments,
and in the
preparation of reports and papers for publication in journals and
conferences.

The appointees are expected to help supervise postgraduate students and
contribute to other
activities relevant to this research project. It is expected the applicants
will have a PhD in
astrodynamics, space science and technology, geodesy/GNSS, atmosphere,
space physics,
meteorology, applied mathematics, or a closely related discipline, with
strong advanced mathematical
and computing skills. Research experience in some aspects of astrodynamics,
SSA, space physics
and/or geodesy/GNSS is essential. Knowledge of space tracking algorithms,
orbit theory,
orbit error propagation and error theory/filtering, key precise orbit
determination
software packages and strong computer programming skills in modern
programming languages would be highly desirable.

*Duration:* fixed-term 3 years initially, further extension of two years
subject to
                performance and funding
*Academic Level: *A/B/C
*Remuneration: * $87,951 - $140,375 (i.e. salary $75,172-$119,979 + 17%
Superannuation)
*Deadline: * Sunday 1 February, 2015.

Applicants are requested to separately address the key selection criteria
as outlined in the
Position Description.  Please clearly state in your cover letter which
position you are applying for.

To view an advertisement, Position Description and apply online
please go to http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/jobSearch.asp quoting job ref
#550035.
Detailed information about the CRC-SEM and SPACE can be found at
www.serc.org.au (CRC-SEM)
and www.rmit.edu.au/SPACE

For confidential queries, please contact Professor Kefei Zhang at
kefei.zhang at rmit.edu.au
(tel: +61 3 9925 3272).

my best regards.

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Professor Kefei Zhang
Director, RMIT SPACE Research Centre and
Satellite Positioning and Navigation (SPAN) Lab
School of Mathematical and GeoSpatial Sciences, The RMIT University
RMIT City Campus (room 12.11.14)
GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne Victoria 3001
Australia
Tel: +61-3-99253272, email: kefei.zhang at rmit.edu.au
homepage: www.rmit.edu.au/SPACE,  www.rmit.edu.au/staff/kefei-zhang
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