Do you want to be part of the space future? As support to a European space organisation we are looking for a Software Engineer for EO-LEO Facilities Quality Control and Calibration / Validation

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products for its users. You will be working on-site as a member of the Data Processing Systems Engineering team. Tasks will include:

• Maintenance and development of software applications EO product quality control, calibration and validation,
• Configuration management, build and distribution of software releases and patches,
• Software design and re-engineering,
• Development of software tools,
• Anomaly investigation, documentation and follow-up,
• Analysis of maintenance requirements, implementation of policies and procedures.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in Computing, Software Engineering or a related subject
• At least 3 years experience in the maintenance of UNIX based software systems,
• Meteorological satellite data processing systems,
• Maintaining software systems in C, C++, FORTRAN under LINUX / AIX,
• Build environments (e.g. make, imake, debuggers, insure++),
• Source code control (Subversion or CVS) and configuration management,
• Oracle, Informix, IDL, ENVI, Python, Perl, Tcl/Tk,
• Fluency in English is mandatory; proficiency in French would be an asset.

Starting date: October 2010

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative team awaits you. You will benefit from focused training and personal development bundled with a competitive salary.

Please note: Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you already hold a work permit for Germany.

HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration. We open the door to working directly on-site with our principal customers in the space sector who rank amongst the top 25 engineering employers in Europe: EADS and the European Space Agency.