As support to a European space company we are looking for a UNIX Application Software Engineer

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products for its users. You will be working onsite as part of the GEO Data Processing Systems Maintenance Team to support following tasks/areas:

• Maintenance of the system level software;
• Testing of the facility at unit level and facility level;
• Rolling out patches and releases of the facility application software;
• Analysis and implementation of evolutions to the system;
• Anomaly investigation and corrections related to the application software;
• Development of the reprocessing facilities;
• Implementation of adaptations to create new reprocessing facilities;
• Analysis of the adaptations required for algorithms for performance improvement;
• Transition of the facility development systems into the Technical Computing Environment (TCE):
• Movement of the source code repositories to the TCE;
• Configuration of a development environment;
• Verification of the build and release process using the new TCE repository;
• Testing and delivery of releases of new versions;
• Documentation related to the development and maintenance activities;
• Participation in technical meetings and formal reviews.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in a relevant discipline;
• Several years of experience in S/W development, configuration controlled software build environments, as well as in the operation, maintenance or trouble shooting of large, complex, real-time data processing systems;
• Good knowledge of UNIX application development and testing in C, C++, Oracle version 8 and higher; System level and network programming using sockets, and both TCP/IP and UDP, user interface design and programming;
• Understanding of source code control systems; Configuration control processes;
• Ability to work independently; Good communication and analytical skills;
• Fluency in English is mandatory; French would be an asset.

Deadline for application: 21 April 2011

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.