RT-S/SCI-OPD/00153 Software Engineer

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

For our activities in ESAC, we are currently looking for a Software Engineer.

Role Responsibility

The Key Person will be focused on software engineering tasks  in  the  development/maintenance or enhancement of the SOC (Science Operation Center) systems. The main tasks include:

• Write technical requirements for SOC and archives subsystems and provide flow down from higher level requirements.

• Analysis of functionalities of existing SW (software) systems and assessment of potential reusability;
• Analysis of requirements and propagation of impacts;

• Perform SW architectural design as needed.
• Implement/Maintain one or more subsystems/modules according to the requirements in the agreed language using the agreed tools.
• Development and integration of scientific algorithms.

• Coding scientific algorithms in specified language following detailed mathematical descriptions;
• Integrating these algorithms into the SOC framework;
• Testing and validating new implemented functionality (unit / integration tests) using simulation data;
• Optimize new code in terms of memory / CPU usage;
• Collaborate external scientists as needed.

• Ensure timely delivery of SW releases and relative increments.

• Deploy and configure new versions of the systems/modules on the validation and operational systems as requested.

• Software Configuration, integration and setting up of operating systems and layered software.
• Support the definition of Operational SGS Procedures (for procedures involving the use of SW).

• Training and supervision of SOC operators for the Operational tasks.

• Contribute to System verification and scientific validation.
• Aid in the definition, conduction and analysis of large-scale testing campaigns including a first assessment of the scientific quality of results.

• Documenting results of test campaigns in the form of validation test reports.

• Contribute to the definition of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and interface definitions.
• Provide documentation for subsystems and manage change requests via Change Control Boards.

Additionally, the ideal candidate should focus his/her activities on providing the engineering support for the potential expansion of the current ESDC services, which include the following specific tasks:

• Cloud-based processing systems attached to the archives.
• Mobile devices and apps for Android and iOS.
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality data analysis applications.
• Artificial Intelligence and machine learning-based applications.

Successful Candidate

The successful candidate should bring a Master’s Degree in Engineering or PhD from a recognised institution of secondary studies (University,ecol supérieure,etc or equivalent, and minimum 4 years of the relevant experience.

Additionally, the Key Person requires:

• Substantial experience in Java programming language.
• Experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or other front-end languages like AngularJS.
• Unit testing (JUnit) and UI testing (selenium).
• Experience with SVN, git repositories and project management software JIRA and Confluence.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle and PostgreSQL Databases.
• Experience with Google Web Toolkit and/or Vaadin are assets.
• Experience in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is an asset.

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Important

Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law.

Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. 

For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered.

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You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time.

Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided (if applicable).

About the Company

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.

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