C++ Space Software Engineer (m/f/d) (Simulation)

Responsibilities

Your tasks will typically include but are not limited to:

• Software development of space industry ground systems applications covering all software lifecycle phases, including
  • requirements engineering
  • analysis
  • design and implementation
  • unit, integration and system testing according to the specification
  • maintenance and operations
  • production of related documentation in accordance to modern, professional software engineering standards and methods;
• Delivering the software & documentation to agreed timescales, budget and quality.

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Support the design of Flight Dynamics software, e.g., Orbit Determination & Propagation, Collision Avoidance;
• Studies, analyses and investigations related to software, computer systems and technologies;
• Proposal preparation for new projects and studies
• Support to customers related to ground software systems development and operations, including possible assignment at customer sites.
• Customer interface

This is a full-time position, located at our office in Darmstadt, Germany or Brasov, Romania starting ASAP.

Qualifications & Competencies

Applicants should have a university degree in Computer Science or similar. Degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Mathematics/Physics may also be suitable provided solid software engineering capabilities can be demonstrated.

Additional you should prove:

• Experience of modelling satellite systems and subsystems
• Experience with simulation standards – namely SMP (SMP2 or ECSS-SMP)
• Experience with programming in C++ and objected oriented programming
• Software development using GNU/Linux
• Model-based software engineering methods using UML
• Software development processes and lifecycles
• Experience with unit testing (e.g. CppUnit based tests) and system tesing (e.g. JavaScript based tests)
• Experience with Simulus and SimOps Simulation Environment

Desirable skills are experience with:

• Waterfall or Agile SCRUM software development lifecycles
• CORBA, XML
• POSIX programming
• CI/CD, DevOps software pipelines and deployment
• Hands-on experience on the software development infrastructure from industry and agency is a great plus,
• Experience in the customer interface role is considered positive.

What can Terma offer

You will join a high-tech, international, and creative working environment in a demanding sector that offers many challenges and opportunities for personal development. You will be part of a dedicated team characterized by professional pride and deep technical competences. In addition to the professional challenges, Terma offers a wide range of social activities and sports facilities, where employees meet in an informal atmosphere.