C++ Software Engineer Simulation

Do what you love as a Software Engineer!

As part of our multi-national team, you will be designing, developing, and maintaining efficient and reliable C++ code for a sophisticated software environment in the space domain. The position includes developing software models for satellite subsystems as well as contributing to the simulation infrastructure libraries shared between several missions. As member of a team with excellent expertise in both software development and space, you will get the opportunity to develop your career.

Help us to identify bottlenecks as well as bugs, and devise solutions to these problems by assuring the functionality of the systems. You will help maintaining the code quality, organization, and automation. You will translate the customer needs into delivered features, and become proficient in estimating and defining your future tasks.

Show us what you have as a C++ Developer!

You have proficiency in C/C++, with fair knowledge of the corresponding language specifications and with shown experience. You know how to use the standard template library and its containers. You know object orientation, and can draw and understand class diagrams in UML.

You are familiar with development tools such as debuggers, profilers, and tracing utilities. You are excellent at problem solving, with a logical and pragmatic demeanour.

Do you want us to invest in you?

Responsibilitites / Duties

• Design, develop, document and test software in C++ that you and your company can be proud of.
• Show everyone what you are capable of, disseminating knowledge and learn with others; praising openly successes of your colleagues and receive praise for your own successes.
• Grow yourself, grow the company and be rewarded as a technical specialist
• No need to get ‘manager’ in the job title and only develop stuff in Microsoft Office

Qualifications/Experience

• Degree educated SW Engineer
• Some experience in working in a team as working student or staff member

• C++ programming language
• Object oriented programming and design using UML
• Proficiency in spoken and written English

Desirable Skills

Experience with more sophisticated elements of software development would be an asset:

• Linux command line, Source Code Control System (Git), Maven
• Debugging of code, static and dynamic code analysis
• Experience in continuous integration processes and tools
• Knowledge of automated testing using CppUnit or similar
• JavaScript and Java programming languages

A background in space market and its applicable standards would help further:

• SMP2 or ECSS SMP standard, and the SIMULUS suite
• Spacecraft Operations including ECSS-E-70 (Packet Utilisation Standard)
• Spacecraft Database, e.g. expressed as SCOS MIB or EGS-CC CDM