Scientific Software Engineer – Open Orbital Dynamics Platform

RUG; Groningen; Sur place; EUR 41 000 - 53 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary: €3,706–€4,763 gross/month (12x

232 vacation hours/year (38 h/wk)

8.3% year-end bonus and 8% holiday pay

Résumé du poste

University of Groningen invites a scientific programmer / software engineer to help build the GOOD platform for orbital dynamics. You will contribute to data models, workflows and databases, embedding Tudat configurations in automated pipelines, and collaborate with the Tudat and WISE teams across institutions.

You bring a PhD or MSc in a relevant field and strong experience in ANSI-C/C++, Python, XML, and scripting tools. Openness to travel and international collaboration is required.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in a relevant subject (e.g. astronomy, computer science, software engineering, informatics).
• Experience developing optical/near-IR astronomical data reduction apps in ANSI-C or C++, with Python, XML, and scripting languages like Perl.
• Software engineering experience: setting up and maintaining development environments; unit and regression testing; SVN/Git; GNU autotools.

Responsabilités

• Develop GOOD-WISE data models, workflows, and databases for orbital dynamics projects.
• Integrate Tudat configurations into automated pipelines and work with Tudat/WISE teams.
• Extend data models and pipelines for open, reproducible science and space object tracking.

Connaissances

C/C++ (ANSI)

Python

XML

Perl

Linux

macOS

SVN

Git

GNU Autotools

Data modeling

Software architecture

English fluency

Formation

PhD or MSc in astronomy / computer science / informatics

Outils

Tudat

WISE

Git

SVN

Description du poste

University of Groningen invites a scientific programmer / software engineer to help build the GOOD platform for orbital dynamics. You will contribute to data models, workflows and databases, embedding Tudat configurations in automated pipelines, and collaborate with the Tudat and WISE teams across institutions.

You bring a PhD or MSc in a relevant field and strong experience in ANSI-C/C++, Python, XML, and scripting tools. Openness to travel and international collaboration is required.