Software Test and Integration Engineer

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https://recruitment.eso.org/jobs/2016_0011

 

Deadline 31/03/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The post is equally open to suitably qualified female and male applicants. No nationality is in principle excluded. However, recruitment preference will be given to nationals of Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.  Interviews are expected to start soon after this date. Closing date for applications is 31 March 2016.  Applicants are invited to apply online at . Applications must be completed in English and should include a motivation letter and CV together with the names of three individuals willing to provide professional reference letters.  If you are interested in working in areas of frontline technology and in a stimulating international environment, please visit (<http://www.eso.org>)for further details.  Application:  V  Career Path:  Garching near Munich, Germany with regular duty trips to all ESO sites in Chile.  Duty Station:  The contract is for a fixed term duration of three years, and is subject to successful completion of the probation period. There is a possibility of extension(s) subject to individual performance and organisational requirements, and as defined in the applicable policies and staff rules and regulations. For any further information, please visit <http://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff>.  We offer an attractive remuneration package including a competitive salary (tax free), comprehensive pension scheme and medical, educational and other social benefits, as well as financial support in relocating family members and the possibility to place child/children in daycare.  Remuneration and Contract:  Excellent command of the English language is essential; a working knowledge of German or Spanish would be an advantage.  Language Skills:  A University degree in computer science or equivalent.  Qualifications:  Takes over responsibility and is able to take decisions. Is capable to work for different projects and with different teams in a matrix structure, also in parallel and under pressure; Develops own skills and ensures that learning and development needs are identified, solutions found and outcomes evaluated; Monitors progress of own work and delivers to agreed deadlines and standards; Is flexible in adapting to changes of requirements and priorities as well as of assignments; Is able to build strong collaborative working relationships with people from different cultural backgrounds and disciplines; Provides clear, concise and timely oral and written communications, identifies the key issues, examines options and proposes the way ahead; Continuously improves the development/production/test environment; Tests control software within a highly automated test environment; Key Competences: Software Testing Certification (e.g. ISTQB). Experience with Software building tools; Experience in evaluating, installing and configuring Software tools; Good knowledge of programming languages (C++, C or Java); The following additional skills would be an advantage:  Experience with software quality standards and related metrics. Sound experience with Software Engineering standards and tools (version control, problem reporting systems); Experience with test automation frameworks and/or continuous integration; Proficiency in the development of test procedures using scripting languages (e.g. UNIX shell, Python or Perl); Good knowledge of testing and code checking tools; Experience in communication within distributed systems (e.g. TCP/IP, UDP/IP) including middleware (e.g. CORBA, DDS) and the underlying patterns (e.g. peer-peer, client-server); Experience in testing embedded software on real time operating systems; Minimum of three years of professional experience in test and integration of complex distributed software applications running on UNIX platforms, preferably Linux; Experience:  Definition of software quality metrics, their implementation and evaluation. Active contribution to continuous maintenance and improvement of the software engineering environment including the development/build/test environments, software configuration and version control systems; Investigation of errors found down to source code level and reporting fault to developers; Different levels of testing such as functional, integration, system, stress, performance and regression tests; Definition, implementation, execution of test cases, automated whenever reasonable and documentation of the results; Verification of design and implementation against requirements through analysis and inspection; Verification and validation of control software developed in house or external for ESO's VLT and E-ELT and their instruments; The successful candidate will be member of project teams within ESO's matrix structure and will be responsible for:  Main Duties and Responsibilities:  We are looking for an experienced software test/integration specialist who will be primarily responsible for the verification and validation of software products within the Control Software and Engineering Department (CSE) based in Garching. The CSE department comprises a team of 36 Software and Control Engineers organised in 4 groups who are responsible for the definition, design and implementation of complex control systems for advanced optical and infrared astronomical instrumentation and telescope systems required for ESO's Observatories in Chile.  Deadline 31/03/2016