An exciting opportunity has become available within the astronomy industry for a Junior Software Engineer.
The position is based in Observatory, Cape Town.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Junior Software Engineers are part of a development team building the telescopes.
- Writing the software that controls and monitors the telescope.
- Junior Software Engineers develop, test, and maintain software solutions to meet the requirements.
- Software development of the telescope operational software.
- All stages of the full software development life-cycle may be encountered: from requirements analysis, architectural input, software design and development, to testing, integration, and deployment, as well as close interaction with hardware subsystems.
- Participate in deployment environments and processes; this may involve site visits to the Karoo.
- Participate in commissioning and lab integration of software and hardware.
- Participate in coding standard compliance and code reviews.
- Follow System Engineering principles for development of software.
- Produce documentation sets for the applicable subsystem as required.
Desired Experience & Qualification
- B.Tech/ B.Sc (Comp Sci) with 3 years' working experience, OR
- B.Eng / B.Sc Hons (Comp Sci) with 3 years' working experience, OR
- M.Eng / M.Sc (Comp Sci) with 2 years' working experience, OR
- PhD / D.Eng only with 1 year working experience, OR
- Engineering (with a software focus) or related field.
- Experience in programming languages (Python or C++ or Java).
- Experience in prototyping and development, including testing, deployment, commissioning, release, and support of large scale projects.
- Experience with test-driven development and integration testing techniques, methodologies, and frameworks; and supporting systems like revision control and build systems.
- Experience with quality assurance processes and software development processes and willingness to participate in improving software development processes and software quality procedures.
- Experience in the implementation of project management and system engineering principles.
- Familiarity with modern software collaboration tools such as Github, Containers, Google Drive, JIRA.
- Proficiency in Python programming language.
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