Job description
You want to make a real difference in an exciting industry that takes humanity to the next level?

Are you excited to take your career into the next level and be part of the space industry?

Then welcome the opportunity to do what you love as a Space Software Engineer.

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team in developing the software to support space missions for a wide variety of Space entities, like ESA, EUMETSAT, AIRBUS or DLR as well as the companies contributing to the current and future Space exploration, Space science and astronomy, Earth observation, Telecommunication missions.

You will be expected to utilize professional best practice software engineering processes and techniques throughout design, implementation and testing, using metrics to control and measure the quality and maintainability of the developed software. Both conventional and Agile development lifecycle models are used where appropriate, with full configuration management of all software.

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, Gernamny or UK 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++/Java 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)
• SimTG 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.

Who we are

Terma provides mission-critical solutions for the defence and aerospace industry. We are guided by one overall purpose: to deliver security for countries, alliances, and individuals. We operate in a variety of areas, but security is always the key. We deliver advanced technologies to keep people safe, both in peaceful times and in times of conflict. Our systems provide security for people on land, at sea and in the air.

In space, we are engaged in reaching new frontiers and enabling people on our planet to deal with new and future challenges. Terma puts emphasis on diversity and brings passionate people together with different cultural and professional backgrounds.

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.