Junior Software Engineer

About the position

An exciting opportunity has become available within the astronomy industry for a Junior Software Engineer. The position is based in Observatory, Cape Town.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Tech/ B.Sc (Comp Sci) with 3 years' working experience, OR
• Eng / B.Sc Hons (Comp Sci) with 3 years' working experience, OR
• Eng / [URL Removed] (Comp Sci) with 2 years' working experience, OR
• PhD / [URL Removed] 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
• Modern software collaboration tools such as Github, Containers, Google Drive, JIRA.
• Python programming language

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Junior Software Engineers are part of a development team building the telescopes
• Writing the software that controls and monitor 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 Skills:

• Software Engineer
• Python
• C++
• Java
• Telescopes
• Project Management

Desired Work Experience:

• 1 to 2 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Honours