Scientific Software Engineer

At S[&]T we contribute to a safer life on Earth by translating space data into valuable and actionable insights. With this, we help organizations, governments and commercial entities to strengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision-making. We focus on 4 domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security, Environment & Sustainability and the High-Tech Industry. We control all levels of the data value chain from data source to user applications, and apply our expertise within our innovations, customer projects and talent acquisition services. Our headquarters are in Delft, The Netherlands and we have two satellite offices in Oslo, Norway and Rome, Italy with a total of 125 experts employed at S[&]T.

We are currently looking for a Scientific Software Engineer to join the team in Delft.

You will be working within the Defence & Security business unit, where we are working on innovative solutions that leverage space technologies. You will be active in the domain of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT). In the PNT domain we are developing amongst others satellite navigation signal quality monitoring, RF interference direction-finding, and antenna array technologies for RF interference mitigation. Common application areas include Defence, Space and Critical Infrastructure. This role involves defining system requirements, performing trade-offs based on thorough analyses and designing both on a system and on a component level. You will focus on signal-processing and system-control algorithm development and implementation in software, and you will evaluate the performance of these algorithms using custom or off-the-shelf hardware. Additionally, this position includes testing, verification and validation activities, both in laboratory environments and during field operations. This position provides the opportunity to, design innovative solutions and contribute to product development in a dynamic, high-tech organization.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements based on stakeholder input and perform system and component design to meet these requirements
• Develop and implement algorithms in software and evaluate performance using custom or off-the-shelf hardware
• Design test benches for test, verification and validation of our systems and define and perform test, verification and validation activities
• Lead projects and tasks in large projects

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics or a related technical field, or extensive work experience equivalent to these qualifications
• Good understanding of the concepts of signal processing, system control and digital communication
• Programming experience in Python is a must, C, and C++ is nice to have
• Strong communication skills in English, both verbally and in writing. Dutch is an advantage
• Affinity with working for Defence
• The possibility to obtain security clearances (Dutch, NATO, EU) is a must

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