Beschreibung
This position, in a scientific organisation based near Munich in Germany, calls for experience of developing scientific data processing applications in ANSI- C.
The main working language is English.
The role will involve developing data reduction pipelines for operational instruments for the quick-look assessment of data, the health-monitoring of instruments and detectors, the generation of master calibration data, the reduction of scientific exposures, and data quality control. The work involves the preparation of data reduction procedures with implementation in ANSI-C.
The key experience and attributes sought are:
- Development of scientific data processing applications in ANSI- C
- Experience of statistical handling of scientific data including statistical error propagation
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments
- Experience of the complete software life cycle
- Knowledge of software development tools - version control, development environments, debuggers, profilers.
Knowledge of some of the following would be advantageous:
- A good working knowledge of the Scripting languages Python and Perl
- Astronomical data reduction methods and observational techniques
- Code validation and unit/regression testing
- Multi-threaded programming
Candidates should possess a University degree or equivalent. Fluency in English is essential. This is a freelance contract assignment with an initial period of 3 years starting in July 2015 with an option to extend for a further two years.
Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully operating in Germany since 2002.