CSIRO Hiring for Software Engineer – Telescope Control Systems Job at Perth, Australia Full Time

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The Opportunity

Our astronomers study cosmic objects, such as galaxies, gas clouds and pulsars, using our own radio telescopes and other instruments to build a deeper understanding of the Universe.

• Use your skills and experiences as a Software Engineer to support something truly special.
• Innovative and collaborative workplace with fantastic flexibility.
• Join CSIRO and support Australia’s premier scientific organisation!

Space & Astronomy (S&A) is completing instrumentation of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in mid-west WA and maintains existing telescopes Parkes and Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). Your role as a Control Systems Software Engineer is to develop and maintain Monitoring and Control System software for its radio telescopes.

Your duties will include:

• Design, develop and adapt systems and software, requiring high levels of initiative, ingenuity and skills.
• Lead teams and/or collaborate with staff from other teams in meeting their objectives as required.
• Development, testing and support of monitoring and control interfaces implemented in EPICS.
• Collaboration with engineers on specifying and maintaining interfaces.
• Active support of monitoring and control software.
• Liaise with clients to determine their needs and take personal responsibility for client satisfaction.

Location: Kensington (Perth) Western Australia, or Marsfield (Sydney) New South Wales

Salary: AU$102k – AU$111k per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Indefinite

Reference: 79849

To be considered you will need:

Essential:

• Relevant Bachelors/Masters degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science or related disciplines.
• Experience developing control and monitoring software for hardware devices.
• Applied knowledge of software development processes including source control management and issue tracking.
• Strong applied knowledge of software development in C++.
• Adept Linux user (e.g. Debian or Debian based systems)
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed research team, and carry out tasks autonomously in support of scientific research.
• Demonstrated ability & willingness to contribute novel ideas and approaches in support of scientific investigations.

Desirable:

• Experience implementing control system solutions using EPICS and/or TANGO.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• Experience developing in Python
• Previous work in Agile environments (e.g. SCRUM, KANBAN)
• Jira/Confluence

CSIRO is an Equal Opportunity employer working hard to recruit world-class talent that represents the diversity across our society. CSIRO recognises that a candidate’s capability to perform a role can be demonstrated in a variety of ways and encourages candidates to address the role criteria with this in mind.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

To be considered for this opening you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, or an Australian Permanent Resident holder.

The successful applicant will be required to obtain and provide a National Police Check or equivalent. Additional integrity checks may be required for specific roles which require security clearance for working with children, Australian Government cybersecurity requirements or other identified security roles.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia’s national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

6th March 2022, 11:00pm AEDT