Would you like to create systems for the space industry?

As a software developer in Terma, you will have the chance to work with prestigious projects and have a unique opportunity to gain experience in numerous fields within the space and technology domain – all in a cosmopolitan, international working environment.

Making an impact with technology

Joining our Space Business Area in Leiden in The Netherlands, you will be integrated into a team developing Terma’s ground segment applications for the space market and more particularly the mission planning application. Our daily activities will include the development of new features, maintenance of the development environment, fixing software issues raised internally or by customers, and supporting customers.

“You will be part of a team software system developers. On a specific project, we typically split into teams of 1-4 people under the leadership of a technical project manager. Depending on the type of project, some members may be more dedicated to specific aspects such as software development, system integration and testing” explains Project Manager, Ground Systems, Simon Mills.

Modern ground software systems development

You can expect to work with object-oriented design and programming methods as we focus on the professional quality of our code. As we develop solutions for a range of customers within the space industry, we adjust our methodologies and approach according to each project.

Your primary languages will be Java, but we also use other programming languages such as C++, Python and Tcl. Moreover, you will get to work with a range of topics in software engineering such as data communications (space specific protocols as well as TCP/IP and the like), real time/near real time systems, data processing, MMI development, OSGi-based component frameworks (Apache Felix, Apache Karaf) and relational databases (MySQL and PostGres). You will be expected to support software development on both Windows and Linux.

Your key responsibilities

Will include:

• Software design to implement features according to formal specifications.
• Investigating software technologies and methods for potential use – including prototyping.
• Implementing software following modern, professional software engineering standards and methods.
• Unit and component testing of the implemented software.
• User requirement analysis and software requirement specification.

Join a team of highly-skilled tech enthusiasts

At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm, and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of our “best-in-class” solutions. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace.

“We’re an internationally mixed, self-motivated and highly collaborative team of techy enthusiasts – and because we’re quite a small team, you will touch base with a lot of different kinds of technology.” elaborates Simon Mills.

Tech-savvy software engineer

You are a talented developer who is used to working in an organised, systematic, and disciplined manner with regards to applying engineering standards and methods.

You must have broad knowledge of the technologies mentioned above, and that you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Broad knowledge of object-oriented programming with strong Java programming skills.
• Understand client/server application programming.
• Knowledge of source code configuration (Subversion and/or Git).
• Experience writing documentation for your code.
• English fluent and have good communication skills overall.

Additional assets:

• Conceptual or technical know-how about Mission Planning or ground segment architecture in general in the context of space operation is advantageous.
• Have experience with Eclipse IDE and Eclipse RCP application development as well as SWT/JFace is a plus.
• Knowledge of modeling techniques using UML, Enterprise Architect, Magic Draw.

Note: even if you have not yet gained your formal degree, we would be also interested to hear from you providing you have very convincing relevant experience.