Working for SciSys is always both challenging and rewarding. Our staff are enthusiastic, self-starters who thrive in a dynamic environment. At all stages of your career you will be responsible for the quality of your work. You should be able to work to deadlines, have good inter-personal skills and be flexible as regards moving from project to project and in assimilating new technologies.

Whether your speciality becomes project management, business analysis, software engineering, programming, applications support or spacecraft operations and flight dynamics, there may be opportunities for you at SciSys. Potential is quickly recognised and rewarded appropriately, and the experience you will gain through working in diverse market sectors and on a variety of projects is second to none.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic graduate to work in our offices in Darmstadt, Germany.  Looking to someone with an IT background to work in a software development role, ideally with a science background and interest in the space industry,

The position would involve working in the following areas:-

·         Development of Mission Control System Software

·         Analysis and Design of Software Change Requests (SCR’s);

·         Investigation of problems reported by the users (SPR’s);

·         Producing software patches and new releases;

·         Testing and validating of patches and new releases of the System

·         Installation and support of the Operational MCS systems.

·         Provide occasional on-call support to the missions during critical phases;

Essential requirements:

·        A university degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.

·        Experience in C++ and/or Java

·        Fluency in English

Desirable skills:

·        An interest in the Space industry

Other information e.g. dual location, special security clearance, foreign languages:

·        Fluency in written and spoken English (mandatory)

·        Must be an EU National or possess a valid German Work Permit