Senior Software Engineer for Simulator Visualisation Solutions (d/f/m)

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Senior Software Engineer for Simulator Visualisation Solutions (d/f/m)

At Airbus Defence & Space we are developing high fidelity Engineering and Training Simulations for a variety of aircrafts, supporting the entire development life-cycle. At the core, our Simulations are distributed real-time applications. The Visualisation & Extended Reality Teams' responsibilities include the development and integration of visualisation solutions (Image Generators), the development and integration of VR, AR, MR software and hardware as well as the tooling, interfaces and databases belonging to those technologies.

We are looking for a experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer contributing to the design, development, integration and testing activities of software components related to the Image Generator, more precisely the interfaces to the simulation (IG Host) and fully integrated toolchains to create and maintain (Visual) Databases from tactical-, geo- and 3D-data. You will be working in an international team, located in Manching, Germany.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of  leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

Attractive salary including holiday pay, Christmas bonus and profit sharing

30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions

Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects

Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, public transport subsidy, discounts at local businesses

On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten nearby

Your tasks and responsibilities

Design and develop the software architecture for visualisation or database preparation building blocks and functionalities

Derive system requirements or user stories from operational requirements for new functionalities of Engineering and Training Simulation systems or subsystems

Drive our software development methodologies, toolchains and workflows. 

Perform Code Reviews and support the individual development of our software developer community.

Evaluate and integrate visualisation solutions and develop our in-house visual interface (mainly C++)

Create tools for improving our development processes (e.g. CI/CD pipelines, code generators, test automation)

Integrate the developed components with the overall Simulator systems and Image Generator software

Create and perform automated unit and automated or manual subsystem tests of our software building blocks

Documentation of the appropriate software modules

Desired skills and qualifications

Master in computer science, games engineering, electrical engineering or a related discipline

At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in software development and architectural design with a proven track record

Interest in flight simulators, visualisation technology, software development and integration

Knowledge of object orientated programming and scripting languages, in particular C/C++ and python. Other languages would be a plus

Experience with development and maintenance of DevOps/CI/CD solutions

Very good English knowledge, German language proficiency would be a plus

Agile Development Methodologies

Analytical & structured thinking

Aeronautical background and/or experience with simulators, synthetic environments, geodata (especially OGC CDB) and/or visual systems (Image Generators) would be a plus

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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Company: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Entry Level

Job Family: Software Engineering <JF-EN-EK>

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