Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Experienced Simulation Software Engineer Visualisation Solutions & Data (d/f/m)

At Airbus Defence & Space we are developing high fidelity Engineering and Training Simulations for a variety of aircraft's, supporting the entire development life-cycle. At the core, our Simulations are distributed real-time applications. The Simulation and IT Infrastructure Teams' responsibilities include the development and integration of visualisation solutions (Image Generators) as well as the tooling, interfaces and databases belonging to those.

We are looking for an experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer contributing to the design, development, integration and testing activities of software components related to Visualisation Technologies such as interfaces in between IG and simulation (IG Host) or integrated toolchains to create and maintain (Visual) Databases containing 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

• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities

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

• Design the architecture for simulator visualisation solutions or database preparation toolchains building blocks and functionalities

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

• Evaluate, develop and integrate geo-information-system (GIS), 3D data processing and non-relational database tools to a fully integrated (Visual) Database creation and maintenance toolchain (python, CDB, openflight, geotiff...)

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

• 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

• Documentation of the appropriate software modules

Desired skills and qualifications

• Master in computer science, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, geoinformatics or a related discipline

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in software development or software design/architecture

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

• Knowledge of object orientated programming and scripting languages, in particular C++ and/or python

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

• Agile Development Methodologies desired

• Analytical & structured thinking

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

• Experience with Development and Maintenance of DevOps/CI/CD solutions 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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