Senior Full Stack Engineer - Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

You will join a small, experienced team of software developers supporting DLR's German Space Operations Centre (GSOC) for several years. The work focuses on two major ground-segment systems: · GECCOS · and · SCCF · , both critical to space operations. · The position will include ...

Jobbeschreibung

You will join a small, experienced team of software developers supporting DLR's German Space Operations Centre (GSOC) for several years. The work focuses on two major ground-segment systems:
GECCOS
and
SCCF
, both critical to space operations.

The position will include tasks such as:

• GECCOS (SCOS-2000 v3.x) support
• Investigate and resolve NCRs by debugging core dumps with GDB and tracing memory issues with Valgrind, develop fixes and implement ECRs in C++, maintain Qt-based GECCOS GUIs, and support the Haskell-implemented TM/TC simulator (ParagonTT), including log analysis via Bash/Python/Perl scripts.
• SCCF (SCOS-2000 v5.x) support
• Analyse and resolve ARs under a severity-based KPI regime within TMTC (C++/Java), SDHS (C++/Java), and AUTO/SMF (Java/Pluto), and design, implement, and test change requests across the Galileo ground-segment software components.
• Test and integration environment
• Maintain simplified test deployments (VMware VMs) of GECCOS and SCCF, and manage Docker containers for ParagonTT development and runtime environments.
• Reporting and coordination
• Participate in bi-weekly status calls in German and weekly coordination meetings in English with DLR-GSOC and GfR, contribute to monthly progress reports (work summaries and effort accounting), and provide verification procedures, release notes, and documentation updates.
• Process and quality
• Follow DLR-GSOC and GfR procedures for NCR/AR/ECR handling, change-request tracking, and KPI reporting, ensuring full traceability of all modifications within the version-control system (Git).
• Optional / future work
• Potential involvement in future EGS-CC-based missions at GSOC.

Key Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or a comparable field.
• ≥ 5 years of professional software development/maintenance experience in C++ and Java.
• EU/European citizenship.

Skills required

• Strong C++ skills (debugging, memory management, multithreading, TCP/IP, CORBA).
• Good command of Linux (SLES 11 / SLES 15): shell scripting, GDB, Valgrind.
• Experience with ground-segment software (SCOS-2000, NIS, SMF) and related standards (PUS, SLE).
• Experience with Git / GitLab or comparable version-control / issue-tracking systems.
• Docker and VMware experience.
• Familiarity with ECSS-E-ST-70-32C "Pluto" automation language.
• Qt GUI development experience.
• Haskell (ParagonTT) and Tcl (TOPE) programming experience.
• Knowledge of the EDEN SCOE protocol.
• Understanding of GNSS/Galileo mission architecture.
• Experience with the EGS-CC ecosystem.
• Ability to resolve complex NCR/ECR items and produce clear documentation.
• Proficiency in English.
• Comfortable speaking German for bi-weekly status calls.
• Team player in a small, multinational (German/English) team.
• Understanding security and confidentiality requirements for space-ground-segment activities.

Working Location

All activities are performed from Terma's Darmstadt office; on-site visits to Oberpfaffenhofen are occasional.

What can Terma offer

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 the "best-in-class" solutions that Terma provides. 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.

Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company.

Great opportunities for training and personal development

Challenges in advanced technical environment

International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere

An employment contract with an attractive package with extra-legal benefits

Highly competitive salary

Additional information

For further information, please contact
Ms. Silvia Cavallini
by telephone [ ] or by email [].