ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions

Vacant Job Positions for Software Developers in ESO's DMD

See also: http://http.hq.eso.org/ann/vacancy-1996-01.html

This is a task description for 2 Software Developers located in the Data Management Division (DMD) User Support Group at European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching (Munich), Germany.

Education:

      University degree in Computer Sciences or equivalent. Assignment:

      ESO is developing a prototype Data System for its NTT
      telescope. The selected candidates will be involved in the
      development of software tools to support the preparation of
      observations with this telescope. Such tools will integrate a
      number of existing subsystems under a common user interface and
      will access database and information services provided by
      ESO. The development environment is Unix, C++ and Tcl/Tk for the
      GUI aspects.
Experience and knowledge: 
      The ideal candidate is familiar with common software engineering
      practices, and can follow a project from the requirements
      definition phase to coding, delivery and user training; s/he can
      work independently while being able to interoperate with other
      developers and end users and has a firm command of the English
      language; s/he is at ease with object oriented concepts and
      methodologies; has experience in C/C++ and Tcl/Tk programming in
      Unix environments. Familiarity with relational databases, and
      general networking (TCP/IP, WWW) will be considered an asset.
Location: 
      Garching (Munich), Germany 
Duration: 
      1 year, possibly extendable to three. 
Start: 
      ASAP 

If you are interested please send an up to date CV to Maurizio Chavan <amchavan_at_eso.org>

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