Open position

Software Research Engineer

job description

VORTEX-CoLab is looking for exceptional Software Research Engineers with a MSc academic background in something exceptional such as Computer Science, Information Technology or similar. As a Software Research Engineer at Vortex-CoLab you will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team of other engineers, researchers, designers and product managers supporting initiatives that will define the next generation of embedded and real-time systems that are highly connected, with massive processing power and performing complex applications. As a member of the team you will drive future concepts and contribute to our innovation roadmap and prototype solutions.

responsibilities

How you can expect to fill your days:

  • Participation in amazing and out-of-the-box Research and Development projects where you will be able to turn awesome ideas into reality;
  • With a keen focus on productivity balanced with the ability to experiment cross-cutting technologies, you will deliver high quality, reusable and testable software components for real-time embedded systems in C or C++;
  • Boost up the collaborative environment provided to design and develop innovative solutions for challenging problems with scalable, production quality software;
  • Enable and inspire innovation to solve analytical problems and debug software;
  • Participation in all project development cycle phases, with a primary focus on the architecture and establishing requirements phases;
  • Work with a highly skilled engineering team, be part of the team planning and improvement using agile methodologies.

requirements

  • With a keen interest in technology and science you will have between 2 to 5 years of experience in software design and development;
  • Fluency in objected-oriented languages and software architectures;
  • Hands-on experience using C or C++;
  • A solid love for software development makes you an expert in distributed software architectures;
  • Master in the use of GNU/Linux (development, shell scripting and basic administration);
  • The ability to work with highly scalable and performant backend services;
  • As a strong Agilist, you work autonomously within an agile environment with automated testing and continuous integration and delivery;
  • A real thirst for knowledge and to stay ahead of the latest software trends makes you an active curious and inventive thinker. You’re not afraid to try something new;
  • Good oral and written communication skills;
  • A natural inclination to work on a collaborative environment, and the willingness to work on a broad variety of projects.