Scientific Software Pipelines Research Software Engineer

ESO scientific software pipelines Research Software Engineer
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The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen invites applications for a research software engineer position.The vacancy is for a temporary project-specific position with the OmegaCEN Astronomical Science Data Center, with an initial appointment until December 2028. The research software engineer will be part of a 6 person team that will perform maintenance and development of operational science data reduction pipelines for the ESO La-Silla Paranal observatories.
ESO scientific software pipelines Research Software Engineer
https://werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/eso-scientific-software-pipelines-research-software-engineer-2337/
What are you going to do?
The research software engineers will be part of a 6 person team that will perform for the European Southern Observatory maintenance and development of operational science data reduction pipelines for the ESO La-Silla Paranal observatories in collaboration with ATG-Europe in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. It includes imaging and spectral instruments. The work will consist of maintaining and further developing several La Silla Paranal data reduction pipelines. The data reduction pipelines will be maintained together with associated libraries, such as the High-Level Data Reduction Library based on the Common Pipeline Library, and Molecfit/Skycorr (modules for sky background corrections). The successful candidate will also be asked to assist the project manager with the day-to-day coordination of the work of the project team.
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Solliciteer uiterlijk: 21 September 2026 23:59 Dutch local time
€3.706 - €4.925
Who are you?
We are looking for the following qualifications and experience: - a PhD degree in astronomy. - recent experience in developing astronomical data reduction software applications. - proven experience of as...