ACS-D is the German subsidiary of the Exprivia international group Aerospace and Defence Digital Factory.

With know-how and experience gained over 30 years, the Exprivia group is currently active in the Banking & Finance, Telco & Media, Energy & Utilities, Public Sector, Manufacturing & Distribution, Healthcare and Aerospace & Defence areas. Today the group employs about 1800 professionals worldwide.

With ACS-D you’ll be working in an international, challenging environment, with excellent career development opportunities in a company with clear growth plans and a very attractive financial package.

For our activities at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt (Germany) we are looking for a Software IV&V (Integration Validation and Verification) Engineer (m/f/d)

The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for the Integration, Validation and Verification (IV&V) of complex software systems chains used in Satellite Earth Observation Data Processing applications. The tasks will focus mainly on the design, the preparation and contribution to the technical documentation related to I&V activities (VCDs, engineering and I&V plans, test specifications, test procedures, …)

In more details, the activities may include (among others)

• Define the testing activities to be performed to verify the requirements set.
• Writing of integration and verification test specifications, procedures and plans
• Support the project reviews in relation to the I&V documentation (plans, VCD, RTS, …);
• Ensure that the testing activities can be scheduled within the foreseen timeframe;
• Observing and analysis of I&V tests run at segment and/or subsegment level;
• Identification, planning and setting up of test tools and test data 
• Problems analysis and system anomalies management

The ideal candidate is a SW System Engineer professional with at least 5 years relevant, demonstrated work experience preferably acquired on Systems Integration and Validation projects. Mandatory skills and experience are

• Proven ability in I&V of complex data processing systems, written in C++ and running under a UNIX-like environment
• Requirements and verification management
• Formal testing at component, facility and system level
• Creation of suitable test cases, documentation and their execution
• Experience in benchmarking and stress testing
• Structured software development and verification
• Experience in operational environments under strict change control

The working language is English, therefore the capability of working effectively in that language, including the participation in technical meetings and/or boards and the production of technical documents and reports, is essential.

Optional skills/experience:
Knowledge of as many as possible of following subjects would be beneficial (in order of importance):

• Automated SW system testing
• Programming languages: Java, Javascript, XML, Perl, Tcl/Tk
• Scripting languages in a Linux environment
• Earth observation data processing, archiving and distribution systems
• Satellite missions ground systems (e.g. SCOS-2000) and related standards (packet TM/TC, PUS, SLE protocol)
• Relational databases: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
• Networking: Internet protocols, TCP/IP
• Requirements and verification management and tools (DOORS)
• Virtualisation and container technologies (e.g. Dockers, Kubernetes)

Knowledge of German or any other European language would be a plus.

The start date is foreseen to be within 2024.

Given that the activities should be carried out for 60% of the time (on a weekly basis) at the Customer's site in Darmstadt, the successful candidate should be prepared to move to the Darmstadt area. Priority will be given to candidates already eligible to work in Germany

A relocation allowance will be provided to the successful candidate.