Research Software Engineer temporary positions (ESO scientific software pipelines) (1.0 FTE)

The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen invites applications for a research software engineer position. The vacancy is for a 3 year temporary project-specific position with the OmegaCEN Astronomical Science Data Center. The research software engineer 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). This position will include coordination of the day-to-day work of the project team and consultancy to team members. The position is for one year initially, with two year extension depending on performance and funding. The deliverables after three years conclude the project of the job.

Organisation
The OmegaCEN Astronomical Science Data Center is the expertise center for data-intensive astronomy and astronomical information technology at the University of Groningen. It is based at the Donald Smits Center for Information Technology and the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute. The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute is the university department for research and education in astronomy, astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation. The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute is a member of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA). NOVA is the alliance of the astronomical institutes of the universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden, and Nijmegen. NOVA is the national homebase for hardware and software instrumentation projects with the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ATG Europe is an international service provider in the fields of space, astronomy, defence and high-tech.