Software Expert

As a member of the R&D Engineering Beam team, your mission is to design, implement, test and document the software used to control a proton therapy system, enabling the safe and accurate delivery of dose from the particle accelerator to the tumors of patients. The software developed by the team orchestrates the data exchange between devices and hardware sub-systems of the proton therapy system, while interacting with upper layers responsible for clinical and service workflows. Challenges we trust you with

• Design and implement software solutions based on inputs from functional analysts and architects
• Develop high-quality, maintainable and testable software in accordance with R&D Engineering standards
• Test the software through unit testing, automated integration testing in a factory environment, and on-site integration testing on the industrial equipment at proton therapy centers.
• Fix bugs, analyze root causes and refactor existing software to improve robustness, performance and user experience
• Apply agile software development practices adapted to a regulated medical device environment, in compliance with defined processes, standards and quality requirements at IBA
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the codebase, development environment and engineering practices
• Collaborate closely with electro-mechanical, physics, system and verification engineers

• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering or applied engineering (or equivalent through experience)
• Professional experience in software development
• Solid programming skills and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience or strong interest in quality-driven development, testing and CI/CD practices
• Able to navigate and work efficiently within a large and complex codebase with multiple interactions
• Good knowledge of Linux-based development environments
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Team spirit, good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary context
• Hands-on, proactive attitude and ability to organize your work autonomously

And you also are:

• Programming languages: mainly Java SE and Python scripting
• Frameworks & tools: Spring / Spring Boot, Maven, JUnit, Mockito
• Development & CI/CD environment: Linux, Docker, Git, TeamCity
• Software engineering topics: object-oriented design, multi-threading, algorithm efficiency, data structures, state machine

• A competitive salary with a company car and an attractive benefits package.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work opportunities
• The chance to contribute to cutting-edge cancer treatment solutions in a dynamic and mission-driven company.