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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Göttingen Gmbh
- **Location:** Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Scientific Data Archiving, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Systems, Data Processing, Gitlab, Front End Software Development, Streamlit Framework, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/jobdetail/10000-1208614296-S

## About the Role

A PhD, MSc (or soon to be completed PhD) in physics, planetary science, or a in aerospace, telecommunication, or software engineering

 - A solid Python programming skills, Docker and Gitlab familiarity
 - Experience in front-end development (e.g. streamlit)
 - Ability to work in a team and learn new things
 - Good command of spoken and written English

## Description

This position, within the Planetary Atmospheres research group and specifically within the Submillimetre Wave Instrument (SWI) project, offers a unique opportunity to contribute to both the technical and scientific challenges of space research on a cutting-edge planetary mission. We are looking for a candidate with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset who is willing to learn and apply new concepts and techniques.

We are seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Software Engineer (f/m/d) to join our team in developing and maintaining the SWI ground segment software infrastructure, with a strong focus on data pipelines, automation, and science data archiving support. In this role, you will play a central part in building and optimizing the software systems that enable the processing, calibration, and archiving of SWI science data. You will work closely with scientists, engineers, and mission operations teams to ensure robust, scalable, and user-friendly tools that support the full lifecycle of SWI science operations as part of our ground segment.

## Your Tasks

 - Maintain, enhance, and build upon existing SWI science operations for SWI ground segment data pipeline (mostly Python)
 - Implement and optimize automated workflows for data processing, calibration, and validation
 - Act as a "developer" or "product owner" in developing, debugging or testing software pipelines, web-interface, or back-end
 - Contribution to the meetings and relevant reviews for the software work-packages