Senior customer-oriented software engineer with industrial background

Are you a person with strong analytical and interpersonal skills? Are you curious and like to work on both research and client projects? Are you a Senior Software Engineer with hands-on experience in software development? Do you have proven experience in identifying and realizing client needs? Then you could be the person we are looking for! We are currently looking for a customer-oriented software engineer with an industrial background to help us take our outstanding research results and create meaningful value in industrial and societal challenges.

About the position
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with an industrial background.

You will be collaborating with our experts from different research teams in the areas of Software testing & Validation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) to name a few and will have the chance to join and contribute to research projects in these areas. You should have excellent organizational and problem-solving skills. It is also important that you can understand results from our research projects, can pair them with real client needs and transform them into high quality software, tailored to industry's needs and business objectives – to make a real difference.

Place of employment: Västerås
Full time 100% employment.

As a senior software engineer with us at RISE, you will be responsible for:  

- Collaborate with our researchers and define results that can be tailored to cover urgent needs from industry and public sector
- Understand our customers’ needs and challenges and see possibilities when we can help them
- Create and execute projects based on client needs, based on the team’s research
- Develop high-quality software design and architecture
- Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
- Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
- Perform validation and verification testing

Your profile
In order for you to succeed and thrive in this position we believe you possess at least 5 years proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer with industrial background. This includes extensive experience in software development, scripting and project management and that you have excellent programming skills (e.g., C, C++, Java and Python).

As a person, we see that you are curious, goal-oriented, flexible, and communicative. You have an analytical mind with a problem-solving attitude. You are skilled in presenting and documenting your work, as well as work from your research colleagues both in English and Swedish, i.e., to describe the problem, the solution, and the approach in an understandable manner.

You have at least a Master's Degree in computer science or a related degree. In addition, it’s a merit if you have experience in any of the following:

- Have a background and experience in testing highly configurable, variant-rich embedded systems in the industrial production domains.
- Have experience or deep interest in distributed systems (Cloud/Fog/Edge), wireless communication, Industrial IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms.
- Be able to read and understand state of the art research in IoT, Software testing and Validation and machine learning

Are we right for each other?
At RISE, we are convinced that diversity contributes to an innovative environment where together we challenge boundaries and develop new knowledge and skills for the future. We can't promise you an easy job, but what we can promise you dedicated colleagues and exciting and important societal challenges to tackle. You will work in a dynamic environment that offers you opportunities for professional and personal development. At RISE, we want you to succeed and feel good, because when you do, you contribute to a sustainable future and to securing a competitive edge in the global marketplace. With us, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference. Welcome to Sweden's entire research institute and innovation partner.

We look forward to your application!
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Director – Digital Platforms: Larisa Rizvanovic, +46 73 040 06 20. I am available for questions before July 16 and then after August 23. 

The closing date for applications is August 23. Interviews will be conducted throughout the application period.

Our union contacts are for SACO; Ingemar Petermann, 010-228 41 22 and for Unionen; Linda Ikatti, 010-516 51 61.

We kindly ask external recruitment companies and sales people not to contact us as we are governed by the Swedish Procurement Act.

 Senior software engineer, industrial background, Programming skills, Software testing and Validation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Industrial IoT, RISE, Västerås