Tango Expert Software Engineer

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Fully developed it will receive more than 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

The MAX IV Controls and IT team (KITS) deliver solutions to the whole MAX IV organisation in the areas of control system hardware, controls software applications, infrastructure and networking, information management and scientific software. This is a dynamic and highly challenging environment and requires close collaboration with the staff in order to understand the needs and be effective in forming solutions. We are around 50 people in total who work in 5 domains in a well organised and agile way. We hold values of lean management, knowledge spread, user autonomy, continuous improvement and flexibility as guiding principles for our work.



Your team
Within KITS the SW team develops and maintains the control and acquisition system software and is continuously striving to increase the functionality and the reliability of the whole facility to meet ambitious research requirements.

Would you like to work at the brightest lightsource in the world?

MAX IV are looking for a software engineer that will boost research for the scientists.
You will have the chance to face new challenges of the synchrotron domain in a diverse environment, i.e. fast detector read out, real time beam alignment, innovative user interfaces, continuous data acquisition and streaming of big data.
In close contact with the users, you will have the opportunity to solve problems with novel approaches, become involved in writing an interesting paper and present your work at international conferences.
As a professional, you will bridge science and state of the art software development. You will support the researchers to be autonomous in adapting the software to their needs.
As a teammate, you will join an open and friendly team where continuous improvement and mentorship is part of our DNA. Agile and lean management methods will help you to stay focused on the software development.
Finally, this is an opportunity to learn and to increase your skills, competence and experience. In an international facility such as MAX IV you will meet open minded people from different perspectives. Being part of the KITS group means participating in different international collaborations about control and acquisition, Scandinavian and European, scientific or industrial.

Your main work tasks will be 

Developing critical software used by the KITS Control group
Developing software projects from low level hardware interfaces to high level optimised applications mainly in Python and under Linux
Increasing the functionality and the reliability of the whole facility in order to realise its scientific potential.
Sensing the User eXperience for troubleshooting and finding simple user-friendly solutions to complex problems.
Participating in the team planning and resource estimation as well as improving the group infrastructure.

 

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications 

A university degree
At least 2 years professional with Python 3 programming experience,
Experience in Tango Control System development
Experience of software development in a Linux operating system environment,
Experience with an Agile team environment and familiar with unit tests, continuous integration and delivery
An open source spirit

Below are seen as merits

Software development in the Tango Control System kernel
Other software programming languages: C, C++, Rust …
Software development for scientific applications,
Experience of network and distributed systems: TCP/IP layers, OS configuration…
Experience of web development: Microframework, HTTP…

More merit will be given to a candidate that: 

Shows evidence of participating in an open source community collaboration,
Has experience working in an international research oriented environment.

As a person you are first and foremost a team player and can demonstrate your communication and collaborative skills. You are open to peer review and willing to share your own knowledge. We expect you to have the capability to coordinate projects.

 

What we offer

When you join our MAX IV family, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Check out what one of your future colleague want to say about the team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2EkEBn4nM&list=PLZwan5QuoZDyKz2Ea5b61QT9THVRfE1Zn&index=5

For further information, please visit: 

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university

http://www.sweden.se

https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/ 

 

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

Probationary period may apply.

On call services may apply in the future.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset. We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.


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