System Engineer
Progressive Systems provides digital services to support research and innovation for a sustainable world. Since 2006 we have been collaborating with many prestigious international customers and partners, contributing to research activities concerning the observation of planet earth from space, and plan to further expand our contribution to equitable and sustainable socio-economic development.
We are looking for System Engineers to support ongoing and future Earth Observation (EO) and Big Data processing research and development projects.
Candidate Profile:
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
Competence in System Design, System integration, Software development, DB management, Web/Application servers, Cloud Computing, Linux OS.
Ideal Areas of Competence:
The ideal candidate has relevant competence in the following areas:
· IT systems functional analysis and architectural design
· Software development lifecycle (Plan, Analyse. Design, Implement, Test&Integrate, Maintain)
· Python and other programming languages
· High-volume distributed systems in Cloud environment (Openstack)
· Docker and Kubernetes
· High Performance Computing (Slurm, PBS, MPI, OpenMP, etc.)
· Code management tools (e.g., Git) and collaborative software development
· Relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.) and SQL
EO related Knowledge:
· EO data processing techniques
· ESA software packages (e.g., SNAP, NEST, BEAM)
· Image processing software and GIS tool (e.g., ERDAS, ENVI, GDAL, QGIS)
Attitude and Personal Skills:
· Teamwork, leadership
· High-Quality Technical proposals preparation
· Cutting-edge Technology expert
· User/Customer oriented
· Problem solving, fast learning, result oriented
· Fluent in English
Our office is in Frascati (Rome) near site ESA-ESRIN. The position can be either remote or on-site.
Interested candidates are invited to send their detailed CV and Cover Letter in English to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. clarifying their motivation, expectations and career objectives.
We thank all interested candidates who intend to provide their CV and Motivation Letter.
Selected candidates will be contacted within two weeks from the submission of their application.