Software Engineer Experiment Controls - Didcot, United Kingdom - Science and Technology Facilities Council

Science and Technology Facilities Council

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Didcot, United Kingdom

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Software Engineer - Experiment Controls

Salary:
£31,931 to £44,166 per annum (dependent on skills and experience). A Specialist Allowance of up to £4000 per annum is also available for this role. An on-call allowance is payable when applicable.

Hours:
Full time

Contract Type:
Open Ended.

Location:
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire

Come and do the kind of computing that got you into technology in the first place. Stretch your technical skills to help build human understanding. Write software that make things happen, like controlling and monitoring novel equipment.

Working in partnershipwith world-leading scientists and technologists, shape projects that improve lives, and daily life, in the UK and far beyond.

As a controls software engineer you will be playing a key role writing and supporting software to direct and automate experiments taking place on beamlines at the ISIS neutron and muon source.

We are located at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory andISIS is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences.

You will work alongside scientists and technicians, from gathering requirements to deploying and debugging, so they can get the best out of the software driving the experiment.

We use the EPICS open source controls collaboration toolkit, engaging with and contributing to this worldwide community.

We develop software on the Windows platform using a mixture of the domain specific languages provided by EPICS as well as Java, C++ andPython.

The scope of software development ranges from crafting low-level device control drivers to producing high-level graphical user interfaces for staff and visiting scientists.

Be ready for a challenge and discover both the joy and frustration of controllingsome amazing real life scientific and science enabling equipment

Person Specification

You will have:

A sound understanding of objectoriented software development and software architecture
Understanding of modern software development practices (e.g. testing, version control, continuous integration)
Good verbal and written communications skills including the ability to explain complex concepts effectively and document controls requirements
The ability to work both independently and within a dynamic, agile team environment
The ability to take initiative and proactive attitude to problem solving with a thorough and logical approach
For appointment at the higher grade, proven skills in leadership and management of tasks/projects/people
For appointment at the higher grade, proven technical leadership skills

Flexible working:

The nature of controls means we cannot work entirely remotely, we currently work in a hybrid manner (typically 3 days a week onsite).

We also provide some out of hours support, shared within the group, during the day when user experiment are running.

Withinthis, we welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need, this might be part-time (minimum 22 hours per week), or compressed hours for example.

Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possiblefor the role

Our Benefits:

We are offering a permanent position, with full on the job training, that provides a whole host of family friendly benefits including 30 days holiday (in addition to bank holidays), an excellent pension scheme, employee shopping/travel discounts, a salarysacrifice cycle to work scheme, plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance.

We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world.

Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business-support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And theyturn what they find into work that changes the world around us. What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side?
Join us and discover what's possible

**Closing Date: Sunday 8th January 2023