Senior Software Engineer: Command, Control and Integrated Systems at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job:

The CSIR has a vacancy for a Senior Software Engineer in the Command, Control and Integrated Systems Impact Area within the Defence and Security Cluster. The incumbent will be responsible to design and develop software solutions including middleware and software architectures for command and control, situation awareness, integration, interoperability in military, non-military and safety and security domains. This position is based in Pretoria.

Key responsibilities:

• Interpret user requirements to define software solutions;
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions;
• Generate solutions design specifications and related data packs to address client requirements;
• Lead the development of concept and technology demonstrators, derived from requirements. This includes developing verification Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP’s) and overseeing/facilitating the acceptance of the concept demonstrator;
• Pro-actively research technologies, developments, tool improvements and its processes as well as deployments to ensure increased productivity;
• Design, develop and test software applications for web, mobile (Android, iOS) and desktop (Windows, ARM);
• Develop software solutions through systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas, following the software development lifecycle;
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code;
• Ensure that system configuration is up to date;
• Contribute to writing proposals to secure funding for the research group;
• Design and develop software architectures and applications for command-and-control demonstrators;
• Design and develop components of command-and-control applications, e.g. user interfaces, mobility, situation awareness, collaboration and integration;
• Research and develop related aspects of software engineering as applied to command and control, e.g. managing common data models, protocol translators, and software services;
• Conceptualise modelling and simulations tools and software solutions for command and control related problems in general, e.g. enterprise utility management, disaster management, infrastructure protection, and anti-poaching;
• Contribute to the development of proposals to attract funding for the research group;
• Provide mentoring and coaching junior staff and students;
• Manage medium size projects, and ensure project outputs are delivered on time, on budget and on brief.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• An Honours degree in computer engineering or computer science with at least five years’ experience in software development;
• A Master’s degree will be advantageous;

The following training, knowledge and experience are required:

• Advanced use of network protocols such as, TCP/IP, UDP, HTML etc.;
• Programming Languages (C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Swift, ASP.NET, RESTful, MS SQL, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, JSON);
• Experience on embedded software development;
• Development of command and control related algorithms, data models, applications (web, mobile, desktop);
• Development of advanced user interfaces (web, mobile, desktop);
• Software development life cycle;
• Software development, test and debugging;
• Software modelling, design methodologies, approaches and techniques;
• Computer networks, configuration, use;
• Proven capability of document preparation;
• Data management and data security;
• System integration and interfacing;

Closing date: 04 December 2023