GIS (Geo Information Systems) Data & Software Engineer for Simulation (d/f/m)

GIS (Geo Information Systems) Data & Software Engineer for Simulation (d/f/m)

Location: Manching

About us

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a GIS (Geo Information Systems) Data & Software Engineer for Simulation (d/f/m). At Airbus Defence & Space we are developing high fidelity Engineering and Training Simulations for a variety of aircrafts, supporting the entire development life-cycle. At the core, our Simulations are distributed real‑time applications. The Simulation Visualisation and XR Teams’ responsibilities include the development and integration of visualisation solutions (Image Generators) as well as all the GIS and 3D data tooling and databases belonging to those. We are looking for an experienced GIS (Geo‑Information‑Systems) Data Software Engineer contributing to the definition and design of Database Generation and GIS Data Management workflows and toolchains.

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up‑and‑coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near‑by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary including holiday pay, Christmas bonus and profit sharing
• 30 days holidays and extra days‑off for special occasions
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects
• Special benefits: employer‑funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurance, public transport subsidy, discounts at local businesses
• On‑site facilities: Medical officer for check‑ups and other health‑related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten nearby
• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part‑time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Define architectures, requirements and workflows defining (visual) database generation toolchains and solutions
• Evaluate, select and integrate 3rd‑party tools to create an end‑to‑end database toolchain allowing management of GIS data and manual or automated generation of visual databases from different types of GIS data
• Develop frontend or backend applications improving the automation level of our visual database toolchains and reducing/simplifying manual database modelling efforts
• Develop solutions for the storage of large amounts of GIS data and interfaces to COTS or open‑source tools accessing the data
• Prepare and edit geospatial data for the generation of visual databases
• Plan and execute the verification process or automated testing of visual databases using different image generators or GIS tools
• Write technical and user documentation according to the existing company processes

Desired skills and qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in computer science, geomatics, geo‑engineering, aerospace engineering or a related discipline
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in software development related to GIS Data
• Hands‑on experience with digital geo data formats, GIS tools, database technologies and data processing automation
• Detail knowledge of and hands‑on experience with object‑oriented programming languages, in particular Python. C/C++, bash, Rust or others would be a plus
• Analytical & structured thinking
• Experience with Development and Maintenance of DevOps/CI/CD solutions or distributed computing setups (VM or container based) would be a plus
• Very good English knowledge, German language proficiency would be a plus

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