The appointee will lead the work package Imaging Pipelines. This work package contains the software design and development for the instrument calibration and data processing of MICADO’s three imaging observing modes: standard imaging, astrometric imaging and high-contrast imaging. The appointee’s two main tasks are making the architectural design and detailed design of software recipes and the prototyping of critical algorithms. These tasks will be performed for both the instrument calibration pipeline and the image processing pipeline for the three observing modes. The appointee will also be involved in the specification of the instrument calibration plan. The appointee will collaborate with the MICADO hardware team at the NOVA Optical/Infrared instrumentation Lab to achieve an integrated design for the Dutch software and hardware (in particular the atmospheric dispersion corrector and filter calibrations). The appointee will also interact with MICADO’s Science Team to obtain input and advice on algorithmic development for the pipeline. Close interaction with both teams is instrumental towards realizing the scientific goals of the MICADO instrument that will see First Light in 2024.

We are looking for the following qualifications and experience:
• a university degree in a relevant subject (e.g. astronomy, software engineering, informatics)
• affinity with astronomical image processing and software, preferably in the near-infrared
• mastering of Python, C and XML
• experience in architectural and detailed software design and data modeling
• software engineering experience: setting up and maintaining development environments for software prototyping and software testing
• affinity with astronomical instrumentation
• proactive and independent working attitude
• team player, communicative, experience with distributed software project teams is a plus
• flexibility in dealing with different organisational cultures and structures
• prepared to travel several times per year to international partners
• mastery of the English language.

Fixed-term contract: 12 months.

The University of Groningen offers, depending on experience, a salary of maximally € 3,916 (salary level 10 Dutch universities) gross per month for a full-time appointment. The successful candidate will be offered first a temporary position of one year. After a positive performance evaluation this position can be extended with two more years.

Job application
You may apply for this position until 31 July 23.59h / before 1 August 2018 Dutch local time by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).
Candidates will be considered until the position has been filled.

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Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

We have a vacancy for a temporary position for a software designer/scientific programmer for the MICADO data flow project within the OmegaCEN group at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen. OmegaCEN is the expertise centre for data-intensive astronomy and astronomical information technology. The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (https://www.rug.nl/research/kapteyn/) is the university department for research and education in astronomy, astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation. MICADO is the near-infrared imager and spectrograph for the Extremely Large Telescope. MICADO is being designed and will be built by an international consortium including Kapteyn as member of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA). The MICADO Data Flow Team is an international team led by G.A. Verdoes Kleijn at Kapteyn and includes team members at the University of Vienna, University of Innsbruck, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.