Specialist Software Engineer – Airport Engineering

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Job Description

Vanderlande is the global leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.

Innovation is the key to winning in a world that is changing faster than ever which is why it is essential for Vanderlande to develop cutting edge solutions. The use and development of cutting-edge technologies is core to that success. This technology alone does not make a successful organization and our mantra is In a world of technology a belief in people.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced highly skilled and motivated Specialist Software Engineer to join our team focused on designing and developing and maintaining mission-critical software for Airport Baggage Handling Systems (BHS). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in industrial automation real-time systems and airport IT infrastructure. This role involves defining software architecture ensuring scalability and reliability working on real-time systems integrating with airport infrastructure and ensuring high reliability and performance in a safety-critical environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the sales engineering department with software requirements and gap analysis along-with identifying risk & opportunities.
• Define and maintain the software architecture for BHS applications ensuring scalability reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software architecture with system requirements and operational goals as well as to integrate software with PLCs and Sorter
• Collaborate with customer to integrate airport systems such as DCS and AODB with BHS software.
• Participate in system architecture design and contribute to high-level technical decisions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation including design specifications installation manuals and user manuals.
• Develop and maintain software components for baggage handling systems.
• Design and configure configuration manager (CM) services for internal as well as external interfaces for real-time data exchange.
• Conduct component testing integration testing and support system commissioning at airport sites.
• Analyze troubleshoot and fix software problems
• Advise Integration Manager Integration Engineer and Project Manager with regards to solutions of technical and multi-disciplinary problems
• Ensure compliance with aviation safety standards and cybersecurity best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Required skills & Qualification:

• Bachelors or masters degree in Information Technology Computer science or related field.
• 10 years of experience in software design and engineering strongly recommended in airport BHS or logistics automation systems.
• Familiarity with industrial automation systems including SCADA PLCs and communication protocols. (e.g. HTTP TCP/IP ActiveMQ)
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in high-pressure environments.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as PL/SQL and Java. Understanding/reading XML/XSD/XSLT
• Working on virtual machines/clusters and Linux environment.
• Tooling: Microsoft VISIO SQL Developer/TOAD Altova Mapforce Apache Maven/Ant JIRA/Bitbucket