System Designer

About Cobham Satcom

This vacancy is provided by Copenhagen Capacity.

Cobham Satcom is part of the UK-based Cobham plc, whose products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 75 years.

For us, every connection matters and our satellite and radio communication terminals perform in the most challenging and remote environments on land and at sea and enable people to stay in touch. We design, manufacture, and sell these high-performance products under the EXPLORER, SAILOR, and Sea Tel brands providing customers with outstanding performance, value, and support through our global sales and service network. Our equipment and systems for global mobile communication are based on advanced satellite and radio technology and we have a world-leading market position. We are some 900 employees located in Denmark, the United States, China, Singapore, and South Africa.

Cobham Satcom technology, people, and skills have amongst other projects provided consecutive time to support the Volvo Ocean Race. Cobham Satcom is proud to have been the sponsor for Satellite and Radio Communications Equipment for several editions of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Position

We are looking for a System Designer who excels in making high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, that can work across platforms.

As the software platform for both our development and our deployment environment is RedHat Linux the software design is about the server software, both clean application development and SQL database systems. Some of the server platforms use real-time Linux variants – some of the software functions are time critical.

You will report to the Software Manager. This role can be based in Lyngby or at our office at the NOVI Science Park in Aalborg – this is an onsite position.

The Job

You will be part of a core team on Cobham Satcom’s Telecom Infrastructure products consisting of system designers and SW architects and you will have a close collaboration with the Global Software community consisting of almost 100 SW engineers. As the work revolves around satellite systems ground infrastructure development, this provides you with an opportunity to engage with various 4G/5G technologies, network topologies, virtualization, and a lot more. The equipment needs to interface and comply with several 3rd party products which together with the requirements of end-users and regulatory constraints set their challenging objectives. We develop SW with a flavour of Scrum, which we continuously work on improving.

As a Software System Designer, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Collaborate with other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications
• Generate the high-level system design/breakdown for Server applications and identify/specify interfaces across subsystems/processes/entities
• Ensure design consistency across products and reuse of components across the portfolios
• Use tools and methodologies to create representations descriptions for functions, algorithms, user interfaces etc.
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibly
• Define SW QA standards early in the project by setting requirements for system testing and verification procedures
• Work with the Development Team to adjust and correct system design during implementation and to ensure compliance from design to implementation
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to Developers and Engineers
• Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility, etc.
• Work with the System Test team to set the SW release standards

Your qualification

As a Software System Designer, your qualifications should ideally be:

• Master's or bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Network Technology or equivalent
• Previous telecommunications experience is a definite advantage
• Well experienced in developing and deploying software in a Linux server environment
• Knowledge of System design around database technologies e.g. PostgreSQL
• Experience with SW application development and deployment in a virtualized environment e.g. AWS, Azure
• Experience with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and other tools operating in the virtualized environment
• Engineering processes, practices, and measures of performance for the SW design discipline
• Multi-threaded and real-time software design
• Excellent knowledge of modelling methods (e.g., UML, ASN.1, SDL)
• Software development tools (e.g., Enterprise Architect)
• Requirement management
• Programming in C++ (C and Python an advantage)
• Source code configuration management
• Software Design/ patterns

Functional competencies:

• Data structure and algorithms
• Telecommunication standards (TU, EEE, 3GPP)
• Software architectures and design frameworks
• Deliverables contributing to overall product quality (e.g., performance, failure rate, yield, DFx)

The Domain

Satellite antenna and terminal development provide the opportunity to engage with various technologies and concepts including network stacks, communication protocols, proprietary hardware interfaces, mechanical solutions, Linux applications and open-source packages, cyber security, real-time operations, mathematical algorithms, etc. Cobham Satcom’s equipment needs to interface and comply with several 3rd party products which together with the requirements of the end-users and regulatory constraints set some challenging objectives.

The work is done in cross-functional software teams with a flavour of scrum, which is continuously being improved. Cobham Satcom benefits from a modern development pipeline of source control and configuration, automatic build and test systems, code review, and project tracking based on Git, Bitbucket, Docker, Jenkins, and Jira.

Your future workplace

You will be working with next-generation satellite communication systems and as the right candidate, you will get the possibility to highly influence the architecture and design of the new systems.

Being part of Cobham Satcom opens opportunities for you to gain both professional and personal development in a performance-oriented environment, where social interactions are highly valued. You will become a part of an organization on a transformational journey, working in a culturally diverse organization where both performance and fun are key elements. You will become part of a company where you will work together with talented, helpful, and fun colleagues, who value teamwork and integrity.

Application

Please be advised that successful candidates have to present a criminal record and go through the mandatory security clearance before commencing employment with Cobham Aerospace Communications.

Cobham Aerospace Communications is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

At Cobham Satcom, we actively develop technology that keeps people safe and connected both on land and at sea when it matters the most. We are a growing, global tech company with a vision of being the leader in remote connectivity. Our solutions bring the internet on the move no matter where in the world, and they are trusted and used where communication is critical, or terrestrial infrastructure is inadequate, such as in refugee camps, disaster areas, or far out at sea.

Additional details

Communication and all issues related to the position are curated by Copenhagen Capacity.

Further details on the relocation package are negotiable with the hiring company.