Technical research assistant (software developer)
Submission deadline:
a.s.a.p. until the position is filled, January 16th, 2017 at the latest.
via Email:
stefan.sobernig_at_wu.ac.at
The Institute for Information Systems and New Media (WU Vienna) and
AVL List invite applications for a research assistant/ software
developer in the context of a 1-year nationally funded industry
research project. We seek an individual contributing to designing and
developing software prototyes in the context of AVL LIST and to
conducting empirical research to evaluate these prototypes. In the
medium term, this position opens the opportunity to embark on an
industry career (AVL List) or a research career (WU Vienna).
* Working period: 01.02.2017 - 31.01.12.2018 (can vary)
* Working hours: flexible (e.g. 30 or 40 hours/week)
* Position: Employee subject to the terms of the Collective Bargaining
Agreement for University Staff (Angestellte/r gemäß
Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der
Universitäten); min. income: B1 (Master) or C (Bachelor).
* Place of employment: Wien (Graz)
* Employer: WU Vienna in cooperation with AVL List
* Responsibilities:
- Designing and implementing software prototypes based on
Java & Eclipse
- Contributing to preparing, planning and conducting empirical studies
on the software prototypes
- Contributing to resulting publications based on study results
* Required skills & qualification
- Bachelor or Master degree in informatic, software engineering,
and/or business informatics ("Wirtschaftsinformatik")
- Very good knowledge of software-engineering practices (architecture, design, implementation)
- Prior experience in applying model-driven software development (in
particular: Eclipse, Eclipse Modeling Framework)
- Prior experience in Java development projects
- Very good proficiency in English (in speaking and writing)
* Additional skills & qualification:
- Experience in integrating the Eclipse Modeling Frameworks (EMF)
- Experience in developing domain-specific software languages (DSLs)
based on EMF/XText
- Skills relevant for processing, cleansing and reporting on empirical
data inkl. descripive statistics and statistical visualisation (R)
* Application documents:
- Letter of motivation (max. 1 A4 page)
- CV
- Relevant certificates & references (degree, one selected scientific
writing, 1x selected reference to a relevant Java/Eclipse software-development
project)