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Configuration management (CM) for a complex and safety-critical railway interlocking system. The main responsibilities are:
- Responsible for the CM Tool-Chain and the work environment of the project.
- Responsible for creating and releasing baselines.
- Determines project-specific CM procedures and rules.
- Responsible for preparing and maintaining the CM data repositories.
- Collects questions, change requests, and other issues concerning the CM process and the general CM procedures and rules (as documented in project>kit) and informs the responsible process expert.
- Assists the project personnel in the application of all CM procedures and rules and requests training, if necessary.
- Develops and maintains the project-specific CM information in the Configuration Management Plan.
- Decides CM issues and may overrule project personnel in CM issues.
The tasks will be performed in a professional environment in close co-operation with experts in Austria.
Education:
- Computer science graduates (Automatics and Computers Faculty, Informatics, Faculty of Cybernetics)
Requested technical competencies:
- Administration of UNIX or LINUX
- Expert in shell scripting (bash) and / or Perl
- Experience with at least one non-OOP programming language (PASCAL or C)
- At least 2 years experience in software development under version control or as configuration manager
Preferred technical competencies:
- ClearCase or other versioning system
- ClearQuest or other bug reporting tools
- Editing tools (EMACS or VI)
- Relevant knowledge in the railway field, interlocking systems or signalling
Personal competencies
- Intercultural communication, including the empathy to work in an international team
- Team-working
- Flexibility and availability to travel abroad from time to time
Languages:
- English (advanced)
- German (medium)
- Professional development in multinational environment, training opportunities, attractive salary, medical care, restaurant tickets, sports programs, etc.
THALES CORPORATION is a global leader in critical information systems serving defense, aerospace and security markets. The company’s civil and military businesses develop in parallel to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. We mark our presence in 50 countries with more than 68 000 employees.
The new Security Solutions & Services Division, operational since 5 January 2007, combines the businesses of THALES’s former Security and Services divisions with those of Alcatel-Lucent’s Transport Systems Division and Integration & Services Division. The new division makes THALES a world leader in transport and security markets. Our security solutions and services activities around the world now generate revenues of about 3.2 billion euros, with a 20,000 employees in 35 countries.
THALES Rail Signalling Solutions is a strategic part of the Security Solutions & Services Division and it is a worldwide leader in vital railway applications. THALES is positioned as a signalling specialist and shapes the signalling industry with worldwide leading positions: ETCS, Electronic Interlocking and Communications-Based Train Control solutions.
