Job offer Pyhton software engineer (part time) Berlin - Germ

[Hans Schweiger]

Job offer

Software engineer

for the development and maintenance of free and open source software in Python in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies

(Berlin, 7th of September 2009)

energyXperts (E4-Experts SL) is a consultancy and engineering company for thermo-energetical systems and renewable energies, with a long-year activity in this fields since 1991. energyXperts disposes of offices in Barcelona (Spain) and Berlin (Germany) and has a big network of relationships with other companies and research institutes of the sector on a European and international level. (-> www.energyxperts.net)

The objective of energyXperts is to offer a high-quality service looking for a maximum in energy efficiency and in the use of renewable energy sources in the solutions that are proposed to our customers.

energyXperts at present is a private company (Ltd. - Spanish “Sociedad Limitada”). In the future the transformation into a cooperative structure is foreseen, and, therefore, for new incorporations preference will be given to candidates with an affinity for this type of company structure.

Specific fields of work:
In the last two years energyXperts, in collaboration with a European consortium, has developed the software tool EINSTEIN (expert system for an intelligent supply of thermal energy in industry), that supports energy auditors in all the steps of energy auditing and energy consultancy to industrial companies (data acquisition and analysis, generation of proposals for energy savings, reporting, ...).

EINSTEIN is a free and open source software available under www.sourceforge.net/projects/einstein. EINSTEIN is written in Python (GUI based on wxPython, graphics using matplotlib) and using MySQL as a database server.

The main tasks of the new software engineer are:

• to maintain the software (bug-fixing) and give support to users with IT related problems
• to further develop the IT related aspects of this software (improvement of GUI, data bases, software structure, graphics, etc.)
• analyse the present structure of the software and generate proposals for future improvements
• coordinate subcontracting of external IT related services and collaborations
• IT related aspects (development of GUI, ...) for complementary packages, such as a tool for dynamic system simulation based on TRNSYS (sel.me.wisc.edu/trnsys)

As a complementary additional task the new software engineer will also be the responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure and equipment in the Berlin office of energyXperts, and optionally, the (gradual) transformation of the office infrastructure from Windows to Linux.

Required skills:

• Experience and good basic knowledge of state-of-the-art in software engineering in general • Experience with software development in Python and MySQL or similar data base servers.
• Good knowledge of spreadsheet programming (OpenOffice Calc and/or MS Excel), incl. basics of macro programming
• Affinity with the free and open source community and philosophy. Knowledge of most relevant open source tools
• Capacity for working in group; capacity to generate innovative solutions in and independent way.
• Languages: Good level of English required, that should be sufficient for fluid written, oral and phone communication in an international working environment. Good level of German would be desirable, but is not strictly necessary.

Optional skills:

• Experience in the development of web applications.
• Basic knowledge of tools and methods for dynamic system simulation (e.g. Modelica language, TRNSYS software, Matlab-Simulink, or similar)
• Basic knowledge and interest in energy related issues (especially thermal energy and renewable energy).

Conditions of the contract:

• The candidate will incorporate in the office in Berlin.
• Part-time contract (20 hours/week).
• Duration of the contract: 6 months (October/November 2009 – March/April 2010), with the possibility of continuation and – if desired – increase of weekly working hours
• Salary: to be agreed, depending on qualification and experience. Please together with your CV, indicate your expectations with respect to remuneration.

* **Contact**: Hans Schweiger
* **E-mail contact**: hans.schweiger@energyxperts.net
* **Other Contact Info**: (+49) (0) 30 - 221 606 759.
* **Web**: http://www.energyxperts.net/