SKA South Africa vacancies
SKA SA Manager: Hardware Engineering
Deadline for applications: 3 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Hardware Engineering Manager to join our Cape Town team. The incumbent will be responsible for hands on lead of a team of technical experts in the development of electronics hardware for use in a Radio Astronomy environment.
SKA SA Commissioning Scientist
Deadline for applications: 9 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Commissioning Scientist. The successful incumbent will support the Commissioning and Science Verification for the MeerKAT Telescope. This individual may be expected to spend time on the Karoo site for a week at a Email Address will work with engineers, software developers and technicians to test and evaluate interferometric imaging hardware, control software and software reduction and analysis tools for science operations. They would also participate in science verification activities and assist in obtaining the first science results from the MeerKAT array. Ideally, the position will be for 75% commissioning and science verification support and 25% independent research.
SKA SA Senior Software Engineer
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Control and Monitoring team. The primary responsibility is software engineering.
SKA SA Mechanical Engineer
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA has an exciting career opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join our African VLBI Networks team. The key focus of this role is to design, specify, procure and install mechanical structures/ systems associated with radio telescopes.
SKA SA Senior Commissioning Scientist
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Senior Commissioning Scientist. The successful candidates will support the Commissioning and Science Verification for the MeerKAT Telescope. Candidates will be expected to spend time on the Karoo site for at most a week at a time. The successful candidate will work with engineers, software developers and technicians to test and evaluate interferometric imaging hardware, control software and software reduction and analysis tools for science operations. They would also participate in science verification activities and help to obtain the first science results from the MeerKAT array. Ideally, the position will be for 75% commissioning and science verification support and 25% independent research.
SKA SA System Analyst
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2024
The SKA SA is looking for a System Analyst whose role it will be to analyse the required and actual performance of the telescope, and to evaluate whether the performance will satisfy the user’s needs.
SKA SA Senior Software Systems Engineer
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Senior Software Systems Engineer to join our Cape Town team. The incumbent will be responsible for systems engineering design and management of software subsystems.
SKA SA Senior System Engineer
Deadline for applications: 22 April 2024
SKA SA has a vacancy for a Senior System Engineer: Infrastructure and Power. The key performance areas is to establish INFRA-SA Requirements (Level 2 and Level3), establish INFRA-SA Verification Requirements (Level 2 and Level 3), Interface Control Documents and develop and implement a system engineering management plan and a test and verification plan for the construction of SKA1_mid.
Deadline for applications: 3 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Hardware Engineering Manager to join our Cape Town team. The incumbent will be responsible for hands on lead of a team of technical experts in the development of electronics hardware for use in a Radio Astronomy environment.
SKA SA Commissioning Scientist
Deadline for applications: 9 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Commissioning Scientist. The successful incumbent will support the Commissioning and Science Verification for the MeerKAT Telescope. This individual may be expected to spend time on the Karoo site for a week at a Email Address will work with engineers, software developers and technicians to test and evaluate interferometric imaging hardware, control software and software reduction and analysis tools for science operations. They would also participate in science verification activities and assist in obtaining the first science results from the MeerKAT array. Ideally, the position will be for 75% commissioning and science verification support and 25% independent research.
SKA SA Senior Software Engineer
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Control and Monitoring team. The primary responsibility is software engineering.
SKA SA Mechanical Engineer
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA has an exciting career opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join our African VLBI Networks team. The key focus of this role is to design, specify, procure and install mechanical structures/ systems associated with radio telescopes.
SKA SA Senior Commissioning Scientist
Deadline for applications: 12 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Senior Commissioning Scientist. The successful candidates will support the Commissioning and Science Verification for the MeerKAT Telescope. Candidates will be expected to spend time on the Karoo site for at most a week at a time. The successful candidate will work with engineers, software developers and technicians to test and evaluate interferometric imaging hardware, control software and software reduction and analysis tools for science operations. They would also participate in science verification activities and help to obtain the first science results from the MeerKAT array. Ideally, the position will be for 75% commissioning and science verification support and 25% independent research.
SKA SA System Analyst
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2024
The SKA SA is looking for a System Analyst whose role it will be to analyse the required and actual performance of the telescope, and to evaluate whether the performance will satisfy the user’s needs.
SKA SA Senior Software Systems Engineer
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2024
SKA SA seeks to appoint a Senior Software Systems Engineer to join our Cape Town team. The incumbent will be responsible for systems engineering design and management of software subsystems.
SKA SA Senior System Engineer
Deadline for applications: 22 April 2024
SKA SA has a vacancy for a Senior System Engineer: Infrastructure and Power. The key performance areas is to establish INFRA-SA Requirements (Level 2 and Level3), establish INFRA-SA Verification Requirements (Level 2 and Level 3), Interface Control Documents and develop and implement a system engineering management plan and a test and verification plan for the construction of SKA1_mid.
About the employer
SKA SA is currently designing and constructing the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in the Karoo Region of the Northern Cape Province. MeerKAT is a world-class radio telescope and is designed to do ground breaking science. Via MeerKAT, South Africa is playing a leading role in the design and technology developments of the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope. In collaboration with South African industry and universities, and collaborating with leading global institutions, the South African team has developed innovative technologies in areas such as antenna engineering and signal processing hardware and algorithms. As a business unit of the NRF, SKA SA is committed to employment equity and redress.