Senior Software Engineer - Australian SKA Regional Centre (AusSRC)

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Role Highlights

• Great opportunity to contribute to a globally significant science initiative
• Use your software expertise to drive innovation in data infrastructure
• Join a collaborative team supporting Australia’s SKA Regional Centre!

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

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The Opportunity 

The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescopes, designed to unlock new frontiers in our understanding of the universe. To manage and maximise the scientific value of the data produced, SKAO is partnering with national SKA Regional Centres (SRCs). The Australian SKA Regional Centre (AusSRC) is a vital part of this global network, delivering advanced data services and infrastructure to support the astronomy community. With $63 million in funding from the Australian Government, the AusSRC is enabling world-class research and discovery.

The AusSRC team collaborates across few CSIRO sites and Research Units, each site playing a key role in maintaining strategic partnerships and delivering technical excellence. The team works closely with national and international collaborators to build scalable, high-performance systems that support data flow, processing, and user engagement. The environment is dynamic and purpose-driven, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to a landmark scientific project.

As a Senior Software Engineer in this team, you will be responsible for developing and supporting software components that underpin the AusSRC’s capabilities. You will work within a skilled and collaborative team, contributing to the design and implementation of robust systems for astronomical data delivery and analysis. Whether based in Perth or Sydney, you will help sustain and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders and ensure the success of this transformative initiative.

If you’re passionate about impactful software development in a research setting, we’d love to hear from you!

Your high-level duties will include: 

• Working together with project stakeholders, including SKA Scientists, Software Engineers, and technical staff to determine their needs and priorities.
• Developing and maintaining software components that coordinate and manage the dissemination of SKA data.
• Participating in operational support of AusSRC by contributing to fault analysis and deployment of software components.
• Sharing your knowledge and experience, creating software solutions, and nurturing innovation by becoming a valued and trusted team member.
• Creating software solutions by exploring innovative ideas and approaches, and networking with science and engineering colleagues.
• Contributing to initiate and maintain collaborative relationships with external researchers and experts, manage contracts and transfer technology to industry.

Role Particulars

Location and office arrangements: Perth (Kensington), WA or Sydney (Marsfield), NSW

Salary: AU$114K – AU$123K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite; Full-time (preferred) – part-time and flexible work arrangements may be considered based on needs of the role and individual circumstances.

Reference: 100608

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

• A relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or equivalent relevant work experience, in Computer Science and Programming.
• Extensive experience developing distributed or enterprise software solutions.
• Proven ability to identify and manage complex problems and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in a computation-focused science domain, such as astronomy/radio astronomy, bioinformatics, genomics, geosciences, control systems and their interfaces, or other related domains.
• Desirable: Experience and familiarity with formal software modelling and design techniques, cloud and containerisation technologies, agile software development methodologies and practices, high performance computing (HPC) systems, programming languages, etc would be highly advantageous.

For full details about this role, please review the Position Description. 

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting You Up for Success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner via email (see details in the Position Description) and let us know how we can support you.

Eligibility 

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Life at CSIRO and Flexible Work Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

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How to apply 

Please apply online, and provide a CV and a detailed cover letter, responding to each of the selection criteria in detail, that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role. Please attach your selection criteria responses to your cover letter as one document.

Applications close 

14 September 2025, 11:00pm AEST

We encourage early applications as we will be starting to review applications as they come through. CSIRO reserves the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date if required.