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Exail is the leading industrial player in high-tech solutions for the civil and defence sectors.
The Belgian division – Exail Robotics Belgium – develops underwater drones that detect, identify, and destroy mines. Thanks to our innovative concept, which our clients such as the Belgian and Dutch navies will use, we can significantly reduce the risks involved in defusing mines. These technologies are safer and faster than traditional manners.
Would you like to help in making our seas safer? Join our crew and apply for one of our vacancies!
apply nowAre you passionate about complex IT-systems and want to participate in the implementation of the latest generation of unmanned vehicles? Do you like hands-on work, challenging projects and like to manipulate all aspects of the IT stack? Then the role of IT System Engineer is a great opportunity to join large-scale projects in a cutting-edge technological environment.
Based in a new generation drone factory and surrounded by innovative unmanned vehicles, you are in charge of the design and implementation of the IT stack running our software. Exail Robotics develops its own software for the mission and data management of its unmanned vehicles, as well as the infrastructure hosting it. As an all-round IT specialist, you are the reference regarding integration of software and hardware evolutions on our platforms.
YOUR TASKS
Deployment and Updates
You deploy and test our proprietary software on new platforms, as well as updating existing installations with new features and updates.
You verify compatibility between hardware and software.
When necessary, you automate deployment and test routines.
Testing & Validation
You are the primary contact person for the last stages of validation for software evolutions, providing clear feedback to the software teams regarding the state of the software, with special attention to reliability and security aspects.
Infrastructure maintenance
Together with our support team, you maintain our internal infrastructure (servers, networking, communication stack.
Navy Support
When required, you assist our support team with the analysis and correction of issues, as well as the deployment of fixes and new features.
YOUR PROFILE
You have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering and relevant working experience.
You have solid problem-solving skills and an analytical mindset.
You have solid inter-personal skills enabling you to interact both with users as well as software and hardware specialists.
You have profound knowledge of software/IT stacks containing various user interfaces, live connections and multiple databases.
You understand what Agile development and CICD is.
Knowledge of virtualization techniques (VMWare) and docker/podman type tools; Windows OS (mainly) and Linux.
Experience writing scripts (Powershell, Bash).
Network knowledge: layer2/3 networking.
Experience in automating deployment processes (Jenkins, Ansible) and testing is a nice to have.
You are proficient in English and French or Dutch.
Employment is based in Ostend. You are willing to travel to client navy bases if necessary.
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER
You will be working in a high-tech company where we develop innovative and creative robotics projects.
You will have the opportunity to participate in the functioning of a high-performance, state-of-the-art drone factory.
A competitive salary package with fringe benefits.
A young and dynamic team in a growing sector, leading to numerous career opportunities.
