Full-Stack Software Developer

We are looking to recruit a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Finisher to complete a project in partnership with Low Carbon Europe. This is a 7-month fixed-term contract. This position is an opportunity for a motivated individual with excellent computing skills, capable of working as a full-stack developer, to develop an innovative software system from interface to data storage as chief developer, working closely with clients. The position is for 7 months to finish a KTP project. The candidate will be employed by the Open University and will work with the KTP partner company Low Carbon Europe in Brighton. The position can be hybrid working in or near Brighton is preferred due to being required in-person each month.

The position is an ideal opportunity for a capable programmer, who has a strong interest in working on the built environment, or cares about contributing to sustainability, or wants a successful development project working with both industry and academia to add to their portfolio.

As a KTP Finisher, you will be expected to manage this project and work as part of the KTP team consisting of LCE’s Managing Director and Group Director of Operations and academics at The Open University (OU) to:

• Familiarise yourself with LCE’s business and clients
• Understand the problem of overdesign and its context based on existing publications potentially supplemented by user interviews
• Solve the problem: develop the RSDS prototype toolkit for specification and development of building service systems.
• Design system architecture
• Design data structure
• Design user interfaces
• Train and supervise LCE staff to use RSDS with customers in real scenarios.
• Market the RSDS toolkit and prepare it for commercialisation.
• Co-author academic papers and submit KTP final report.

The application is an interactive decision support tool, to support energy consultants for building projects to support their clients in the procurement of building service systems, such as heat pumps or cooling systems. The challenge and the innovative techniques lie in specifying energy systems with the right size to be efficient and cost-effective. The technical background knowledge has been collected and a conceptual design for the application has been created. The application requires intuitive user interfaces, good graphical representations, and data management.