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Software Engineer C++

Royal IHC

Royal IHC

Software Engineering
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Posted on Sep 11, 2025

Do you get excited when the software you have made moves many tons of steel, or when your code drives a nice training simulator? Then you should become our new colleague.

As a C++ Software Engineer, you will join the Software Engineering department at Royal IHC. This department is responsible for engineering mainly dredging related monitoring and control software, training simulators, hydrographic applications and dynamic position software.

You are part of a scrum team and you discuss progress with each other during the stand-up meeting.

Beyond your main activities as software engineer you are also motivated to help our Product Support department with problem solving for our customers remotely or occasionally on board of a vessel.

Within this role, you will be expected to carry out the following tasks and responsibilities:

  • make designs and estimations for your tasks together with a lead engineer
  • maintain and extend our software applications, mainly written with C++
  • review and test software of colleagues
  • Assist product support with solving issues

To be eligible for the position of C++ Software engineer you must have the following:

  • higher vocational education (HBO) or Master degree.
  • the ability to work as part of a team
  • a passion for software engineering and some experience in a programming language like C, C++, C#
  • some experience with Object Oriented design and programming
  • experience with Visual Studio, Source control and TFS is a pre.
  • result-oriented and accurate way of working
  • excellent communication skills in English and Dutch (verbal and written)

To get an impression of our products here are some links to our Royal IHC Website:

Royal IHC offers you as C++ Software Engineer a challenging full-time job within a successful and dynamic company with a reputation for being a worldwide leader in technological innovation. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, travel allowance, profit share, pension allowance, training courses and at least 40 days of leave per year