Algorithm Developer

Arcsec Nv; Vlaams-Brabant; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International customers

ESA collaboration

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Arcsec seeks an Algorithm Engineer to turn optical sensor data into actionable space-object information. You will advance prediction, detection, tracking, and orbit estimation, moving from theory to tested software on flight-representative hardware.

You will design real-time algorithms for embedded platforms and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate sensors and processing hardware at international projects with ESA.

Qualifications

• Master degree in aerospace, CS, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics or related field.
• Strong algorithm development and tested scientific software.
• Experience with Git, software testing and collaborative development.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Experience with AI-assisted workflows and actively use and improve them.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and validate algorithms for object prediction, optical detection and multi-frame tracking.
• Develop angles-only orbit estimation, state estimation and uncertainty propagation methods.
• Build simulation and test pipelines using synthetic, laboratory and observational datasets.
• Optimize algorithms for real-time execution on resource-constrained embedded hardware.
• Define performance metrics, analyse results and document design decisions and interfaces.
• Integrate algorithms with optical sensors and processing hardware in close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Algorithm development

Git & testing

English fluency

AI workflows

Education

Master degree in aerospace / CS / EE / applied math / physics

Tools

Rust

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

FPGA/SoC

Job description

As an Algorithm Engineer, you will develop the algorithms that turn optical sensor data into actionable information about objects in space. You will work on prediction, image-based detection and tracking, orbit estimation and uncertainty-aware decision logic for autonomous, on-board applications. Your work will move from mathematical models and simulation to tested software running on flight-representative hardware.

Tasks

• Design, implement and validate algorithms for object prediction, optical detection and multi-frame tracking
• Develop angles-only orbit estimation, state estimation and uncertainty propagation methods
• Build simulation and test pipelines using synthetic, laboratory and observational datasets
• Optimise algorithms for real-time execution on resource-constrained embedded hardware
• Define performance metrics, analyse results and document design decisions and interfaces
• Integrate algorithms with optical sensors and processing hardware in close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Required Skills

• Master degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics or a related field
• Strong algorithm development skills and experience writing clear, tested and documented scientific software
• Experience with Git, software testing and collaborative development
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Experience with AI-assisted workflows and actively use and improve them

Desired Skills

• Orbital mechanics, coordinate transformations, 3D vectors and quaternions
• Kalman filtering, Bayesian estimation, computer vision or object tracking
• Rust, Python, C/C++ and deployment on embedded Linux, FPGA/SoC or similar platforms
• Interest in astronomy, spacecraft dynamics and autonomous space systems
• Junior and senior profiles can apply.

What we offer

• A fulltime job in the Space industry, working with international customers and ESA
• Opportunities to grow

About us

• Arcsec is a spinoff company of the KU Leuven university that develops attitude determination and control systems and space-based SSA solutions for satellites.
• Arcsec delivers its components to companies and universities around the world and is involved in several research projects with the European Space Agency.
• The company is based in the center of Leuven.