Embedded software engineer

Engibex; Charleroi; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Engibex, a Belgian engineering consulting firm in Charleroi, is seeking a talented Embedded Software Engineer to contribute to new unit development and improvement of existing units such as on-board computers, radios, cameras, and sensors.

You will join an agile team working with EE/FPGA engineers and possibly RF and network specialists. Responsibilities include designing and building unit firmware, producing high quality flight software components, and supporting satellite system architecture.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Aerospace or related field.
• Experience with C and Python programming languages.
• Embedded Linux development experience.
• Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS preferred).
• Strong debugging, optimization and testing skills.
• Experience with full cycle SW development.
• Ability to read schematics and layouts.
• Experience with digital HW tools (JTAG, oscilloscope, etc.).
• Familiarity with Buildroot, U-Boot, Zynq, cmake, CAN/I2C/SPI/UART.
• Good communication and English skills.

Responsibilities

• Closely working with hardware and system engineers to design and build unit firmware and high level satellite applications.
• Producing high quality flight SW components following the development flow (requirements engineering, design, implementation, testing and maintenance).
• Supporting the definition of the satellite system architecture.

Skills

C programming

Python

Embedded Linux

FreeRTOS

Unit testing

Debugging

Full life cycle

Reading schematics

Digital HW tools

English skills

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in CS

Tools

Buildroot

UBoot

cmake

JTAG

Oscilloscope

Job description

We are a Belgian engineering consulting firm that assists SMEs and large industrial organizations in bringing their innovation and R&D initiatives to life.

Le poste :

We are seeking a talented and motivated Embedded Software Engineer to contribute to the development of new units and improvement of existing units.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will join an agile development team that works around a specific unit. We develop many type of units, including on-board computers, radios, cameras, optical transceivers, network switches, and different kind of sensors and actuators.

In these development teams, communication and cooperation among diverse team members are key, often blurring the lines between competences.

You will work closely with EE and FPGA engineers and depending on the project, also with RF, AOCS, optical or network engineers.

Key activities

• Closely working with hardware and system engineers to design and build unit firmware and high level satellite applications.
• Producing high quality flight SW components following the development flow (requirements engineering, design, implementation, testing and maintenance).
• Supporting the definition of the satellite system architecture.

Profil recherché :

Must have

• BSc, MSc or PhD degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• Experience with C and Python programming languages
• Experience developing embedded software in Linux environment
• Experience with real time operating systems (preferably FreeRTOS)
• Strong skills debugging, optimizing and unit testing
• Experience with full cycle SW development
• Ability to read and understand schematics and layouts
• Experience working with digital HW (usage of flashers, JTAG, oscilloscope, etc.)
• Familiarity with some of the following technologies: Buildroot, UBoot, Zynq, cmake, communication links (CAN, I2C, SPI, UART, SPW, etc.)
• Good communication skills
• Good English knowledge

Nice to have

• Experience in space sector (knowledge of the satellite subsystems, satellite operations, development of embedded flight software, etc.)
• Experience with ECSS/CCSDS standards (ECSS-E-ST-70-41A or C Telemetry and telecommand packet utilization, CCSDS 133.0-B-1 Space Packet Protocol, etc.)