Space Networking Software Engineer – Flexible Work

Aerospacelab; Louvain-la-Neuve; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Build your own career path

Direct impact on company growth

Flexible ways of working

Job summary

Aerospacelab is hiring a Network Software Engineer for the Space Segment to design, implement, and deploy software components for satellite constellation networks. You will work with experienced engineers to bring high-performance networking over space-based links to life.

The role suits a curious, motivated engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is eager to learn deep-tech systems with real-world impact.

Qualifications

• Academic or practical experience in networking, embedded systems, or software engineering.
• Knowledge of Internet protocols and network architecture.
• Ability to contribute features to large network codebases.
• Proficient in at least two of: Rust, C, Python.
• Strong debugging and unit testing skills.
• Git workflow (commits, MR, review, releases).
• Eligibility to work from Belgium offices.

Responsibilities

• Translate networking architecture into implementation, identify technical limitations, and provide feedback to evolve and improve the architecture.
• Implementing network software components (user space, kernel space).
• Testing your code with several techniques (unit-testing, simulation, emulation, on-target testing) for diverse scenarios.
• Maintaining network software components over their lifecycle.

Skills

Rust

C

Python

Job description

Aerospacelab is hiring a Network Software Engineer for the Space Segment to design, implement, and deploy software components for satellite constellation networks. You will work with experienced engineers to bring high-performance networking over space-based links to life.

The role suits a curious, motivated engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is eager to learn deep-tech systems with real-world impact.