Flight Software Engineer - Onboard Spacecraft Lead (Hybrid)

Sateliot; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real impact

Growth opportunities

Private health insurance

Hybrid work

Job summary

Sateliot, based in Barcelona, is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to own the on-board software from baseline to flight-ready release and to lead verification, validation, and integration with satellite subsystems. You will collaborate with Systems, Hardware, AIT and Operations teams in a hybrid on-site role.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of embedded software experience in C/C++, hands-on RTOS work, and familiarity with SpaceWire and bus interfaces. Relocation to Barcelona implied.

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing embedded software in C or C++ for resource-constrained targets.
• Hands-on development on real-time operating system (FreeRTOS, RTEMS, VxWorks or equivalent).
• Hands-on development on data interfaces used in satellite systems (SpaceWire, CAN Bus, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553).
• Demonstrated ownership of embedded software verification: authored unit and integration test suites and executed them on target hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own the development of the on-board flight software for the platform, through to a flight-ready release.
• Own its verification and validation: define and run the unit, integration and system-level test campaigns that produce the acceptance evidence for each release.
• Deliver software that is robust and reliable in the space environment.
• Own the integration of the on-board software with the satellite subsystems, interfaces and overall system architecture, working closely with the Hardware, Systems and AIT teams.
• Resolve issues across software, hardware, interfaces and communication protocols, from the bench and AIT campaigns through to in-orbit operations.

Skills

Embedded software

C/C++

RTOS

System integration

Tools

SpaceWire

CAN Bus

RS-422/RS-485

Ethernet

Job description

Sateliot, based in Barcelona, is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to own the on-board software from baseline to flight-ready release and to lead verification, validation, and integration with satellite subsystems. You will collaborate with Systems, Hardware, AIT and Operations teams in a hybrid on-site role.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of embedded software experience in C/C++, hands-on RTOS work, and familiarity with SpaceWire and bus interfaces. Relocation to Barcelona implied.