Senior Space Software Engineer — Onboard & Ground Systems

MDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Life insurance

Job summary

MDA Space is recruiting a Software Engineer to join our Stevenage/Manchester/Harwell office network. You will design and implement on-board and ground test software for payloads, collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team, and ensure robust testing and documentation across Windows and Linux platforms.

Ideal candidates have strong C++11 experience, GUI development skills, and familiarity with Git/Jenkins. A hybrid work model is supported across UK sites as we push space exploration forward.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to derive a software design from requirements.
• Experience in developing C++11 software for both the Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience of formal development, test, integration and documentation processes and associated industry tool sets, e.g., Git, Jenkins.
• Experience of developing Graphical User Interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Product Impact & Scope of Innovation: Responsible for design and development of on-board software and ground test software for our payloads or sensors.
• Teamwork: Committed team player who freely and proactively shares knowledge with others
• Problem Solving: Good analytical skills required to identify root cause issues. Able to develop test cases to make problems visible and to provide robust solutions to address them.
• Planning and Scheduling: Ability to estimate resource levels for complete end to end solutions delivering product level software to internal and external customers.
• Communication skills: Good documentation and presentation skills are vital for sharing knowledge within the software team and to others such as the validation team. Documentation of APIs and code to a suitable level.
• Other Traits: Flexibility in understanding the need for change due to business re-focus Willingness to travel to other MDA/partner locations to assist in delivery of project objectives

Skills

C++11 development

Git

Jenkins

Graphical User Interfaces

Windows/Linux

Tools

Git

Jenkins

CMake

wxWidgets

OpenGL

Job description

MDA Space is recruiting a Software Engineer to join our Stevenage/Manchester/Harwell office network. You will design and implement on-board and ground test software for payloads, collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team, and ensure robust testing and documentation across Windows and Linux platforms.

Ideal candidates have strong C++11 experience, GUI development skills, and familiarity with Git/Jenkins. A hybrid work model is supported across UK sites as we push space exploration forward.