Junior Embedded Flight Software Engineer - Space Systems

Stcorp; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

AtS&T in Delft is seeking a Junior/Medior Flight (Embedded) Software Engineer to join the Space Systems team, developing and verifying on-board software for satellites.

Work spans mission integration, Earth Observation, secure communications, and space systems engineering; you will implement and test software under tight hardware constraints, interfacing software with hardware. You will grow into ownership, contributing to architecture, tests, and documentation across systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of embedded/low-level software experience or strong study/internship track record.
• Experience with real-time applications (Linux/RTOS).
• Educational background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems.
• Proficient in C, C++, Python; working knowledge of Rust.
• Experience with test-driven development, CI/CD workflows, and Git.
• Experience with UART and Ethernet.
• Fluent English; on-site availability in Delft (onsite).

Responsibilities

• Develop code that integrates complex interfaces and routes data between them.
• Contribute to software architecture under guidance of senior engineers.
• Support systems engineering with requirement generation and flow-down.
• Create unit tests, perform system-level testing, and support hardware-in-the-loop setups.
• Write clean, maintainable code and documentation for reviews and audits.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and systems engineering teams.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Rust

Linux

RTOS

UART

Ethernet

Git

CI/CD

Test-driven development

English

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science

Embedded Systems

Tools

Git

Job description

AtS&T in Delft is seeking a Junior/Medior Flight (Embedded) Software Engineer to join the Space Systems team, developing and verifying on-board software for satellites.

Work spans mission integration, Earth Observation, secure communications, and space systems engineering; you will implement and test software under tight hardware constraints, interfacing software with hardware. You will grow into ownership, contributing to architecture, tests, and documentation across systems.