Senior Flight (Embedded) Software Engineer - Space Systems

Science [&] Technology Corporation; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Science & Technology Corporation in Delft is seeking a Senior Flight (Embedded) Software Engineer to join the Space Systems team. You will design, develop and verify on-board software for data routing and processing in satellite systems, working at the interface of software, systems, and hardware.

The role emphasizes reliability under tight hardware constraints, with responsibilities spanning architecture design, unit tests, hardware-in-the-loop verification, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of embedded/low-level software development experience.
• Real-time OS experience (Linux/RTOS).
• Proficiency in C, C++, Python; experience with Rust.

Responsibilities

• Develop on-board software that routes and processes data on satellites.
• Design software architecture optimized for hardware constraints.
• Create unit tests and support hardware-in-the-loop verification of software functionality.
• Produce clear technical documentation to support design reviews and system audits.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Rust

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Senior Flight (Embedded) Software Engineer - Space Systems

Delft

Full time

Senior

About thisjob

We are currently looking for a Flight Software Engineer to join the team in Delft and work on advanced satellite systems.

You will join a team whose work spans mission integration, Earth Observation, secure communications, and space systems engineering. As a Senior Flight Software Engineer you will design, develop and verify the on-board software that routes and processes data on satellites.

You will help with the design, development and verification of satellite on-board software for data routing and processing. Since you're working on flight software, will be tight hardware constraints. Due to the nature of the job, the work has to be fully reliable, since it cannot be fixed once in orbit. You will work at the interface between software, systems, and hardware, and you own the code from architecture through integration and test; your design decisions will have an impact on the final product.

• You will develop code that integrates several complex interfaces and routes data between them.
• You will design software architecture that optimizes performance within the hardware constraints
• You support systems engineering with the requirement generation and functional flow-down.
• You create unit tests, perform system-level testing, and support hardware-in-the-loop setups to verify software functionality.
• You write clean, maintainable code and produce clear technical documentation to support design reviews and system audits.
• You work closely with other engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions (electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering).

Requirements

• You have at least 10 years of experience in embedded/low level software development.
• You have experience with real-time applications, such as Linux and RTOS.
• You have experience with spacecraft flight software, or comparable vehicle software requiring a high level of reliability.
• You have experience with CCSDS and ECSS space protocols, such as CFDP and PUS.
• You have been in contact before with UART and Ethernet.
• You have an educational background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems or another relevant field.
• You are proficient in C, C++, and Python, and have experience with Rust.
• You are familiar with spacecraft systems engineering methodology such as MBSE.
• You have experience with test-driven development, CI/CD workflows, and Git.
• You have a fluent command of the English language.
• You are able to come on-site to the office in Delft. The possibility to work from home is limited.

Nice-to-have's:

• Familiarity with networking technologies such as TCP/IP, UDP/IP, and FTP.
• CAN-bus, I2C, SPI, SpaceWire.
• Familiarity with MISRA /AUTOSAR guidelines and/or ECSS coding standards.
• Experience with encryption and security.
• Working proficiency in Dutch.

Please note that if you do not hear back from us within 10 days of your application, you may assume that we have selected another candidate we would like to interview for this position. We do our best to get back to you individually, however, due to a high volume of responses, it can be that we have not been able to reject your application in person.

AtS[&]T we contribute to a safer life on earth by translating space data intovaluable and actionable insights. We oversee data from instruments to application,and apply our expertise within our softwareframeworks, information products and consultancy.

Our society relies on space and scientific instruments forclimatechange monitoring, navigation, defence and national security, and other crucialservices we all use in our daily lives. These instruments produce an enormousquantity of complex data, and our goal is to unlock its value.

We have more than 20 years of experience working oninstrumentcalibration, the creation of data quality monitoring tools, the development of real-timedata processing frameworks, and the development of application-specificalgorithms. With this, we help organisations, governments and industries tostrengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision making.We focus on the following domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security,Environment & Sustainability, and High-Tech Consulting.

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