Edge Systems Software Engineer — Real-Time & Secure

Simera Sense; Somerset West; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Space industry

Global microsatellites market

Cutting-edge tech

Competitive pay

Friendly environment

Job summary

Simera Sense is seeking a Systems Software Engineer in Somerset West, South Africa to design, develop, and optimise real-time edge platform software. You will work on low-level OS components, device drivers, boot software, and secure remote updates, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation.

The role emphasizes robust, production-ready code, performance optimisation, and reliability for mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Honors Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related field.

Responsibilities

• System Software Development on an Edge Platform, including OS, drivers, boot software and secure remote update.

Skills

Algorithms

Data structures

Concurrency

Networking basics

Security concepts

Automata theory

Parallelism

Formal models of computation

Cryptographic security

Education

Bachelor Honors Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related field

Tools

C

Rust

Go

C++

Job description

Simera Sense is seeking a Systems Software Engineer in Somerset West, South Africa to design, develop, and optimise real-time edge platform software. You will work on low-level OS components, device drivers, boot software, and secure remote updates, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation.

The role emphasizes robust, production-ready code, performance optimisation, and reliability for mission-critical systems.