Lead Flight Software Engineer - Space Industry Standards

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We are looking for a Lead Flight Software Engineer to join our team and take the technical leadership of the Flight Software development for some of our projects. You will lead a software design group responsible for the delivery of software components across a range of embedded and high performance applications in space.

Within a continuous integration environment, you will be responsible of requirements definition, design of SW architecture, coding and testing of mission critical real-time embedded software, running on the D-Orbit latest generation spacecrafts.

Through these activities and by working with the key stakeholders in the development process you will deliver exciting new features and support spacecraft operations.

Key Responsibilities

· Assume the role of a technical lead, actively participating in and guiding the efforts of the assigned development team

· Support activities estimation and planning

· Contribute to the entire application lifecycle, focusing on requirements definition, design, coding, debugging and integration with the flight hardware

· Contribute to the continuous improvement of the teams processes and methodologies

· Define software system specifications during co-engineering activities with the system team

· Improve and develop new features to shared libraries

Requirements:

· Minimum of 7 year experience in embedded software development

· Advanced experience delivering embedded software in any C-family language

· Good understanding of SW design and testing lifecycle in regulated environment (ideally ECSS standard)

· Advanced experience in software architecture definition and requirements definition (RB and TS)

· Knowledge of Requirements Management tools (such as Jama, DOORS etc.)

· Familiarity with OBDH and TMTC architectures used in space systems (e.g. PUS service)

· Knowledge of real-time operating systems (such as RTEMS or FreeRTOS) and/or operating systems targeted for embedded applications (such as any embedded Linux)

· Knowledge of any typical embedded communication interfaces such as USART, SPI, I2C

Knowledge of protocols used in network communication such as Ethernet, CAN, CANopen

· Experience using and configuring any common build tool chains or similar development environment (such as ANT, WAF, Makefile, Visual Studio etc.)

· Familiarity with Git versioning system or any similar DVCS

· Familiarity with typical software development methodology and release versioning processes

· Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively

· Degree, in any relevant area such as computer engineering, electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, robotics or automation.

· Ability to take technical decisions and mentor younger engineers

· Ability to foster a collaborative team environment, encouraging open communication and knowledge sharing among team members

· Full professional proficiency of English language is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience in debugging embedded software using standard laboratory equipment

· Basic understanding of Assembler language

· Experience in defining software system specifications and software requirements

· Knowledge of Python

· Familiarity with using any Linux based distribution and appreciation of application development

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