Flight Software Engineer

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Flight Software Engineer

Join our team and build the future of space technology

We´re expanding our team at Alén Space, and are looking for a Flight Software Engineer; with passion in what you do, talented and experienced; to participate in the company's various missions, contribute to the evolution of the satellites' onboard software, and participate in its integration into different projects and products. They will also participate in the development of various products where monitoring and control tasks are critical to achieving mission objectives. The Software Engineering Area carries out the design, implementation, and validation of flight software for the space segment and control software components for the ground segment.

What you will be doing?

• Definition and identification of project requirements.
• Analysis and design of embedded software.
• Development of software modules.
• Participation in software and complete system validation campaigns (TLYF or E2E).

What do we need in our team

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, or similar.
• At least 3 years of experience performing functions similar to the position's requirements.
• Development experience with microcontrollers.
• Knowledge of embedded software development tools: C / C++.
• Familiarity with real-time systems (FreeRTOS, RTEMS) and embedded Linux.
• Experience with GIT.
• Fluency in English (oral communication with international clients will be required).
• Experience using lab/instrumentation equipment (power supply, multimeter, oscilloscope, etc.).

Valuable knowledge:

• Experience with Python or other programming languages.
• Experience in developing communication protocols.
• Experience using communication interfaces such as CAN, I2C, RS-422, SPI, etc.

Candidate qualifications and skills

• Work remotely a percentage of the time to be defined with the manager
• Flexible start/finish times; reduced intensive working hours on Fridays and in summer Monday to Friday.
• Competitive compensation with ongoing reviews, flexible compensation .
• Wellbeing program: Health, dental, and accident insurance; free fruit and free lunch every friday and much more!
• Personalized career plan development, training, and language learning support
• Very committed to inclusion and diversity; we promote equal opportunities in recruitment

If you like what you read, then we might have a match. This is the culture we want to have and keep building. So, if that’s also your case, let’s get to know each other!

Ready to take on the challenge?

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