Lead Embedded Software Engineer

D-Orbit

Lomazzo, Italy

Job description:

We are looking for a Lead Embedded 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 spacecraft.

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

Tasks and 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.

Additional duties may be assigned as needed by each project, like:

Define software system specifications during co-engineering activities with the system team;
Improve and develop new features to shared libraries;
Maintenance of existing flight applications.

Required Technical Skills:

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);
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, CAN;
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.

Nice-to-have skills:

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;
Familiarity with OBDH and TMTC architectures used in space systems.