Senior Flight Software Engineer

2 mesi fa

Como CO, Provincia di Como; Lombardia, Italia D-Orbit Tempo pieno

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we’re pioneering the future of space logistics and transportation. Established in 2011, our company is leading the way in helping businesses profitably and sustainably unlock the full potential of the final frontier.

As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, all driven by a shared passion for innovation and excellence. Join us in our global mission to push the boundaries of what’s possible and take your ambition to new heights. Apply now and join us in shaping the future of space.

D-Orbit is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to join our Flight Software team.

Following the space industry standards and best practices, you will contribute to the development of mission critical real-time embedded software, running on the D-Orbit latest generation On-Board Computers.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks:


  • Contribute to the entire embedded software application lifecycle, focusing on requirements definition, design, coding, debugging and integration with the flight hardware, with a primary focus on OBC software
  • Preparation of flight software deliverable documentation for project milestones
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team processes and methodologies, including identification, definition and maintenance of cross-projects building blocks
  • Coordinate with subcontractors and software suppliers

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 software applications



  • Support to AIV and HIL/SIL test activities



  • Take part to reviews with stakeholders



  • Mentor junior engineers


Requirements:



  • Minimum of 7 years experience in embedded software development, including definition of real-time SW architectures



  • Experience delivering embedded software in any C-family language



  • Knowledge of any typical embedded communication interfaces such as USART, SPI, I2C, CAN, SpW, MIL-STD-1553 and related protocols



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



  • Familiarity with with bug/SPR tracking and project management tools (Jira)



  • Familiarity SW requirements elicitation, SW design and testing lifecycle in regulated environment (ideally ECSS standard)



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



  • Familiarity with Git versioning system or any similar DVCS



  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively



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



  • Full professional proficiency of English language is mandatory.



  • Deep knowledge of AI tools


Preferred Qualifications:


  • Good understanding of ECSS standards for OBC/Payload SW (PUS, OBCP, Savoir, etc.)
  • Good understanding of CCSDS standards for telemetry and telecommand (including CFDP)
  • Basic understanding of Assembly language

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