Senior Flight Software Engineer

Astroscale

Harwell, United Kingdom

Astroscale UK is looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join our Flight Software team in Harwell, UK to help realise our vision for the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations.

This position will be part of the team responsible for the technical development of embedded real-time software for our future orbital debris missions including the ELSA-M service to capture and retire multiple satellites.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a professional background in real-time embedded software looking to take the next step in their career and be part of exciting and innovative projects in space.

This role will focus on flight software development for satellite onboard computers; defining solutions based on requirements, working with other subsystem teams on software needs, performing verification, integration, and test activities. Responsibilities will involve integrating Computer Vision and Guidance, Navigation and Control software into the flight software environment.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and verify onboard Flight Software for Astroscale spacecraft.
Coordinate with other teams at sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions
Participate in the design reviews and address any actions relevant to the flight software
Act as a subject matter in Flight Software design and development.
Support knowledge transfer from Astroscale teams globally and provide technical review inputs to projects across the Astroscale organisation

Essential Skills

Bachelor or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or relevant engineering / science discipline.
Experience of Flight or embedded Software development for Space projects
Knowledge of ECSS standard for Flight Software.
Experience in software development for real-time embedded systems (C/C++).
Knowledge of software development methodologies & embedded software engineering.
Experience of implementing real-time systems and software.
Proactive and self-managing, able to plan and effectively lead areas of responsibility whilst contributing collaboratively within a close-knit team

Desirable Skills

Experience of development for VxWorks or RTEMS platforms
Experience of all stages of mission design lifecycle from initial concept to design, test, and operations.
Familiarity with UML.
Familiarity with commonly used protocols and standards for spacecraft communications, such as CCSDS, CAN, Spacewire.
Knowledge of cFS software framework.
Experience of SPARC V8 or PowerPC architecture.
Linux system administration, shell scripts, make, etc.
Development on Linux systems.
Knowledge of scripting languages.