Head of Flight Software

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 Are you an experienced Flight Software Engineer looking for your next career challenge?

 Would you like to join a pioneering and innovative space company that is growing quickly worldwide, as part of their passionate and supportive engineering team?

 As Lead Flight Software Engineer you will be rewarded with a competitive salary, a great range of benefits, and be responsible for:

Leading the Flight Software Team which is responsible for the design, development, integration, validation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of satellite flight software.

Ensuring the flight software is created to the required level of quality and delivered on time and to budget.

Motivating and developing the Flight Software Team, mentoring junior staff and establishing strong team identity.

Acting as subject matter expert in Flight Software development. Oversee the architectural design of the flight software on spacecraft.

Coordinating with other teams at both spacecraft sub-system and system level to identify software needs and solutions.

To be considered for the Lead Flight Software Engineer role, you will need to:

Have a BSc or MSc in computer science, software engineering or relevant engineering/science discipline.

Have considerably commercial experience in flight software development for satellites.

Have experience leading a team, either in a managerial or technical capacity.

Have experience with embedded, real-time software engineering.

Have experience with embedded systems programming (C/C++).

Have extensive knowledge of software development methodologies and approaches.

Have experience in using and modifying Board Support Packages.

Have experience in using design using UML.

Knowledge of commonly used protocols and standards for spacecraft communications, such as CCSDS, CAN, and SpaceWire.

Have experience in implementing real-time systems and software solutions on spacecraft missions.

Have experience in developing and implementing test plans for spacecraft.

Ideally have experience of all stages of mission design lifecycle from initial concept to design, test, and operations.

Ideally have knowledge of MATLAB

Ideally have knowledge of assemblers for microcontrollers.

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