Embedded Real-Time Software Development Engineer

Quick Facts

• Embedded real-time software engineering role supporting on-board and on-ground processing chains for digital payloads (telecom, navigation, RF sensing)
• ECSS-compliant software development, integration, verification, and validation
• Works with embedded/resource-limited systems and bare-metal targets

Description

You will develop and deliver embedded real-time software for payload processing, from translating system requirements into detailed software requirements to integration, testing, and documentation in accordance with ECSS standards. The work includes real-time task scheduling, I/O and mode management, hardware/software interface design, and debugging with JTAG and gdb. You will collaborate across disciplines (e.g., simulator and database domains) and contribute to efficiency and industrialization improvements.

Responsibilities

• Transform SSS into SRS
• Analyze embedded and real-time implementation constraints (memory size, CPU load, deadlines)
• Design software (task scheduling, I/O, functional algorithms, software mode management)
• Design hardware/software interfaces (I/O, interrupts, timing)
• Implement software requirements through coding
• Integrate and debug hardware/software using tools such as JTAG and gdb
• Support verification activities (coding rules, metrics, code coverage)
• Execute software validation activities (unit and functional testing)
• Control the configuration of software and validation elements
• Generate software documentation in accordance with the ECSS process
• Work across disciplines with other functional domains (Simulator/FVI and Database/DB)
• Support schedule and cost control for software development
• Analyze the requirements baseline from System Engineering through the Software Architect and define software functional behavior
• Define embedded software architecture (static and dynamic)
• Implement the functionalities specified in the requirements baseline
• Execute hardware/software integration and functional qualification before integration into Payload AIT
• Carry out activities in accordance with external and internal software process standards (including ECSS-E-ST-40C and ECSS-Q-ST-80C)
• Drive internal efficiency improvements, productivity, processes, and industrialization topics

Benefits

• Attractive remuneration and additional benefits
• 30 days of annual leave (35-hour week)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development and international career opportunities
• Health programs and on-site facilities
• Inclusive environment with more than 140 nationalities

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar studies
• 5–7 years of professional experience in a similar field
• Familiarity with ECSS standards: ECSS-E-ST-40C, ECSS-Q-ST-80C, ECSS-E-ST-70-41C
• Experience with software development processes/standards including OPAL, MISRA, static code analysis, and code coverage
• Experience with embedded software and resource-limited systems
• Knowledge of real-time systems and operating systems, including RTEMS
• Experience developing for bare-metal targets without memory protection
• Programming skills in C/C++ and assembler (SPARC, ARM)
• Ability to understand hardware datasheets
• Familiarity with Mil-Bus, SpaceWire, and CAN
• Proficiency with the GNU compile environment
• Experience with Eclipse, make, Confluence, Git, Jira, Gerrit, Doxygen, Polyspace
• Proficiency with Linux, Windows, and Office
• Good communication skills; ability to work autonomously
• Intercultural teamworking skills
• English and German language skills