Senior Flight Software Engineer
Pubblicato il 13-08-2026 - D Orbit in Lomazzo
Overview
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we are 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 potential of the final frontier. As a member of our team, you will work with a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, united by a passion for innovation and excellence. Join us in our global mission to push the boundaries of what's possible and shape the future of space.
D-Orbit is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to join our Flight Software team. You will contribute to the development of mission critical real-time embedded software running on the D-Orbit latest generation On-Board Computers, following space industry standards and best practices.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Prepare flight software deliverable documentation for project milestones
- Contribute to continuous improvement of team processes and methodologies, including identification, definition and maintenance of cross-project building blocks
- Coordinate with subcontractors and software suppliers
Additional duties may be assigned as needed by each project, such as:
- Define software system specifications during co-engineering activities with the system team
- Improve and develop new features for shared libraries
- Maintenance of existing flight software applications
- Support to AIV and HIL/SIL test activities
- Participate in 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 embedded communication interfaces such as USART, SPI, I2C,