Lead Embedded Software

Spacebackend

Spacebackend is a Luxembourg-based deep tech company that is revolutionizing the integration of space hardware and software.The startup's platform uses artificial intelligence to automatically translate complex technical documentation and interfaces into deterministic, flight-ready driver systems .

About The Role

As a Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, implementing, and maintaining end-to-end solutions for our integrated platform. You will guide a multidisciplinary team, primarily composed of embedded software engineers, to deliver high-quality products. This position combines hands-on development (80%) with leadership responsibilities (20%), including mentoring, roadmap planning, and coordinating R&D efforts across various product phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve software architecture spanning on-board middleware, AI integration layers, frontend, backend, and cloud services.
• Lead the product roadmap by prioritizing features, setting milestones, and aligning technical plans with business objectives.
• Write technical documentation, including product requirements, solution architecture, and design review documents.
• Implement core modules in C/C++, Python, and C# for backend services, ensuring high performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Design and architect interfaces between AI/ML models and application infrastructure, including APIs, messaging, and data pipelines.
• Develop SDK/API for integration of core technology into third-party products and workflows.
• Implement and maintain bus-protocol drivers (I2C, SPI, UART) with multi-bus and multi-instance support for redundancy.
• Define and adhere to clear software-to-hardware interface contracts, ensuring consistent behavior across platforms.
• Establish DevOps pipelines, including CI/CD, automated testing, and container orchestration across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Promote design patterns, coding standards, and architecture reviews to ensure scalable, modular solutions.
• Mentor and manage multidisciplinary teams to foster collaboration, code quality, and iterative delivery.
• Coordinate R&D activities by organizing sprints, reviewing experiments, and integrating research outputs into production code.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of embedded software development experience, with emphasis on cross-platform or portable code.
• Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded contexts and C# or Java for backend services.
• Deep experience with I2C, SPI, UART protocols, including multi-bus and multi-device patterns.
• Proven ability to develop for both Linux (Yocto, Ubuntu) and RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, RTEMS).
• Proven track record of managing or mentoring teams in agile, iterative environments.
• Strong version control workflow expertise (Git, GitFlow) and CI/CD integration.
• Python scripting skills for coding, build, and test automation.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Background in integrating AI/ML models into production workflows.
• Experience with digital-twin frameworks or simulation tools.
• Hands-on embedded firmware development or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with hardware debugging tools like JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• Background in satellite or aerospace on-board computers (OBCs) and flight software frameworks.
• Exposure to container-based CI for embedded builds (Docker).
• Knowledge of additional field buses such as CAN/CAN-FD, MIL-STD, etc.
• Experience with secure boot or firmware-update mechanisms.
• Prior work on middleware or plugin frameworks.
  
  

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