Head of Flight Software

Salary: £69,600 – £81,600 per year

Are you an experienced Flight Software 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 Head of Flight Software 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 Head of Flight Software 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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