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About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2025, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 300 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Overview

Aerospacelab is looking for an engineer who will contribute to the embedded software stack of a radar and its supporting systems.

The engineer will be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of electromechanical, materials, mechanical, RF, DSP, and software engineers. The team is currently developing prototypes for testing on the ground and on airplanes to guide the design of the in-orbit demonstrator.

Duties

Design and write code to control hardware ranging from radios, motors and optical systems
Design and execute experiments close to the hardware to de-risk technical choices

Must have

Experience writing code in C
Ability to architect complex code using state-of-the-art methodologies
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, with demonstrable experience.
Working level English