Engineer, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, CPU Hardware Design, and Software Testing

Join Rapita Systems and help shape the future of real‑time, safety‑critical embedded systems in the aerospace industry!

We are looking for a talented and motivated engineer with expertise in computer architecture, embedded systems, CPU hardware design, and software testing. In this role, you will play a key part in the research, design, and delivery of innovative solutions for timing and event analysis, as well as the optimization of advanced Multi‑Processor Systems on Chip (MPSoC) used in the avionics industry.

Based in our Barcelona office (Spain), you will collaborate with a world‑class team to analyze multicore platforms, develop cutting‑edge technologies, and design novel techniques that support the certification of safety‑critical, real‑time embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyse hardware IP modules and platform‑specific documentation to identify multicore processor challenges and provide sustained performance and real‑time predictability.
• Design and run software for testing scenarios.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement hardware/software countermeasures.
• Integrate tools into real‑time and bare‑metal systems.
• Collaborate on cutting‑edge aerospace projects.

Tools and Technologies

• GitLab, Obsidian.
• Low‑level, target‑specific assembly programming.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in computer architecture, computer science, real‑time systems or a related field.
• Experience in embedded software testing and debugging tools.
• Strong English communication skills.
• Software development skills with a particular emphasis on embedded systems – proficiency in C, Python, assembly, and Linux or other Unix‑like OS.
• Spanish language proficiency.

This is an on‑site position, but we offer a flexible work environment and a hybrid approach of home‑working and office working.

Rapita is a friendly, lively, high‑tech software company located in Barcelona within the Campus Nord of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona. The office is the hardware centre of excellence within the Rapita group offering specialist services in multicore hardware, aerospace certification and analysis of reliable embedded systems.

Rapita Systems is a specialist in on‑target software verification, performance profiling, and timing analysis of real‑time embedded systems. Our major customers are in the aerospace (civil and defense) and automotive industries.