Senior Embedded Software Engineer

KEY PURPOSE OF JOB

Join a leading aerospace engineering company in Somerset West as an Embedded Software Engineer and help shape the future of satellite communication. This permanent role focuses on developing and verifying advanced space-grade systems within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.

KEY TASKS

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-reliability embedded software for satellite subsystems, with emphasis on real-time communication and signal-processing systems:

• Develop all aspects of an embedded system software implementation, including creating, debugging and testing software, as well as supporting hardware integration
• Optimize code for memory, efficiency, and speed on resource-constrained devices
• Contribute to firmware architecture, code reviews, and documentation to maintain reliability and scalability
• Research, develop and testing of theoretical and conceptual designs
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to derive and define software requirements based on system-level requirements
• Create and maintain formal engineering documentation such as specifications, test procedures, design reports
• Attending requirement and proposal discussions with clients when required

PREREQUISITES

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Qualifications:

• B.Sc/B.Eng degree in Electronic Engineering from a recognized institution

Experience (ideally within aerospace or defence industry):

• Embedded software/firmware development (C, C++)
• Experience developing device drivers and low-level software for hardware interfaces such as ADC, GPIO, PWM, UART, SPI, and I2C
• Design and implement firmware in C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems (e.g. FreeRTOS)
• Experience with version control systems (eg. git) and issue tracking tools (eg Jira, Youtrack)
• High-reliability electronic product design and realisation (>5-7 years)
• Practical experience testing and debugging electronic circuits (>5-7 years)

Additional knowledge areas that would strengthen the application:

• Experience with ARM and/or RISC-V microprocessor architectures
• Experience with embedded Linux, including application development; experience with driver and/or kernel development is a plus
• Experience with test automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Rust
• Experience in FPGA firmware development using Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) like Verilog or VHDL
• Experience modelling DSP algorithms (FFT, filters) and communication waveforms in MATLAB / Python / etc.
• Linux administrator proficiency

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Positive, self-motivated self-starter
• Innovative thinker with a strong “outside-the-box” mindset
• Responsible and accountable
• Strong team player who collaborates effectively with others
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Customer-focused approach
• Able to persuade and positively influence others
• Resilient, with the ability to bounce back from challenges
• Flexible and able to multitask in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Resourceful and solution-oriented
• Strong self-management skills with the ability to set and manage priorities

APPLICATION

If you meet the requirements of this vacancy, please send your cv to:

cv@newspacesystems.com OR contact us on +27 (0) 21 300 0160

To learn more about Newspace Systems, visit our website:

www.newspacesystems.com