The Software Engineer will design, develop, and support advanced software systems for space telescope and laser platforms within EOS’s Space Systems division. This role focuses on delivering high-performance, reliable, and scalable software that enables precision space observation, tracking, and laser operations.
Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, the role contributes across the full software lifecycle, including development, integration, testing, and deployment, ensuring systems meet the demands of mission-critical observatory and space applications.
The position requires strong technical capability, adaptability to complex problem domains, and the ability to deliver robust solutions both independently and collaboratively within small, high-performing teams.
Primary Duties
- Design, develop, integrate, and maintain high-performance software systems supporting space telescope and laser operations, ensuring reliable and efficient functionality through rigorous testing, system verification, and close collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Design, develop, and maintain software systems supporting space telescope and laser operations
- Deliver high-quality, reliable, and high-availability software solutions for mission-critical environments
- Support system integration, verification, and validation within observatory and space systems
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across software, hardware, optical, and systems engineering
- Implement and enhance DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and system automation
- Perform troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis of complex software and system issues
- Contribute to distributed processing and real-time systems
- Develop and enhance visualisation tools and user interfaces for operational use
- Ensure software meets the requirements of safety-critical systems
- Support continuous improvement of software quality, performance, and engineering standards
- A least 3 years’ experience
- Strong experience in C++ development on Windows and Linux platforms within complex engineering environments
- Experience with Python or similar programming languages for system development, automation, and data processing
- Proven experience applying software testing methodologies and frameworks, including unit, integration, and system-level testing
- Experience developing and supporting high-availability, mission-critical software systems
- Exposure to distributed processing and real-time systems, particularly in scientific or observatory environments
- Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated deployment
- Knowledge of safety-critical software and systems automation, including interaction with hardware or bespoke firmware
- Experience contributing to visualisation tools, user interfaces, and data-driven applications (desirable)
- Familiarity with space systems, astronomical observatories, or laser-based platforms (desirable)
