Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services (C++)

Location: Toulouse, Occitanie, France; on-site. Relocation assistance to Toulouse may be available.

Company

hirify.global develops standardized satellite platforms and onboard software for operating spacecraft and customer applications in low Earth orbit.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and refine onboard software connecting optical payloads, radios, power controllers, GNSS receivers, and other spacecraft devices.
• Implement low-level communication protocols and expose connected hardware through standardized APIs.
• Develop automation and orchestration for safe and reliable operation of satellite equipment at scale.
• Design unit and integration tests, review code, and maintain development standards and software quality.
• Contribute to onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative reviews.
• Coordinate software release distribution and participate in operating the on-orbit satellite fleet.

Requirements

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with C/C++ including C++11 or newer, and Python.
• Proficiency with Git, collaborative development workflows, and continuous integration tools such as GitLab-CI or Jenkins.
• Knowledge of build systems such as Make or CMake.
• Understanding of distributed architectures, networking protocols including UDP, TCP, and IP, and POSIX standards.
• Experience developing multithreaded applications and holding a previous team leader or manager role.

Nice to have

• Go or Rust programming experience.
• Embedded Linux experience with Yocto, device trees, systemd, and Linux on ARM platforms.
• Unit testing with pytest, Googletest, or Unity.
• Experience with gRPC, ZMQ/NATS, Docker, K3S, or systemd-nspawn.
• Experience with space systems and related concepts.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time on-site work with flexible working hours.
• Up to 35 days of paid time off, including vacations and RTT.
• Health and life insurance, lunch vouchers, and equity.
• Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse.
• Company and team off-sites and other team events.
• Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable.