Edge Computing Software Engineer, Earth Observation

Location: Hybrid role based in Harwell, UK; candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK

Company

hirify.global develops end-to-end satellite missions and actionable space-based data and connectivity for Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and secure communications.

What you will do

• Build and maintain data-processing pipelines running on Nvidia Jetson computers aboard satellites.
• Adapt ground-based image-processing algorithms for reliable in-orbit execution with equivalent results.
• Accelerate processing with GPUs and profile, debug, and optimize code on ARM and GPU hardware.
• Build quality checks and maintain data and metadata standards for consistent onboard and ground outputs.
• Develop, test, and deploy workflows in embedded Linux while applying version control and testing practices.
• Collaborate with Data, Flight Software, Systems, Operations, and payload partners to balance mission needs with hardware constraints.

Requirements

• Strong Python skills for data processing and maintainable, testable software.
• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux and ARM-based hardware.
• Experience with GPU computing and performance optimization, including CUDA on Nvidia platforms.
• Experience profiling, debugging, and optimizing software on constrained hardware.
• Experience converting scientific or analytical code into efficient production software and designing data pipelines with data formats and metadata standards.
• Familiarity with geospatial or image-data libraries such as GDAL, rasterio, NumPy, or Xarray, plus testing, version control, code review, and clear technical communication.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on space technology and satellite data products used by customers globally.
• Mission-driven environment focused on solving real-world challenges.
• Diverse, ambitious, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
• Equal-opportunity employment with a commitment to respect, dignity, belonging, and reducing bias.