GNSS Software Engineer and Architect

Embedded Software Engineer at Thales.

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high‑tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Our diverse skills enable customers—governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators—to Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Software Real Time & Embedded Engineering

Candidates that would impress us

Profile

• I graduated with a Master of Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or any related field.
• I enjoy working within a DevOps/Agile/Scrum team and thrive in a challenging environment that requires reactivity and resourcefulness.
• I want to evolve in a real‑time environment, balancing low‑level hardware interactions with high‑level functionality.
• I am willing to work on small or large devices such as radar, embedded calculators, smartcards, wearables, and other telecommunications and IoT solutions.

Competencies

• Experience developing on embedded OSes such as Linux, VxWorks, FastOS Linux.
• Proficient in embedded software development using C, C++, VB, .NET, Ada, Assembly, and related languages.
• Familiarity with performance‑profiling tools and instrumentation.
• Ability to develop, adapt, and maintain simulation tools for integration and testing.
• Knowledge of embedded system and application design, configuration, and relevant communication protocols such as DDS and ARINC.
• Strategic thinking grounded in business, data processes, mathematics, statistics, and data technologies.
• Understanding of customer needs and experience with cloud providers like AWS or GCP.
• Experience with automated deployment technologies (Helm, YAML, Ansible, Docker).
• Proficiency with project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test features with scalability, performance, deployment, operation, and end‑user experience in mind.
• Apply coding and implementation best practices to produce elegant, high‑quality, reusable code.
• Implement and follow security best practices for web applications.
• Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge and improve overall product or solution.
• Keep up to date with the latest technology evolution and frameworks.
• Interact with the UX team to implement and verify user experience concepts.
• Follow the agile methodology used for the project, including creation of user stories and tasks.
• Regularly archive source code into the source code repository.
• Participate in issue investigation and deployment of applications and new releases in testing/integration environments as needed.

Your career at Thales

Future opportunities allow you to discover other domains or sites and grow your competencies in different areas. You will receive room for personal development, can build your talents in another domain of the Thales Group, discover new products and customers, or work abroad. Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path and build an international career within a leading engineering group. Thales Alenia Space employs around 8,900 employees across 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the U.S., offering mobility policies that enable career growth at home and abroad.