Sener Aerospace and Defence is currently looking for Senior Software Engineers to join our Avionics and Flight System Division at our Tres Cantos work center (Madrid) or Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona).

We are a pioneering engineering company in the design of satellite technology and equipment for space exploration. In defence, we design and produce equipment and systems, including unmanned systems. Our passion for precision has made us a trusted partner of leading space agencies, government agencies and companies.

What you will do:

• Definition of SW solutions: architectures, SW components, IFs, requirements…

• Preparation of SW specifications for SW components development.

• Understanding HW/FW platform and being able to define SW/HW, SW/FW Ifs.

• Break down the defined solution into affordable SW component and tasks, according to project context: schedule, profiles, platform…

• Implementation and testing of critical SW functions.

• Skilled on SW debugging.

• Be able to guide and coordinate small SW engineers team.

• Be able to lead make/buy trade offs.

• Participate in proposals preparation.

What we expect from you:

• Engineering Degree.

• 8 years background in SW development areas (RT Embedded SW and High Level SW solutions, space, defence or automotive markets preferred).

• Experience in all stages of SW lifecycle: requirements & spec, architecture definition, SW implementation, validation, integration.

• Experience in defining SW architectures, layers, components, Ifs…

• Be able to gather and analytically understand user requirements, providing guideless for the solution not only focusing on SW but as well, HW/FW approaches (being able to understands requirements to HW resources).

• Ability to communicate technical approaches and details within small project teams, including team interactions and presentations.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to clearly articulate customer technical needs into technical specifications.

• Experience in agile methodologies.

• Experience with continuous Integration tools.

• High level of English.

We also value:

• Use of Linux-based operating systems.

• Expertise in Simulink and Matlab.

• Strong background on C, and C coding practices.

• Knowledge on state of the art on OS and Hypervisors.

• Open-minded character with a vision of the solution and to focus on each individual component.

• For High Level SW:

  • Strong background on C#

  • Knowledge on data structures and process

  • Experience with relational databases (preferable PostgreSQL)

  • Knowledge of containerization techniques (Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Able to manage TCP & UDP and socket programming

• Excellent team-working

• Proactive and innovation driven character

What we offer:

These are some of the benefits you will enjoy at Sener:

• Join a multidisciplinary and highly qualified team participating in technologically innovative projects at an international level.

• Continue your professional development with us and access a wide range of training (technical training, skills, languages ...).

• Take care of yourself with our physical and emotional well-being program: sports, workshops, medical service, physiotherapy ...

• Optimize your salary with our flexible remuneration plan (meal card, private health insurance, daycare tickets, etc.) and have our life and accident insurance.

• Make the way you work more flexible! We have flexible hours, teleworking policy, coworking spaces...

• Discount portal for you and specific onboarding for our international employees.

• We promote equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion of all people and we are certified as a Entidad Familiarmente responsable - efr. And from the Sener Foundation we collaborate in activities that promote the search for knowledge and contribute to the socially responsible development of engineering.

If you feel identified, we will wait for you… at Sener we want to go as far as you want to go!