We are looking for a Satellite Ground Station Team lead.
Lead the Design, development and support of a bespoke communications
platform which integrates custom hardware with embedded software for deployment on our proprietary Linux based communication hub product.
Responsibilities:
Leading the local team, the candidate will have the following responsibilities:
Lead Development & maintenance of software used by our products, based on high-level requirements.
Review and internalize customer requirements, build software architecture for them and guide engineers in implementing them.
Pick and integrate of 3rd party software into a bespoke Linux-based software;
Lead communication and integration with other teams in the
Timely delivery of software to a variety of product lines integrating Linux server platforms and our modem chipsets;
Maintain code quality standards using industry-recognised tools;
Support automation tools and continuous integration methodologies;
Take ownership of issues on our products and engage with customers and suppliers as appropriate;
Produce documentation at all levels of lifecycle (concept, design, training material etc.);
Travel to customer sites & remote offices for product bring-up/support where necessary.
Requirements: 5 or more years C and/or C++ commercial expertise;
Leadership experience of at least 2 years
Fluent English speaking and writing
Experience of full lifecycle user-space software development on a Linux platform;
Optionally, some embedded software experience, preferably on ARM or similar microprocessors;
Optionally, communications system domain knowledge, e.g. cellular, satellite or similar;
TCP/IP expertise, across the full range of protocols, including performance enhancements;
Some knowledge of common internet approaches and protocols like: REST, MQTT, JSON, JWT, TLS etc.
Linux configuration and deployment, including use of VMs, fault detection and recovery;
Linux kernel expertise is not essential, but good to have;
Version Control e.g. GIT and/or SVN or similar.
This position is open to all candidates.
