Software Engineer, Open Cosmos
Satellite-based solutions
Job no longer available
Satellite-based solutions
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To put satellites and the data they gather at the service of solving the biggest global challenges.
Role
Who you are
- You are an effective team member and collaborator
- Have concise and effective technical communication skills for conveying technical concepts verbally and in documentation
- You write clear and easily-understood code
- Be proficient with one or more of Rust, Embedded C, C++ or Python
- Have relevant experience developing software, a degree in a relevant field, or a portfolio of open-source or personal software work to share
- Be able to to design and implement rigorous automated software test suites from scratch
- Be capable in using collaborative source control platforms such as Github, Gitlab, Jira, or others
- Understand linux-based operating systems - their use, and developing software for them
- Be competent with modern software development techniques - CI/CD, Unit and Integration testing, etc
What the job involves
- As a Flight Software Test Engineer, you will be developing and improving our software and hardware test infrastructure
- Our testing is not just limited to CI or unit testing; all of our software must undergo rigorous testing on real hardware before flight, and you will be responsible for automating as much of this testing as possible
- The majority of our first-party software is written in rust, so experience of rust (or a willingness to learn) is required
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Satellite data is critical in order to solve some of the world's most pressing matters, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity. While data and precise analytical tools able to draw insights are available, the problem is they lack interoperability between platforms, and the ability to combine this data from different satellites is inaccessible.
Founded in 2015, Open Cosmos is a SpaceTech startup with the aim to simplify access to space. The company designs, manufactures and operates satellites that are part of its "Open Constellation". Meanwhile its platform, DataCosmos, makes satellite data access easier for organisations and governments, combining earth observation data from multiple sources to help with the mitigation of environmental and sustainability challenges.
Partnerships with organisations such as Innovate UK, ESA and the UK Space Agency are supporting Open Cosmos as it expands operations, growing its team and ideas. 2023 has seen the company launch a nanosatellite named MENUT that "hitched a ride" on a SpaceX rocket, pass three milestone reviews for its next nanosatellite (that combines EO technologies with an IoT radio), and sign a deal with Satellite Applications Catapult to build and launch a key demonstration satellite that will perform pole-to-pole observation of Atlantic coastal and maritime areas.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2023
$6.5m
GRANT
Sep 2023
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $63.8m
Company benefits
- Open Cosmonaut Culture - Aim high go beyond is the OC mantra
- We're flexible! - Prefer to mostly WFH? That's fine! Hybrid? Great! Need to take 30 mins at 3pm to get the kids from school? Go ahead!
- Our office has everything you need for productive working, including drinks and snacks to keep you fuelled through the day
- Working on our hardware? Look no further than our state of the art lab
- Time Off - all our Open Cosmonauts have 25 days holiday in addition to national holidays
- Career Development - We're at the forefront of technology so learning and building an enabling career for you is central to everyone's success
- Events - We hold monthly team days, quarterly all company catch ups, summer parties and Christmas celebrations
- Parental Leave - Enhanced pay during parts of your statutory maternity, paternity or adoption leave
- Medicash, income protection and death in service benefits
Company values
- Trust: Build and earn the trust of others
- Ambition: Aim high, strive for better
- Effectiveness: Right strategy, own the "why" of the path forward
- Efficiency: Work smart, do more with less
- Commitment: Pride in one's work, accountability, help others
- Humbleness: Listen, learn from mistakes, grow
- Exemplarity: Behave the way you want others to behave
- Honesty: To oneself and others, truth first
Company HQ
Harwell, UK
Founders
Rafel Jordá Siquier
(CEO)Previously, Rafel was an aerospace engineer at zero2infinity as well as a flight test center and flight line production engineer at Airbus Defence and Space. He was also the founder and coordinator of Upper Atmosphere Space Launcher.
Aleix Megias Homar
(VP Operations)Aleix has a professional history in engineering, having previously worked as a autonomous systems engineer for RAL Space, a flight dynamics engineer for Airbus Defence and Space as well as a systems engineer for the European Space Agency.
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