Lead Software Engineer – SmallSats

Location:
Spain – Hybrid

Employment:
Full-Time

Xperior General is recruiting a
Lead Software Engineer – SmallSats
for our client, a high-tech engineering organisation with an established track record delivering complex projects across the
Space, Fusion Energy and Scientific Research sectors
.

Our client has already developed and successfully flown its own family of satellites, with multiple spacecraft currently in orbit. Building on this flight heritage, the business is expanding its SmallSat capability and developing its modular satellite platform for increasingly ambitious institutional missions.

As part of this growth, we are looking for an experienced
Lead Software Engineer
to take technical ownership of the software capability supporting future satellite missions.

The Role

This is not a purely managerial Software Engineering position.

You will lead and develop the software team while remaining closely involved in the engineering itself making architecture decisions, writing and reviewing code,



troubleshooting embedded systems and resolving hardware/software integration challenges.

The primary technical focus will be
Flight Software (FSW)
, alongside responsibility for
Ground Software (GSW)
. You will act as the technical authority for Flight Software and play a key role in defining how the software architecture evolves across the client's SmallSat platform.

You will work closely with
Systems Engineering, AIV and Operations
, taking software through architecture, development, integration, verification and ultimately spacecraft operations.

Key Responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of the
Flight Software architecture
across SmallSat missions.
- Lead, mentor and grow the software engineering team while maintaining strong hands-on technical involvement.
- Lead the design, development, integration and testing of
Flight Software and Ground Software
.
- Develop and review embedded software using
C/C++
.
- Make key soft

📌 Lead Software Engineer (España)
🏢 Xperior Global
📍 España