Junior Software Engineer

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. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Thales Alenia Space Competence Center Ground Software, Cyber & Simulation Engineering, is looking for a Junior Software Engineer based in Rome.

The successful candidate will be inserted in a team which specifies, designs, develops and qualifies ground software for in orbit Radar Payloads Mission Planner. The tasks will include:

• Mainly the development (Coding) of mission planning operational software, based on a modern cloud-hosted micro services architecture, leveraging on technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and on methodologies such as CI/CD and Agile.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and execution of SW automated testing based on Python Robot Framework.
• Contribute to writing of technical documentation.
• Participate to technical meeting (internal and with customer)
• Contribute to study and identification mission planning techniques for large satellites constellation management in a multi-mission environment, exploiting metaheuristic and/or machine learning/deep learning methods

Profile:

REQUIRED:

• Master Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Knowledge of object programming (C++), Python
• Knowledge of software design methodology
• Fluent English, spoken and written
• Availability to travel.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Rust, Docker and Kubernetes, Microservices architecture, Javascript (for front-end), GitLab, HTTP server development frameworks (Flask library preferred)
• knowledge of metaheuristic and/or machine learning/deep learning methods

Knowledge of earth observation satellites working principles

At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now!