Software Engineer

Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

Starion Luxembourg provides full lifecycle engineering solutions, including design, integration and operation, for complex programmes. We supply operations and ground system engineering services for missions including Earth observation, quantum communications, scientific, navigation and space exploration helping both New Space and established organisations set up their operations infrastructure or introduce new ground segment technologies.

In this context, we are looking for a Software Engineer to work with the INT-UQKD consortium from our Windhof office, in Luxembourg.

You will contribute to the implementation elements needed to simulate and monitor internal processes and to control underlying subsystems. To achieve this, you will need to interact with an international multidisciplinary team to understand each one of the elements that compose the system, to interface with them and simulate their processes.

For more information about the project, you can visit this link: https://www.stariongroup.eu/int-uqkd-quantum-safe-communications-project-celebrates-milestone/

About the location

Starion is an international engineering Group active in Space solutions & services. Starion has established a new subsidiary in Luxembourg in order to enlarge, from within Luxembourg, its impact and sustainable position vis-à-vis national & international institutions and commercial clients, leveraging the competencies of the Group, in line with Luxembourg space strategies.

Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

• Understanding the overall system, and the breakdown in different subsystems.
• Understanding how each component interacts with the others.
• Implementing software components that model different aspects of the system based on provided designs.
• Implementing and deploying a software solution that provides system observability.
• Contributing to the system technical documentation development.

Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Aerospace, or a related field, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Software Engineer, preferably in an international environment (university projects and internships may be considered).
• OR, a relevant certification/completed training course, along with at least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in an international environment.
• Professional experience in a high-level programming language such as (C/C++, Python, Rust or Java) building enterprise systems including backend software.
• Experience with DevOps systems, implementing CI/CD workflows, including source control and automated testing.
• Experience developing and operating in Linux environments.
• Familiar with observability software such as Grafana, Elasticsearch, Zabbix or similar and implementing distributed systems with HTTPS/REST interfaces.
• Being able to bridge teams with different backgrounds and technologies.
• Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
• Solution oriented mindset, proactive, with a customer focused communication skill.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

The following skills and experience would be highly desirable:

• Experience in project execution following international standards, such as space (ECSS, CCSDS, IDSIS), military (MIL-STD, NATO) or regulatory (ETSI, ITU, 3GPP) standards.
• Experience with mathematical modelling languages for simulation such as Matlab, Simulink, Wolfram System Modeler or similar.
• Familiar with telecommunications systems (space or terrestrial).
• Familiar with monitoring protocols and OS tools, such as SNMP or Syslog, and Knowledge on Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology.
• A working knowledge of another language, for example French or German.
• NATO and/or EU Security clearances. The candidate must be willing to undergo a security clearance procedure.
• Cybersecurity experience.

Why should you apply?

• You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
• We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
• To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
• Benefits include: competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, all genders, LGBTQ+ individuals and ex-service personnel.

About Starion

Starion is one of two new legal entities rebranded from the RHEA Group, focused on space consultancy and space engineering services and solutions. Starion provides engineering expertise and solutions for space, defence and other critical infrastructures across Europe, pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our teams work on world-leading space projects that deliver the pioneering missions that provide us with the information and technologies we use today.

Starion offers over three decades of expertise in professional engineering services, developing and operating systems and solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. By combining space and system engineering with established and emerging technologies, such as AI and quantum, we produce innovative solutions that make a fundamental difference for our clients and for society.

Starion employees are located across Europe, close to our clients’ offices, enabling us to be responsive and agile. Our engineers and researchers are among the most trusted and respected in the industry, helping build space-based solutions that address major challenges on Earth such as civil security, climate change and deforestation.

How to apply

Looking to take your career to the next level or find out more details about this opportunity? Interested applicants should apply through the "Easy Apply" button or submit their CVs and Cover Letter to [email protected] no later than 30 April 2025.

Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of CONFIDENTIAL or above.