Senior Software Engineer

Job Overview

Overview

As a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, we are the change agent, shaping the future of how the world connects. Our team is helping the world’s leading satellite operators and service providers capture the future through major innovation. The most fulfilling work of your career is waiting for you at ST Engineering iDirect…imagine your talent and energy paired with our vision and technical leadership: the sky is truly the limit!

As we continue to fuel our engineering growth, we seek an innovative, creative Senior Software Engineer who is ready for the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards that come with working in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. We are dedicated to providing next generation solutions for broadband IP networking via satellite networks. As the leading innovators in this new space, our diverse and talented team of Internet, satellite and telecommunications professionals continues to break new ground and create significant opportunities for network operators, for service providers and resellers, and for corporate networking professionals.

Responsibilities

Analyze customer requirements and RFCs and come up with efficient software designs. Participate in determining the future direction of the satellite system and related products in the areas of software architecture, infrastructure performance, test and reliability. In an Agile framework, document, design, develop, test, and integrate software functionality for various components within a satellite system and related environments. Take a collaborative design and validation approach in working with a multi-functional Scrum team of software, firmware, embedded, application, and test engineers. Troubleshoot and provide resolutions for technical issues encountered in the deployment of software solutions.

Qualifications

Education – MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Experience – 8+ years of industry experience in programming and software engineering

As a prerequisite to become our Senior C++ Development Engineer you:

have strong problem solving and communications skills. must be a self-motivated individual with technical leadership potential and proven success in a structured development environment. possess the ability to proactively drive technical solutions in a collaborative environment. good software design skills using proven and best practice design methodologies & related principles; Strong command of Object Oriented Design and Object Oriented Programming techniques. demonstrated experience in developing quality and maintainable software. hands-on experience developing, designing and testing multi-threaded and multi-process applications on Linux, with strong working knowledge of C++ (11 to 17 or higher). master at least one of the following tools/technologies: boost, telecommunication systems and concepts, IP and related protocols (TCP/IP, DHCP, etc), Linux, Linux containers (LXC) good understanding of networking and network protocols (TCP/IP) strong documentation and writing skills.

Additional Skills

Software design skills with analytical problem-solving abilities Must be able to work in a fast-paced development environment Working knowledge of UML is strongly desirable Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations Experience/ knowledge in satellite/ terrestrial communications systems is desired Working experience with tools such as GDB and Valgrind. Experience with version control system (such as git) strongly desired Experience with Jira and Jenkins desired Experience developing unit tests, integration test and functional testing, including the development of related test automation integrated in a CI/CD pipeline desired. Scripting using shell scripting or Python desired.

Once on board you will

be part of a growing “Software Development Engineering” team based in our European headquarters in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) be free to choose your IDE, in a team that runs mainly on Ubuntu, uses GCC as their toolchain and both GIT and SVN as their version control systems. be working on various satellite related high-performance controlling applications and on devices ranging from consumer satellite modems to high end satellite modems. can tailor our competitive compensation package to your specific transportation desires. work in a modern C++ environment using new language features. join an innovation and people driven high-tech industry leader. be a member of a passionate global family that values openness and a can-do mentality. take pride in enabling internet connectivity to the world (from schoolchildren in remote areas to in-flight wifi

Education – MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Experience – 8+ years of industry experience in programming and software engineering

As a prerequisite to become our Senior C++ Development Engineer you:

have strong problem solving and communications skills. must be a self-motivated individual with technical leadership potential and proven success in a structured development environment. possess the ability to proactively drive technical solutions in a collaborative environment. good software design skills using proven and best practice design methodologies & related principles; Strong command of Object Oriented Design and Object Oriented Programming techniques. demonstrated experience in developing quality and maintainable software. hands-on experience developing, designing and testing multi-threaded and multi-process applications on Linux, with strong working knowledge of C++ (11 to 17 or higher). master at least one of the following tools/technologies: boost, telecommunication systems and concepts, IP and related protocols (TCP/IP, DHCP, etc), Linux, Linux containers (LXC) good understanding of networking and network protocols (TCP/IP) strong documentation and writing skills.

Additional Skills

Software design skills with analytical problem-solving abilities Must be able to work in a fast-paced development environment Working knowledge of UML is strongly desirable Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations Experience/ knowledge in satellite/ terrestrial communications systems is desired Working experience with tools such as GDB and Valgrind. Experience with version control system (such as git) strongly desired Experience with Jira and Jenkins desired Experience developing unit tests, integration test and functional testing, including the development of related test automation integrated in a CI/CD pipeline desired. Scripting using shell scripting or Python desired.

Once on board you will

be part of a growing “Software Development Engineering” team based in our European headquarters in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) be free to choose your IDE, in a team that runs mainly on Ubuntu, uses GCC as their toolchain and both GIT and SVN as their version control systems. be working on various satellite related high-performance controlling applications and on devices ranging from consumer satellite modems to high end satellite modems. can tailor our competitive compensation package to your specific transportation desires. work in a modern C++ environment using new language features. join an innovation and people driven high-tech industry leader. be a member of a passionate global family that values openness and a can-do mentality. take pride in enabling internet connectivity to the world (from schoolchildren in remote areas to in-flight wifi)