Software Engineer; Telecom Ground Segment

About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2025, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 350 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

As a satellite manufacturer and operator, Aerospacelab develops a range of software products that support the lifecycle of satellite missions: operation of in-orbit satellites, planning of ongoing and future missions, collection and processing of data, intelligence extraction - you name it! To support those activities, we are looking for a passionate and talented software engineer.

You will join an agile development team building a cutting-edge telecom ground segment software platform. Within this team, you will contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of various software components.

At Aerospacelab, we strive to propose a work environment that is fast-paced, fun, and inclusive. We work in short cycles – no waiting for years before seeing code go live and getting valuable feedback. Expect an exciting job, where you will learn constantly and contribute to building state-of-the-art software that will play a crucial role in telecom projects

Within the team, your responsibilities would entail:

• Contributing to the platform architecture
• Building a simulation environment for a telecom satellite constellation
• Working on network routing optimization algorithms
• Developing a rules engine for mission constraints management
• Writing satellite telemetry ingestion pipelines
• Building REST and/or gRPC APIs
• Writing documentation

The tech stack you would work with includes:

• Python / FastAPI, Rust
• REST / gRPC
• Postgre
  
  SQL, S3
• Git, Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
• Typescript, Vue.js / Nuxt, CSS / Tailwind CSS

• Master's or PhD degree in computer engineering or equivalent
• 2+ years of work experience
• Good knowledge of network protocols and network architecture
• Professional Python experience
• Professional knowledge of database systems, such as Postgre
  
  SQL or MySQL
• English proficiency
• Eligibility to work from our Belgium offices

• Work experience in the Space or Telecom sector
• Experience with software-defined networking
• Familiarity with combinatorial optimization problems (e.g., Constraint Programming, Integer Programming)
• Experience with Rust or Java
• Prior experience working on simulation environments / digital twins
• Prior experience with reactive frontend frameworks (e.g. Vue.js / React)