Software Embedded System Engineer

Mission

RINA is currently recruiting for a Sw Embedded System Engineer to join its office in Rome within the Digital Product & Platform Engineering Division

Key Accountabilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded flight software for on-board avionic and space systems
• Implement real-time software components with deterministic timing and resource constraints
• Develop low-level drivers and middleware for space-qualified hardware (MCUs, SoCs, FPGAs)
• Work with RTOS environments (e.g., RTEMS, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Integrity)
• Perform software verification activities including unit testing, integration testing, and hardware-in-the-loop
  (HIL) testing
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, and verification teams to define interfaces and system behavior
• Support anomaly investigation, debugging, and performance optimization
• Contribute to technical documentation and design reviews throughout the project lifecycle

Education

Qualifications

• Embedded programming in C/C++;
• Knowledge of RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, RTEMS, VxWorks, Integrity) and ARM/LEON architectures;
• Development of low-level drivers, hardware interfaces, communication protocols, and onboard buses
  (CAN, I2C, SpaceWire, UART);
• Software optimization for memory, power, and rad-hard environments;

Nice to Have

• Integration with ADCS, power management, and SAR payloads;
• Development with OBCs and satellite subsystems;
• Familiarity with ECSS processes, testing, validation, FDIR, and fault management.

Competencies