Astroscale
Eng111_フライトソフトウェアエンジニア/Flight Software Engineer
Tokyo, Sumida-ku
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- Mid level
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- 3 Sept 2026
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Export Control Laws:
- Unless explicitly notified otherwise, our vacancies are covered by Export Control Laws which require candidates to be from an "Export Safe" Country as deemed by the Japanese Government.
- The countries are as follows:
- Japan, Germany, Australia, Argentina, Italy, USA, France, Netherlands, UK, Austria, Ireland, Czech, Spain, Greece Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, Bulgaria, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Denmark Hungary and Poland.
About the Role
- This role will focus on mission-critical flight software development, validation and software testing, SILS-based verification, and in-house spacecraft simulation.
- The engineer will also contribute to DevOps activities such as CI/CD pipelines, containerized development environments, automated testing, and GitLab-based workflows.
This position is suitable for an engineer with strong technical knowledge, high initiative, and excellent communication skills.
Key Responsibilities
- ・Design and develop flight software for Astroscale spacecraft.
- Responsible for software design, coding in C/C++, unit-level tests, integrated scenario-level tests, validation, and maintenance with documentation.
- Meet the required functions, performance, quality, cost and delivery time for the deliverables.
- Investigate and resolve issues found through software testing, simulation, and integrated verification activities.
- ・Improvements to the development environment, simulation environment and processes to increase development efficiency.
- Support SILS-based verification using flight software and Astroscale’s in-house spacecraft simulator.
- Develop and improve simulation models, including sensor models, actuator models, flexible-body models, and related spacecraft simulation components.
- Develop and maintain Python-based tools for testing, analysis, automation, and simulation support.
- ・Work with the related subsystem team to clarify any ambiguities in the requirements specifications and support subsystem verification and integration test.
- Proactively identify issues, propose improvements, and drive tasks forward in collaboration with other engineers.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- ・Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- ・Minimum of 3+ years’ experience with hands-on real-time software engineering/development. (design, coding, debugging, testing, configuration management, and version control etc.)
- ・Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and experience in JAVA.
- ・Experience with modern software development tools and workflows (Git, CI/CD, Linux, Docker).
- ・Proactive working style, with the ability to identify problems, clarify ambiguity, propose solutions, and move work forward without requiring detailed step-by-step direction.
- ・Excellent technical communication and presentation skills.
- ・Business level English language skills.
Desirable Qualifications & Experience
- ・Experience in developing closed-loop control processing.
- ・Experience with SILS, HILS, test benches, or integrated software verification environments.
- ・Experience developing and validating simulation models for engineering systems, including sensing, actuation, environmental effects, and system dynamics.
- ・Experience in agile development processes with Jira/Confluence.
- ・Knowledge of AOCS (Attitude and Orbit Control System), GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control), FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery), control systems, or spacecraft dynamics.
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