About the Company
Infinite Orbits Luxembourg is the Luxembourg subsidiary of Infinite Orbits SAS (Toulouse, France), a NewSpace company founded in 2017 that now counts more than 200 colleagues across locations including Spain, Germany and the UK.
We develop in-orbit servicing solutions - from awareness, inspection, and protection of space assets to life extension and satellite servicing - built on our own Autonomous Vision-Based Solution.
IO has two generations of missions:
"Orbit Guard" provides Inspection and Space Situational Awareness services in GEO.
"Endurance" is a docking service capable of extending the life of GEO telecom satellites, by taking over AOCS takeover for 5 years.
Specifically, IO Luxembourg is focusing on the design, development, integration and testing of cutting-edge software playing a critical role in the missions as well as being responsible for Spacecraft Operations.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to support the design, development, and integration of our next-generation space payloads. Our systems focus on Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and autonomous Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO).
Working alongside established Flight Software (FSW), Systems, and Computer Vision (CV) teams, you will bridge the gap between payload concept and physical execution—translating sensor and processing requirements into robust, high-performance embedded hardware, FPGA pipelines, and firmware architectures deployable at the edge in orbit.
Job Description
Support the end-to-end architecture, design, and selection of embedded hardware and processing platforms (ARM, RISC-V, FPGAs, GPUs/NPUs) powering advanced optical/SDA payloads.
Perform architectural trade-off studies, component evaluation, and environmental/radiation tolerance assessments for space-bound hardware.
Evaluate, integrate, and deploy edge-compute hardware platforms, SoC FPGAs, and development kits—including AMD/Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs, Microchip PolarFire / RT PolarFire SoCs, space-grade compute modules, and AI accelerators (e.g., Hailo)—to support flight software and computer vision workloads.
Collaborate with Flight Software and Computer Vision teams to define clear HW/SW partitioning for computationally heavy edge tasks.
Implement custom FPGA logic and firmware for high-speed sensor interfaces, deterministic data pipelines, and on-orbit hardware-accelerated processing.
Integrate image sensors, radios, and power electronics using robust low- and high-speed interfaces (e.g., I²C, SPI, UART, CAN, SpaceWire, LVDS, MIPI-CSI, PCIe, Ethernet).
Develop embedded avionics solutions supporting spacecraft command, control, and payload data management.
Support verification and validation (V&V) campaigns, environmental/HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) testing, and prepare standard technical and engineering documentation.
Requirements
Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
Work Experience: 3–5+ years of professional experience in embedded systems hardware design, FPGA development, or low-level embedded engineering.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Eagerness and ability to work at the intersection of complex domains, specifically Computer Vision and Flight Software teams.
Communication: Excellent English proficiency with the ability to write and manage standard documentation, software documentation, and scientific documentation.
Autonomy: Strong ability to work autonomously under own initiative and without direct supervision
Technical:
Practical experience with FPGA development (VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog) and industry toolchains (e.g., Microchip Libero SoC for PolarFire, Xilinx/AMD Vivado, or Intel/Quartus).
Solid proficiency in C/C++ for embedded microcontrollers (e.g., STM32 / ARM Cortex-M) and real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS).
Working knowledge of ARM and RISC-V architectures (e.g., Zynq ARM Cortex cores, PolarFire RISC-V MSS), high-performance compute modules, and FPGA/SoC integration.
Hands-on experience with PCB bring-up, debugging physical interfaces, and test instrumentation.
Working proficiency in Python, C++ working proficiency
Nationality: EU nationality is mandatory due to project requirements.
Nice to have:
Space/Aerospace Experience: Prior experience with space payload hardware, satellite avionics, radiation-tolerant design, or ECSS standards.
Embedded Linux: Experience creating custom OS images using Yocto Linux for embedded gateways or edge processing platforms.
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) & V&V: Experience designing or executing structured Verification & Validation (V&V) testbenches for embedded hardware.
What we offer
The opportunity to be part of an international team transforming the space industry.
A creative and innovative work environment where ideas turn into reality.
Competitive salary and benefits.