Junior Fullstack Developer

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.

Role Overview

As a satellite manufacturer and operator, Aerospacelabdevelops a range of software products that support the lifecycle of satellitesmissions: operation of in-orbit satellites, planning of ongoing and futuremissions, collection and processing of data, intelligence extraction … you nameit ! To support those activities, we are looking for passionate and talenteddeveloper with a user-centric mindset.

As a junior fullstack developer, you will join an agiledevelopment squad that works on one of the cutting-edge solutions that composeour “Software-as-a-Service” ecosystem. Within this team, you will contribute tothe design, implementation and testing of web-based softwarecomponents.

At Aerospacelab, our motto iswork hard,play hard. With strive to innovate, in a fun and inclusive workenvironment. We work in short cycles – no waiting for years before seeingcodego live & get valuable feedback.Expect anexciting job, where you will learn constantly and contribute to buildingstate-of-the-art software, that will play a crucial role in earth observationmissions

Our software missions

• Communicate with and control in-orbit satellites.
• Plan ongoing and future satellite missions (e.g. plan when/where to acquire images).
• Collect and process data from instruments (e.g. calibrate images).
• Extract information from collected data (e.g. compute land cover from images).

Our tech stack

• Backend– Python: FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy.
• Backend– Java: Quarkus, Hibernate.
• Frontend:Nuxt.js (Vue.js), TailwindCSS.
• Database:PostgreSQL, S3.
• CI/CD:Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.

Key Activities

• Design,develop and test software products.
• Writetechnical documentation & test procedures.

Must have

• Bachelor,Master or PhD’s degree in computer engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledgein Java and/or Python.
• Knowledgeof database systems, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarwith code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Proficientin English.
• Beeligible to work from our Belgium Office.

Nice to have

• Experiencewith (part of) our technology stack.
• Experiencein frontend design and development.
• Experiencein the Space sector.
• Familiarwith image processing.