Software Engineering Service

Location of work

Remote (EU-based). Spain or Italy preferred; other EU countries also considered.

Customer

EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

Job Type

Full Time.

Job Description

Want your software working on a live aerospace mission? We are looking for a talented, highly motivated software engineer/developer to design, build and maintain the in‑house tools that power MTG satellite operations.

Mandatory Skills And Experiences

• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical discipline (or equivalent work experience), with a background of at least 3 years in software development
• Proven experience designing, developing, testing and maintaining production software applications
• Strong proficiency in Python, including building desktop GUI applications for Windows and Linux (e.g. PyQt6 / PySide)
• Proficiency with version control and collaborative development workflows (Git / GitLab)
• Experience developing with and using containerization technologies (e.g. Docker)
• Ability to translate requirements from non-developer stakeholders into reliable, maintainable software
• Able to work independently and autonomously, with a strong focus on fully understanding the requirements of the customer
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills

Advantageous Skills And Experiences

• Experience working with structured and scientific data formats (e.g. NetCDF, Excel)
• Sound hands‑on experience reading, filtering and transforming scientific satellite data (NetCDF via netCDF4) and Excel datasets (pandas, openpyxl) into operation‑ready formats
• Solid experience building parsers and validators for binary and scientific data formats, including automatic detection of missing, duplicate or out‑of‑range data
• Experience automating operational workflows through REST API integrations (e.g. Jira REST API)
• Sound hands‑on experience packaging, delivering and supporting Python applications on Windows, including dependency resolution and environment setup
• Ability to consolidate multiple manual operational tasks into single, reliable applications
• Experience with VBA (MS Excel)
• Knowledge or experience of aerospace engineering or the space domain