Job offer
Your code will control satellites in orbit.
As a software developer at VZLU Aerospace's Space Division, you will build flight software and ground tools for Attitude and Orbit Control Systems (AOCS). You will be working on real missions (VZLUGEM, AMBIC, QUVIK), commercial projects and products, and R&D that advances our space systems capabilities.
VZLU is one of the few organizations worldwide with comprehensive AOCS capabilities, covering the full lifecycle from algorithms to flight operations. Beyond AOCS, our Space Division integrates complete satellites end to end – from system design and assembly through testing to in-orbit operations.
Your Key Responsibilities
You will work on the full development cycle of mission-critical flight software:
- Design and implement flight software components in Python/Rust, working closely with AOCS engineers to translate control algorithms into robust, testable code
- Collaborate daily with AOCS engineers, reviewing code, debugging integration issues, maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Deploy and test software with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and real satellites
- Contribute to architecture decisions affecting satellite control systems
- Develop and maintain software tools that help during system development and verification
- Iterate rapidly during development while meeting exacting standards
You will build systems designed to extend across missions. Your foundation work today becomes the platform for tomorrow's capabilities. Expect to learn constantly, teach others, and see your code operate in space.
Required Qualifications
- High school or higher education in a technical field (computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, electronics, or related)
- 4+ years of professional software development experience
- Code quality practices: testing strategies, code review, refactoring
- Git version control and collaborative workflows
- Experience with Linux environment and Bash scripting
- Experience with unit testing and continuous integration
- English level B2+
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Python (or willingness to learn the language)
- Experience with Rust (or willingness to learn the language)
- GitLab CI/CD
- Experience with agile development methods
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with C
- Embedded systems development
- Standard-based development (ECSS, DO-178, etc.)
- Mathematical foundations (linear algebra, numerical methods)
- Physics background (mechanics, dynamics)
- Control systems or signal processing experience
What We Look For
We are building a team for complex, mission-critical work. You will thrive here if you:
- Embrace hard problems: Flight software demands precision
- Balance independence with teamwork: Write your own code while integrating tightly with AOCS engineers and the test team
- Think in systems: Understand how your code fits the bigger picture, not just implement specs
- Care about craft: You value clean code, good documentation, maintainable systems
- Find meaning in the mission: Contribute to Czech aerospace capability and European space independence
If you are ready for software where precision matters and seeing your code control satellites excites you, let's talk.
What We Offer
- Real missions: Contribute to national satellites launching in the coming years, not just prototypes
- Small team, big impact: Join a small, focused team where your work directly determines mission success
- Rare expertise: Work on complete AOCS systems from algorithms through flight operations – few teams globally do this end-to-end
- Build capability: Help establish Czech space systems expertise from the ground up
- Possibility of further qualification: Grow through structured professional development
- Benefits: 5 weeks of vacation, meal allowance, allowance for supplementary pension insurance, allowance for leisure activities
The work location is Prague, Czech Republic.