# Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Who we are Sphere Defense is a fully funded technology startup with the mission of providing allied countries with sovereign, effective and seamless autonomous countermeasures to neutralize todays’ and tomorrow’s aerial threats. Sphere Defense was founded by industry veterans with previous successful exits, and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, in the heart of Europe. About you You are an experienced and highly-motivated Senior Embedded Software Engineer that has worked with Embedded Linux Systems on MPUs and is experienced with building highly reliable embedded, mission-critical systems. Ideally, you have worked with flying robots. What you’ll do Be one of the first members of a high-performing team, designing and developing autonomous countermeasures to protect allied countries from aerial threats Design, develop and test high-performant and reliable embedded software systems that encompass sensing, processing and actuation with low latency Together with the hardware team, bring-up boards and systems, ensuring that all intended functional and performance requirements are met Troubleshoot and debug problems, ensuring that issues are addressed as they appear Establish CI/C

- **Id**: 859399
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sphere-df-senior-embedded-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Brussels, Belgium
- **Countries**: BE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-03-31T12:43:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-03-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T06:15:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 229
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3275
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Air Defense, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 694579
- **Name**: Sphere Defense
- **Domain**: sphere-df.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sphere-df>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 97
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 75000
- **Max usd**: 170000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 1936

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **gRPC** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 227

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Belgium** — Iso: BE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-13T08:56:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 16
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.559
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 228
- **Expected fill days**: 97
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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