Software Architect

Location: Area of Rotterdam

About the company:

This high-tech organisation is focused on developing advanced communication systems for use in aviation, space, and ground infrastructure. With a strong foundation in hardware-software integration and precision engineering, the company is working toward enabling secure, scalable, and high-speed connectivity across a variety of mobile and remote platforms.

The team collaborates closely with research institutions and industry partners to bring next-generation communication hardware from concept to production. The company offers a multidisciplinary, engineering-driven environment where initiative and technical excellence are highly valued.

The position:

As Embedded Software Architect, you will shape the long-term embedded software strategy across the organization. You will be responsible for designing robust system architectures, guiding the development team, and ensuring the delivery of reliable and maintainable embedded solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Define and maintain embedded software architecture for real-time communication systems
• Provide technical leadership to the embedded software team
• Translate system requirements into software specifications in collaboration with hardware and systems engineers
• Design and implement embedded software components including bootloaders, device drivers, and control layers
• Select appropriate microcontrollers, SoCs, RTOS or Linux-based platforms
• Ensure proper integration with hardware and support system-level testing and verification
• Establish and enforce software development standards and quality assurance processes
• Contribute to production-readiness, including support for testing, calibration, and manufacturing integration
• Participate in broader product and company development activities as part of a growing technical team

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Significant experience in embedded architecture and team leadership, ideally in aerospace or telecom environments
• Strong proficiency in embedded C/C++, real-time systems, and hardware-near programming
• Solid understanding of interfaces and protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART) and experience with microcontrollers, FPGAs, and SoCs
• Familiarity with software-hardware co-design and system-level testing
• Knowledge of optical or laser communication is a strong advantage
• Hands-on, pragmatic mindset with a collaborative and proactive attitude
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus

We offer:

• Excellent salary package: Aligned with industry standards and reflective of your expertise and experience.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Including pension plan, and a generous amount of paid time off.
• Relocation Support (depending on the requirements of the role)
• SWITCH activities: Friday afternoon get togethers (Drinks and food)
• BBQ's parties when the weather allows it and seasonal company events / activities with other SWITCHERS

Are you a Embedded Software Architect driven by high-performance, real-time systems? Then we would like to get in contact with you!

Join a fast-paced and innovation-focused company developing cutting-edge communication technologies for airborne and space-based platforms. Apply now or contact us for more information!