Avionics and aerospace critical systems design, development, and certification
Orbital Critical Systems (part of CAF Group) develops embedded systems and avionics for aerospace, mission-critical, and safety-certified applications. The engineering-dominant hiring footprint (204 of 232 open roles) and tech stack (ARM, C++, Ada, FPGA, QNX, FreeRTOS, DO-178C certification tools) reflect a company scaling hardware and firmware development alongside an ongoing SAP ERP implementation—a signal they're moving manufacturing operations onto enterprise systems while maintaining specialized embedded expertise.
Orbital Critical Systems is a CAF Group subsidiary headquartered in Getafe, Madrid, and founded in 2008. The company specializes in design, development, and independent verification & validation (IV&V) for avionics, aerospace, mission-critical, and safety-critical embedded systems. Their portfolio spans the full product lifecycle: requirements definition, design, firmware and hardware development, V&V, system integration, compliance certification (DO-178C), and fielded maintenance. The organization operates satellite AIT (assembly, integration, test) programs and maintains manufacturing footprint in Spain and Germany, with active projects in digital aviation solutions, quality process standardization, and production efficiency.
Primary languages are C++, C, and Ada, alongside Python for tooling. The stack also includes MATLAB for simulations, TypeScript for front-end work, and C# for .NET-based tools.
QNX and FreeRTOS appear in their stack, both used for hard real-time avionics and aerospace control systems where deterministic behavior is critical.
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