Independent engineering studio · Brussels
Thirteen years building and running mission-critical systems — for European research, cancer treatment, Belgian social security. Today that same rigour powers our own platforms: products that take care of people.
Platforms
One platform live, two stars still veiled — and one conviction: the most useful technology is the kind that takes care of people.
Everyday life becomes an adventure
The family platform designed with and for neurodivergent children. Daily tasks become quests, every child progresses at their own pace with their companions — and a dedicated space connects parents, children and practitioners.
The studio's second star is taking shape. We're not saying more — yet.
A project where software will meet the physical world. Announced once it's on track.
Journey
One common thread: code that carries real stakes — science, health, solidarity. That standard is what feeds our products.
Altaïr Engineer is founded and led by Tarek Elmeskine, senior software engineer.
2012 — 2018
EUREKA Network
Six years on the portal where European companies submit their R&D projects, and the technical implementation of the H2020 Eurostars programme. A first lesson in scale: the quality of a system can accelerate — or slow down — a continent's innovation.
2019 — 2020
Accenture · AXA, SWIFT, BCV
Consultant on banking and insurance systems: systems integration at AXA, a cloud assessment at SWIFT, and re-architecting a monolith into microservices at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise.
2020 — 2023
IBA
Three years at the world leader in proton therapy, on the software that supports cancer treatment. Where code quality is measured in patients' trust.
2023 — today
Smals
At the core of an orchestrator moving 160 million documents a year — over €60 billion in yearly flows. Architecture, Spring Boot & Camunda development, coaching senior developers.
2024 — tomorrow
Altaïr
The accumulated experience switches sides: Altaïr now designs its own platforms, with an AI-augmented engineering practice and a planned landing in the physical world.
Augmented engineering
Altaïr doesn't "experiment" with AI: the studio builds with it, every day. Thalaro is built by dozens of agents orchestrated in parallel — isolated environments, cross reviews, end-to-end tests — supervised by an engineer who keeps his hands on architecture, security and quality. The studio's next stars carry that same conviction deep into their architecture.
The workshop
Altaïr's next frontier is built at the workbench. Electronics, 3D printing, reverse engineering — hardware skills paving the way for the studio's next star.
Printed circuit board design and electronics manufacturing — training underway, first prototypes on the agenda.
Parametric modelling in OpenSCAD, produced on a Bambu Lab H2C — from file to finished part.
Take apart, understand, improve: hardware as a permanent learning ground.
The flagship project that brings it all together: printed airframe, home-designed boards, firmware understood end to end.
Services
Altaïr supports organisations that run mission-critical systems. Based in Brussels, working across Belgium and remotely.
An assignment, a partnership, an idea worth challenging — the door is open.