Space Robotics Software Engineer at Phenix Space

5 days ago

Responsibilities

Develop flight software for robot control, reasoning, task logic, telemetry, fault management, safe modes, and recovery.
Implement real-time control loops, actuator and sensor interfaces, and sensor-fusion systems.
Build embedded and low-level software including firmware, drivers, hardware abstraction layers, and real-time bus interfaces.
Design and own software architecture and features from requirements and interfaces through hardware integration and flight.
Package, deploy, and test software on robotic systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, bench, environmental, and flight testing.
Integrate software with hardware in collaboration with electronics, robotics, GNC, and other multidisciplinary engineers.

Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, electrical, computer, aerospace, or mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of production software development for physical systems such as spacecraft, robots, drones, or vehicles.
Strong C or C++ experience for real-time and safety-critical systems, including embedded firmware on microcontrollers, plus Python.
Experience with low-level communication protocols including EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, I2C, and UART.
Systems-level understanding of the hardware driven by software and how subsystems affect one another.
Experience shipping and deploying software to hardware that had to operate outside the lab.
U.S. person status required for export control under ITAR/EAR.
Preferred qualifications include space flight or satellite integration experience, in-space robotics, robotics or motion control, radiation-tolerant software, space-grade processors, camera or depth-sensor perception, and startup experience.

Work is expected to fly to space within the employee's first year.
Set the software architecture used for future flight systems.
Work across software, hardware, robotics, and testing with room to grow into a technical leadership role.
Join a multidisciplinary team with experience from organizations including NASA JPL, SpaceX, Boeing, Honeywell Space, and others.
Work on a new space robotics system and physical AI applications for space.

10,000+ employees