Flight Software Engineer
Samara Aerospace3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$140k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and operate reliable flight software for spacecraft systems.
- Build observability instrumentation, design test systems, fix bugs, and establish reliable software practices.
- Design clean interfaces for payload and ground interactions.
- Work across radio, data management, attitude control, and system safety subsystems.
- Apply practices that limit complexity in task-oriented modular systems.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building taskable software stacks, such as web servers.
- Experience with service-based architectures.
- Experience designing software-software and software-human interfaces.
- Experience with Linux drivers and the /dev interface.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, a bias toward simplicity, and a learning mindset.
- Preferred: experience with Docker, Rust, Python, MQTT, RPC, protobufs, FlatBuffers, spacecraft mission concepts, operations planning, attitude control, or Attitude Determination and Control concepts.
Benefits
- Pay range of $140,000-$160,000 annually to start.
- Early and competitive equity.
- Platinum-level healthcare, vision, dental, and life insurance covered 100% for the employee, with partial dependent coverage available.
- 401(k) matching at 4% with no vesting.
- Unlimited PTO and sick time.
- Catered lunch three times per week.
- Education assistance up to $5,250 per year.
- Relocation assistance available.
- 17 paid holidays, including a winter break from December 24 through January 1.
About Samara Aerospace
Samara Aerospace designs and manufactures the Hummingbird satellite bus for commercial Earth‑orbit constellations, integrating a patented MSAC pointing-control system embedded in solar-panel hinges for 3‑axis control and jitter cancellation. The company targets Earth observation and space-based internet operators seeking higher image quality and data rates with lighter, compact spacecraft. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is privately held and is building its first Hummingbird technology demonstrator.