Flight Software Engineer

1 month ago

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.

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.

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.

11-50 employees