Description:

Job Summary

As a senior spacecraft software engineer, you’ll take responsibility for creating the software that makes our satellites function in orbit. You will be involved in the design and architecture of the software for a spacecraft and leading a team to develop that software. Your code will run on our custom avionics, process signals from sensors like our star trackers, and command actuators like the propulsion system. Your software may also interface with custom payloads and perform high-level autonomy functions to ensure our spacecraft accomplish their missions. We are looking for software engineers that can take ownership of the software for a spacecraft, determine requirements for what it needs to do, and then lead development of the software while also contributing to the software development. And when that code is running in space, you’ll continue to support mission operations with software updates and enhancements.

Job Responsibilities

Lead a small team of software engineers to develop the software for a new spacecraft

Work collaboratively with hardware, control and system engineers to define and develop software requirements, architectures and designs suited for fault-tolerant spacecraft

Rapidly prototype novel software solutions to prove out the architecture/design concepts, quantify technical risk, and create new capabilities

Implement designs in C/C , integrate software components, create and run unit tests, validate on Hardware-in-the-Loop and release real-time embedded solutions

Assist with system verification and qualification, assessing the outputs and documenting the results to ensure software products that meet system requirements and mission-critical standards

Be responsible for all phases of software development and problem resolution from program inception to post-launch support

Work with hardware engineers to verify hardware-hardware and hardware-software interfaces

Skills:

Embedded software, C , Embedded c, Electronics, embedded linux, git, linux, rtos

Top Skills Details:

Embedded software,C ,Embedded c,Electronics,embedded linux,git,linux,rtos

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar with focus on software development

Ability to partition the software development into discrete tasks that can be worked by multiple software engineers.

​7 years of experience in C and C programming

Experience with Linux in an embedded environment

Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements

Ability to work independently and in a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading a small team of software engineers

Experience with concurrent HW/SW development

Experience with board support packages and device drivers

Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes

Experience with serial data protocols (HDLC, I2C, SPI)

Experience in Python programming

Experience in Verilog and FPGAs

Experience with git, JIRA, confluence

Knowledge of satellite systems and components

Experience Level:

Expert Level

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