Company Description

Astroscale U.S. is dedicated to the global Astroscale vision of ensuring the safe and sustainable development of space for future generations. Astroscale U.S. Inc. is a leading provider of on-orbit servicing solutions — including inspection, transportation, life extension, debris removal and refueling — for the U.S. government, partner governments and commercial operators around the world. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Astroscale U.S. applies world-class rendezvous, proximity operations and docking capabilities, mission design, policy, and economics expertise to solve the complex challenges our customers face.
Astroscale U.S. Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to join our team in our Denver, Colorado location. In this role you will design and develop software solutions for our satellite mission programs. As part of our software engineering team, you will develop on-orbit servicing solutions that will deliver our vision of a sustainable space environment.

Job Description

• Design, develop, and test flight software solutions for real-time operating systems to address needs across a full satellite mission and lifecycle.
• Develop within a flight software architecture supporting modular scalable flight solutions for Astroscale’s missions.
• Contribute to software system level definition and concept of operations development, including: system and sub-system requirements, interface definition, functional analysis and trade studies as required.
• Rapidly prototype software to prove out design concepts and participate in development of computer-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Collaborate with the program engineering team (hardware, control, and system engineers) and third-party organizations.
• Assess software and system issues to find solutions, including across software to hardware interfaces.
• Troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently.

Qualifications

• Expertise in C/C programming in real-time operating systems.
• Experience with board support packages.
• Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes.
• Familiarity with, or interest in gaining proficiency in, FPGA coding languages such as VHDL.
• Collaborative communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced professional with greater than 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar with focus on software development or equivalent experience.

Additional Information

The application deadline is May 13, 2024.

Salary range: $130,000 – $175,000. The salary range represents the low and high end of the Astroscale U.S. Inc. salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to experience, knowledge, and ability as applicable to the role.

Please note Astroscale U.S. is a U.S. Government registered, export control compliant company, as such applicants should be a U.S. person or U.S. citizen.

Astroscale U.S. is committed to creating a diverse environment and we pursue and embrace a variety of thinking, beliefs, and ways of life that are international, open-minded, and inclusive.