Flight Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Play a key role in the development and testing of our satellite flight software.

• Engage in the complete lifecycle of flight software development, starting from requirements definition to operational phases.

• Assist in mission concept development, enhance in-house modeling and simulation capabilities, and participate in proposal writing.

• Provide independent support for complex tasks under the guidance of the Software Team Lead and Software Engineering Manager.

• Update existing flight software to accommodate new missions.

• Create internal tools for analyzing flight software performance and evaluating compatibility with new mission concepts and operations.

• Design and implement flight software verification and validation tests at various levels.

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to facilitate installation on test platforms and eventual flight hardware.

• Take part in anomaly resolution efforts and apply patches to existing flight software.

• Develop, integrate, and test flight software applications utilizing spacecraft flight software frameworks such as NASA's Core Flight System (cFS).

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in developing spacecraft flight software (FSW) for satellites, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or autonomous aerospace systems.

• Familiarity with NASA Core Flight System (cFS) and/or other spacecraft flight software architectures.

• Knowledge of real-time operating systems such as RTEMS, VxWorks, Integrity, or embedded Linux.

• Understanding of spacecraft command and telemetry systems, CCSDS protocols, fault management, and onboard autonomy.

• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), FlatSat, digital twin, or spacecraft integration and testing environments.

• Background in supporting spacecraft mission operations, anomaly resolution, and on-orbit software maintenance.

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or related scientific fields.

• At least 3 years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 1 year with a Master's degree.

• Demonstrated experience working with aerospace hardware and/or software systems, from conceptual designs and trade-offs through detailed design, development, manufacturing, integration, testing, deployment, and operations.

• Strong proficiency in C/C++.

🏝️ Benefits

• US Citizenship.