Autonomy-Driven Avionics Software Engineer (Embedded Linux)

Lodestar; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentives

Unlimited PTO

Medical, dental & vision

Contributory pension

Job summary

Lodestar is recruiting avionics software engineers to own areas in Flight Software, Distributed Middleware, or Embedded Linux. You will collaborate with avionics, autonomy, AI/ML, and hardware teams to build autonomous space-system software.

Roles focus on distributed middleware, embedded Linux for Jetson-based flight computers, kernel optimization, and hardened OS design while contributing to space-grade risk reduction and real-time constraints.

Qualifications

• BEng/MEng in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Strong foundation in C++ and embedded software.
• Experience with Linux/RTOS in embedded systems.
• Clear understanding of multi-process architectures and IPC.
• Excellent communicator, self-starter and team player.

Responsibilities

• Develop distributed middleware enabling communication, workload orchestration and telemetry across heterogeneous onboard compute systems.
• Build resilient software infrastructure including high-performance IPC, networking, process supervision and OTA updates.
• Deliver scalable platforms to support fault-tolerant autonomous operations.
• Develop and maintain custom embedded Linux platforms for NVIDIA Jetson-based flight computers from bring-up to deployment.

Skills

C++

Embedded Linux

Inter-process communication

Debugging & performance

Self-starter / team player

Strong communicator

Education

BEng/MEng in Engineering or CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

RTOS (RTEMS/FreeRTOS)

U-Boot

Linux kernel

Job description

Lodestar is recruiting avionics software engineers to own areas in Flight Software, Distributed Middleware, or Embedded Linux. You will collaborate with avionics, autonomy, AI/ML, and hardware teams to build autonomous space-system software.

Roles focus on distributed middleware, embedded Linux for Jetson-based flight computers, kernel optimization, and hardened OS design while contributing to space-grade risk reduction and real-time constraints.