Embedded Aerospace Software Systems Engineer

astspacemobile; Lanham (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to join the Software Development Team. The role focuses on the design, development, verification, and sustainment of system software across flight, ground, and testing domains, coordinating daily software activities and aligning priorities across teams.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of software systems engineering experience, strong documentation skills, and familiarity with MBSE concepts and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software systems engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Define system architectures and interfaces across software components.
• Review and refine requirements to ensure they are complete and testable.
• Monitor system performance budgets (timing, memory, power) throughout development.
• Plan and execute verification activities to validate system performance.
• Support integration, testing, and debugging of hardware and software.
• Contribute to development milestones and gate reviews.
• Apply configuration management and maintain system documentation.
• Develop interface and data flow documentation.
• Coordinate daily software team activities and priorities.
• Track, triage, and escalate software issues as needed.
• Facilitate team meetings and drive action items to closure.
• Maintain accurate documentation across shared engineering tools.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Git

Job description

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to join the Software Development Team. The role focuses on the design, development, verification, and sustainment of system software across flight, ground, and testing domains, coordinating daily software activities and aligning priorities across teams.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of software systems engineering experience, strong documentation skills, and familiarity with MBSE concepts and CI/CD practices.