Flight Software Engineer — Build Orbit-Ready Systems

EVONA; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to take ownership of the flight software stack, from embedded Linux drivers to controls and comms. You will design interfaces between payload, ground, and software, and hunt bugs with observability and test systems.

The role emphasizes maintainability, modular design, and strong collaboration across radio, data management, attitude control, and system safety teams. 3+ years in service-based software is expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building taskable software stacks (web servers or service-based systems).
• Experience designing software-to-software and software-to-human interfaces.
• Comfort with Linux drivers and the /dev interface.
• Bias toward maintainable, simple solutions over clever hacks.
• Strong communication across disciplines and teams.

Responsibilities

• Build the flight software service stack that runs the spacecraft.
• Design clean interfaces between payload, ground, and software.
• Hunt bugs with observability, tests, and reliability focus.
• Collaborate across radio, data, attitude control, and safety.
• Keep systems modular and maintainable, avoiding unnecessary complexity.

Skills

Service-based stacks

Software interfaces

Linux drivers

Maintainability focus

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Docker

Rust

Python

MQTT

RPC

Protobuf

FlatBuffers

Embedded Linux

Spacecraft flight software

Job description

EVONA in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to take ownership of the flight software stack, from embedded Linux drivers to controls and comms. You will design interfaces between payload, ground, and software, and hunt bugs with observability and test systems.

The role emphasizes maintainability, modular design, and strong collaboration across radio, data management, attitude control, and system safety teams. 3+ years in service-based software is expected.