Flight Software Engineer – Embedded Satellite Systems

Muon Space, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate flight software for our orbiting satellites. You will join a dedicated embedded team in Silicon Valley with a focus on a robust software stack and hardware integration.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++ skills, 5+ years in software, experience with embedded systems, and the ability to work across hardware and cloud interfaces. Office in San Jose, CA with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering in a team environment.
• Strong C/C++ programming with familiarity in other languages.
• Integration and control of external hardware devices.
• Read and understand hardware datasheets.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and build Muon’s satellite bus platform.
• Translate concepts into design and implementations; support to on-orbit operations.
• Design and support embedded software for satellite flight systems and peripherals (ARM Cortex-M).
• Evaluate and select technologies for software foundation.
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality and teach usage.
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in software and hardware.
• Collaborate with hardware team on Muon hardware bring-up.
• Collaborate on flight software architecture and tooling, including cloud communication.
• Develop software/hardware-in-the-loop test strategies.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

C/C++

Hardware datasheets

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

CS/EE degree

Tools

ProtoBuf

YAML

JSON

Linux

RTOS

FPGA

HW design

RF communications

Cloud/Server infra

Network architecture

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate flight software for our orbiting satellites. You will join a dedicated embedded team in Silicon Valley with a focus on a robust software stack and hardware integration.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++ skills, 5+ years in software, experience with embedded systems, and the ability to work across hardware and cloud interfaces. Office in San Jose, CA with competitive compensation and benefits.