Flight Software Engineer for Spacecraft Systems

EVONA

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to join a highly technical, multidisciplinary team building the software stack for operating spacecraft. The role offers hands-on ownership across flight software, embedded Linux, spacecraft interfaces, controls and hardware integration.

You will work on spacecraft reliability, product interface development, and software-to-software as well as software-to-human interfaces within a cross-functional team covering radio, data management, attitude control

Qualifications

  • 3+ years building taskable software stacks (e.g., web servers or similar).
  • Experience with service-based architectures and interface design.
  • Experience with Linux drivers and /dev interfaces.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Spacecraft reliability: observability, testing, bug fixing, and best practices.
  • Product interface development for payload and ground interactions.
  • Developing software interfaces with a product mindset.
  • Cross-functional software engineering across radio, data management, attitude control, and safety.
  • Applying modular software practices to limit complexity.
  • Developing and evolving the flight software service stack.

Skills

Task-based software
Service-based architectures
Linux drivers
API design
Communication skills

Tools

Docker
MQTT
RPC
Protobuf/FlatBuffers

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to join a highly technical, multidisciplinary team building the software stack for operating spacecraft. The role offers hands-on ownership across flight software, embedded Linux, spacecraft interfaces, controls and hardware integration.

You will work on spacecraft reliability, product interface development, and software-to-software as well as software-to-human interfaces within a cross-functional team covering radio, data management, attitude control

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