Flight Software Engineer — Real-Time Embedded (Equity)

Alumni Founders; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Paid Time Off

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Life Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Alumni Founders seeks an experienced embedded software engineer to develop and verify mission-critical flight software for large spacecraft. You will contribute to propulsion, attitude control, and power systems hardware/software integration in a real-time, fault-tolerant environment.

You will design software architecture, implement drivers for MCU peripherals, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure reliability and safety in demanding aerospace applications.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Rust, C, or C++ is essential for developing embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify mission-critical flight software for large spacecraft, focusing on propulsion, attitude control, and power systems.
• Create software architecture for real-time, fault-tolerant control and implement drivers for microcontroller peripherals.

Skills

Rust

C++

C

Embedded Software

Real-time Control

Flight Software

Linux Systems Programming

State Machines

Fault Tolerant Design

Driver Development

GNC Algorithms

Telemetry Downlink

CI/CD

Software Verification

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Job description

Alumni Founders seeks an experienced embedded software engineer to develop and verify mission-critical flight software for large spacecraft. You will contribute to propulsion, attitude control, and power systems hardware/software integration in a real-time, fault-tolerant environment.

You will design software architecture, implement drivers for MCU peripherals, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure reliability and safety in demanding aerospace applications.