Flight Software Engineer - Rust for Space Missions

Umbra Lab, Inc.; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company contribution

Stock Options

Free Parking

Free lunch daily in office

Job summary

Umbra is seeking a Flight Software Engineer with Rust expertise to develop embedded software for mission-focused spacecraft. You will shape requirements, design architecture, and lead integration and testing across flight and payload domains.

You will mentor teammates, document interfaces, and work closely with hardware teams. On-site roles are in Santa Barbara/Goleta, VA offices with some travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of proven experience in high-reliability software development with Rust or C/C++.
• 1+ years developing concurrent code with asynchronous Rust.
• 3+ years of embedded software development with Rust or C/C++.
• Experience programming on embedded ARM cores supporting SoC architectures in Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal environments.
• Strong understanding of processor architecture, with the ability to optimize code for performance and memory usage.
• Experience leading software development processes, including version control, CI/CD, bug tracking, and design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary engineering team to design, develop, and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant flight and payload software.
• Implement software to meet requirements while managing interfaces with multiple spacecraft subsystems and ground systems hardware.
• Develop command and control software for spacecraft flight operations, payloads, and peripheral electronics.
• Participate in and contribute to test campaigns, from unit-level testing to automated system and subsystem-level testing.
• Create and maintain documentation for software operation and interfaces with other system components.
• Take on additional professional duties as assigned.

Skills

Rust/C/C++ development

Async Rust

Embedded software development

ARM cores / Linux/RTOS

Performance optimization

Software development processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Yocto

Python

Job description

Umbra is seeking a Flight Software Engineer with Rust expertise to develop embedded software for mission-focused spacecraft. You will shape requirements, design architecture, and lead integration and testing across flight and payload domains.

You will mentor teammates, document interfaces, and work closely with hardware teams. On-site roles are in Santa Barbara/Goleta, VA offices with some travel.