Flight Software Engineer: Satellite Attitude & Control

Samara Aerospace

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Stock options in a growing startup
100% covered healthcare
Unlimited PTO
Catered lunch 3x per week
Education assistance up to $5,250

Job summary

Samara Aerospace is looking for a Flight Software Engineer to build high-quality software for our innovative spacecraft systems. Your responsibilities will include ensuring software reliability, interacting with various subsystems, and designing user interfaces. We value collaborative team members who bring a learning mindset and strive for simplicity in their work.

Join us to be part of a groundbreaking aerospace startup that has the potential to significantly impact the satellite industry, while offering excellent benefits including competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive healthcare.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience building taskable software stacks.
  • Experience with service-based architectures.
  • Experience designing software-software and software-human interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure spacecraft reliability through observability instrumentation.
  • Design systems to expose and fix bugs.
  • Cross-functional engineering with subsystems including radio and data management.

Skills

Experience building taskable software stacks
Service-based architectures
Software-software and software-human interfaces
Linux drivers and /dev interface
Strong communicator
Collaborative mindset
Bias towards simplicity
Learning mindset

Tools

Docker
Rust
Python
MQTT
RPC
Serialization technologies

Job description

Samara Aerospace is looking for a Flight Software Engineer to build high-quality software for our innovative spacecraft systems. Your responsibilities will include ensuring software reliability, interacting with various subsystems, and designing user interfaces. We value collaborative team members who bring a learning mindset and strive for simplicity in their work.

Join us to be part of a groundbreaking aerospace startup that has the potential to significantly impact the satellite industry, while offering excellent benefits including competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive healthcare.

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