Flight Software Manager — Spacecraft Embedded Systems

ICEYE US; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible PTO

Friendly work environment

Extra perks

Job summary

ICEYE US in Southern California is seeking a Manager, Flight Software to lead a team designing, developing, integrating and verifying software for spaceborne SAR payloads and vehicles. You will own the software program plan, guide architecture decisions, and coordinate across systems engineering, hardware, and program management; deep hands-on management and technical leadership required.

The role requires extensive embedded software experience, DO-178 or NPR-7150.2D, and experience with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing embedded/flight software in C/C++ for space hardware.
• 2+ years of direct engineering management or technical lead experience.
• Experience with SoC and microcontroller bring up.
• Experience with communication protocols: SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, RS-422, SpaceWire.
• Ownership of software ICDs and interface specifications for command and telemetry interfaces.
• Ownership of the full embedded software lifecycle: requirements through unit test, integration, and system verification.
• Experience with DO-178 or NPR-7150.2D software standards.
• Experience with GN&C sensor interfaces or attitude control system software integration.
• Familiarity with avionics integration testing and HIL environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of flight software and embedded software engineers; own hiring, onboarding, performance development, and technical career growth for direct reports.
• Own the flight software program execution: work breakdown, scheduling, resource loading, risk tracking, and status reporting against program milestones.
• Set and enforce software standards, processes and operating framework for how software is designed, developed and tested through program life cycles.
• Guide the team in hardware/software co-design and integration, including schematic review, pin mapping, register-level peripheral configuration and hardware debug.
• Define and own the software development plan, regression and software-only test strategy, and verification approach throughout the full development cycle.
• Own the command-and-control ICD and interface specification process, ensuring interfaces are documented and maintained under configuration control.
• Produce and maintain software program documentation — architecture descriptions, SOW inputs, test procedures, and configuration-managed deliverables.
• Serve as the primary flight software technical counterpart to systems engineering, hardware, and program management stakeholders.

Skills

Embedded/flight software

People management

SoC bring-up

SPI/I2C/UART/CAN

Software ICDs/interfaces

Software lifecycle ownership

DO-178 / NPR-7150.2D

GN&C/ACS interfaces

Avionics & HIL testing

Tools

Board Support Packages

HIL Test Environments

Job description

ICEYE US in Southern California is seeking a Manager, Flight Software to lead a team designing, developing, integrating and verifying software for spaceborne SAR payloads and vehicles. You will own the software program plan, guide architecture decisions, and coordinate across systems engineering, hardware, and program management; deep hands-on management and technical leadership required.

The role requires extensive embedded software experience, DO-178 or NPR-7150.2D, and experience with