Founding Flight Software Lead for Autonomous Space Drones

EVONA; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

EVONA seeks a Flight Software Lead to own and architect the entire flight software stack for autonomous space drones. You will build a leadership-driven team, define the onboard software architecture, and drive end-to-end development for flight, ground, and sim systems in a founding-level role.

You’ll champion safety-critical design, integrate with flight computers, and guide verification and validation across the lifecycle, shaping the company’s technical direction from day one.

Qualifications

• Significant experience owning or leading flight software for spacecraft.
• Deep embedded background.
• Hands-on experience with FDIR and/or safety-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Build the flight software platform and team to fly autonomous space drones.
• Architect the FSW stack end-to-end including framework, telemetry, boot sequencing, and device drivers.
• Select flight computers and design drone compute and avionics architecture.
• Design, develop, and validate drone flight, ground, and sim software.
• Deliver flight-proven software by owning the on-orbit heritage payload.
• Lead software readiness and own the go/no-go for FSW deployment.
• Recruit and mentor the autonomous flight software team for precision inspection and formation flying.
• Help build the company as a technical co-founder, supporting decisions, customer engagements, and program reviews.

Skills

Flight software leadership

Embedded systems

FDIR / safety-critical

C/C++

RTOS design

Tools

CI/CD

Hardware-in-the-loop

Simulation environments

Job description

EVONA seeks a Flight Software Lead to own and architect the entire flight software stack for autonomous space drones. You will build a leadership-driven team, define the onboard software architecture, and drive end-to-end development for flight, ground, and sim systems in a founding-level role.

You’ll champion safety-critical design, integrate with flight computers, and guide verification and validation across the lifecycle, shaping the company’s technical direction from day one.