Lead Flight Software Engineer for High-Power Spacecraft

K2Spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/dental/vision

Paid time off

Life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is designing the next generation of high-power satellites and flight software to control propulsion, attitude, thermal, and power systems. You will implement mission-critical code that operates across multiple spacecraft, with an emphasis on real-time reliability and fault tolerance.

Join a team building software for large-scale space missions, using Rust, C/C++, Python, and HDL tooling, with hardware-in-the-loop and extensive verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline or 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Development experience in Rust, C/C++, Python, VHDL, SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Create software architecture for real-time, fault tolerant control of a 20kW+ spacecraft.
• Develop software applications for control of spacecraft subsystems, including propulsion, guidance/attitude control, thermal, power, and communications systems.
• Design and implement state machines for robust operation of the spacecraft.
• Create and utilize robust tools to allow for rapid deployment of quality code.
• Perform data analysis and anomaly investigation to identify and resolve software bugs.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Python

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, or STEM field or 10+ years of experience

Tools

Linux systems programming

CI/CD

Embedded systems (bare-metal/RTOS)

Job description

K2 Space is designing the next generation of high-power satellites and flight software to control propulsion, attitude, thermal, and power systems. You will implement mission-critical code that operates across multiple spacecraft, with an emphasis on real-time reliability and fault tolerance.

Join a team building software for large-scale space missions, using Rust, C/C++, Python, and HDL tooling, with hardware-in-the-loop and extensive verification.