Lead Flight Software Engineer: Space Networking Architect

Logos Space; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Logos Space Services is seeking a Lead, Flight Software Engineer to architect the core flight software for our mega constellation and lead the team building it from the ground up. You will own the full lifecycle from framework design to deterministic performance in space environment.

This role emphasizes mission-critical software, real-time on-board logic, and high-reliability systems, with opportunities to shape networking infrastructure in orbit and collaborate across hardware and software

Qualifications

• 10+ years in aerospace or high-reliability embedded flight software
• Expert-level C/C++ in ARM/RISC environments
• Experience with SDN, middleware, and networking concepts

Responsibilities

• Design a modular, high-performance flight software framework in Modern C++ for multi-core architectures
• Develop on-board, real-time logic for network orchestration and autonomous recovery
• Optimize memory and determinism for RTOS/bare-metal targets
• Implement high-performance data buses (MQTT) for interprocess orchestration
• Integrate hardware interfaces (serial, CAN, Ethernet) with software
• Establish automated requirements-as-code verification with HITL and CI/CD
• Create software emulations for rapid testing of network logic

Skills

Aerospace embedded software

C++ expert

Distributed systems

DevOps & automation

CMake & GNU toolchain

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Docker

CMake

GNU toolchain

Job description

Logos Space Services is seeking a Lead, Flight Software Engineer to architect the core flight software for our mega constellation and lead the team building it from the ground up. You will own the full lifecycle from framework design to deterministic performance in space environment.

This role emphasizes mission-critical software, real-time on-board logic, and high-reliability systems, with opportunities to shape networking infrastructure in orbit and collaborate across hardware and software