Principal Flight Software Architect - Spacecraft Real-Time

K2Spacecorporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Comprehensive benefits: medical/dental

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites to unlock performance across all orbits. We seek a software engineer to help develop mission-critical software for spaceflight and flight computers.

You will work across real-time, embedded, and flight software domains using Rust, C++, Python, VHDL, and SystemVerilog, with emphasis on reliability, fault tolerance, and rigorous testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/math or 10+ years of 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.
• Support integration and testing of the spacecraft subsystems.
• Build and maintain infrastructure to increase reliability when developing and testing software.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Python

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline

Job description

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites to unlock performance across all orbits. We seek a software engineer to help develop mission-critical software for spaceflight and flight computers.

You will work across real-time, embedded, and flight software domains using Rust, C++, Python, VHDL, and SystemVerilog, with emphasis on reliability, fault tolerance, and rigorous testing.