Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Blacksky Holdings LLC; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and Roth options

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

BlackSky Holdings LLC is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to design, develop and lead software for the satellite imaging payload and ADCS subsystems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical features and ensure quality through documentation and testing.

The role drives software design, development, unit tests and release processes in a hands-on capacity, with mentorship opportunities across the ESG group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least six (6) years of experience delivering and maintaining commercial/embedded software in a production environment.
• Expertise in engineering clean and maintainable C/C++ and Python code.
• Expertise in embedded systems, ideally in Embedded Linux including related build systems (Buildroot, Yocto, etc.).
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products on time and on budget.
• Outstanding root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work across teams, skill sets, communication in a diverse environment.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Due to program requirements, this role requires US-born citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise for ADCS and imaging payload subsystem software design and development.
• Drive work to timely completion using task management tools like Jira in an Agile-like environment; participate and lead in status and standup meetings, sprint planning, tasking, etc.
• Collaborate with other ESG software team members and other cross-functional engineers from multiple disciplines to deliver mission-critical software features and bugfixes that are on-time and defect free.
• Ensure that adequate documentation, test, inspection, and analysis is delivered and performed to verify compliance with requirements and other goals.
• Assist with Systems Engineering with requirements development and management.
• Execute and provide feedback for flight software design, development, unit tests and releases processes.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Embedded systems

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Buildroot

Yocto

FreeRTOS

u-boot

Job description

BlackSky Holdings LLC is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to design, develop and lead software for the satellite imaging payload and ADCS subsystems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical features and ensure quality through documentation and testing.

The role drives software design, development, unit tests and release processes in a hands-on capacity, with mentorship opportunities across the ESG group.