Senior Flight Software Engineer – Embedded Linux

Kepler Communications Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave

Holiday shutdown

Relocation packages

Professional development fund

Toronto office kitchen and snacks

Town Hall and company-wide events

Great Place to Work certification

Job summary

Kepler Communications is seeking a seasoned Flight Software Engineer for a 6+ month contract to develop and maintain embedded Linux software for space and ground assets across a growing spacecraft fleet. You will influence system design, build environments, and interfaces with ground software, contributing to mission-critical reliability.

You will work on Linux-based platforms (Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs, Versal, NVIDIA Jetson), write tests and docs, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of embedded development experience, in Aerospace or relevant industry.
• Strong software design and development skills, including architecture, algorithms, testing, and debugging.
• Proficiency in C/C++, with experience developing reliable software for resource-constrained, mission-critical systems.
• Strong embedded Linux experience, including application development, system integration, debugging, kernel modules, device trees, and drivers.
• Experience owning and maintaining embedded Linux build systems using OpenEmbedded/Yocto.
• Experience developing Linux-based software for platforms such as Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs, Versal SoCs, or comparable embedded Linux platforms.
• Experience developing and integrating distributed software interfaces using technologies such as ZeroMQ, Protocol Buffers, and APIs.
• Understanding of flight-software concerns such as fault tolerance, deterministic behaviour, resource constraints, and operational reliability.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to effectively use git

Responsibilities

• Design and develop reliable, high-quality software related to Embedded Linux applications and platform software for space and ground systems.
• Flight software applications and services supporting spacecraft command and control, telemetry, fault detection and recovery, resource management, and on-orbit operations.
• Linux-based development on Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs, Versal SoCs, and NVIDIA Jetson-class hardware.
• Own and maintain embedded Linux build environments using OpenEmbedded/Yocto, including layers, recipes, system images, SDKs, package configuration, and build troubleshooting.
• Design and integrate flight software interfaces with ground software, including APIs and ZeroMQ message buses using data formats such as Protocol Buffers.
• Write thorough tests and documentation.
• Participate in software design review and code review processes.
• Work with electrical, digital design, ground software, and operations teams to identify required features and define the system architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Identify shortcomings in existing software components and direct future development efforts.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Embedded Linux

OpenEmbedded/Yocto

Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs

Versal SoCs

NVIDIA Jetson

ZeroMQ

Protocol Buffers

APIs

Git

Fault tolerance

Deterministic behavior

Team leadership

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

OpenEmbedded/Yocto

Git

Job description

Kepler Communications is seeking a seasoned Flight Software Engineer for a 6+ month contract to develop and maintain embedded Linux software for space and ground assets across a growing spacecraft fleet. You will influence system design, build environments, and interfaces with ground software, contributing to mission-critical reliability.

You will work on Linux-based platforms (Xilinx Zynq MPSoCs, Versal, NVIDIA Jetson), write tests and docs, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating