Senior Flight Software Engineer — Hybrid/Remote Spacecraft

Astro Digital; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Astro Digital in San Jose, CA is seeking a seasoned Principal FlightSoftware Engineer to lead the development of onboard spacecraft software. You will architect, design, implement, validate, and sustain mission-critical applications across multiple programs, while mentoring engineers and defining development standards.

The role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership in a hybrid environment, with options to work from Littleton, CO or San Jose, CA and some remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software/EE/CS or related field.
• 14+ years of spacecraft flight software experience.
• Expert in real-time, multi-threaded systems and hardware/software integration.
• Expert with modern C++ (C++17 or later).
• Experience with Linux and flight software standards (RS-422/485, TCP/UDP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy flight software for spacecraft.
• Implement software using modern C++ for real-time Linux.
• Serve as technical authority for flight software architecture.
• Establish software development standards, coding guidelines, verification processes, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor and develop flight software engineers, fostering technical excellence.

Skills

Real-time systems

Multi-threaded programming

Linux development

C++17

Software architecture

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software/EE/CS

Tools

Git

Linux

CCSDS

TCP/UDP

Job description

Astro Digital in San Jose, CA is seeking a seasoned Principal FlightSoftware Engineer to lead the development of onboard spacecraft software. You will architect, design, implement, validate, and sustain mission-critical applications across multiple programs, while mentoring engineers and defining development standards.

The role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership in a hybrid environment, with options to work from Littleton, CO or San Jose, CA and some remote flexibility.