Senior Flight Software Engineer (Rust) — Embedded Space Systems

Umbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Sick leave

Family & Medical Leave

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD,STD

Vol Life, Critical Illness, etc.

401k with company contribution

Stock Options

Free Parking

Free lunch daily in office

Job summary

Umbra seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer with Rust expertise to lead embedded software for space missions. You will specify software requirements, design robust architecture, and write code for flight software integration with hardware.

You will mentor teammates, oversee documentation and testing, and ensure reliability across Umbra’s mission software. This role is based on‑site in Santa Barbara/Goleta, Arlington, or Reston offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of proven experience in architecting and developing high‑reliability software with Rust or Modern C/C++.
• 4+ years of systems and/or embedded software development with Rust or Modern C/C++.
• 2+ years developing concurrent code with asynchronous Rust.
• Proficient working within Linux, RTOS, or bare‑metal environments.
• Experience leading software design and development processes, including version control, bug tracking, and documentation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI pipelines, automated testing and build/release management, and static/dynamic analysis tools.
• Able to travel up to 15% (between Umbra’s Virginia & Santa Barbara offices).

Responsibilities

• Drive yourself and your team to become better software engineers.
• Collaborate with a cross‑disciplinary engineering team to design, develop, and maintain reliable, fault‑tolerant flight and payload software.
• Architect and implement software to meet high‑level system requirements, while managing interfaces with multiple spacecraft subsystems, ground systems and hardware.
• Develop command and control software for spacecraft flight operations, payloads, and peripheral electronics.
• Lead test campaigns from unit‑level testing to automated system and subsystem‑level testing.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for software operation and interfaces with other system components.
• Present high level technical concepts simply and clearly to non‑technical audiences.
• Take on additional professional duties as assigned.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Linux

Embedded software

Software architecture

Leadership

CI/CD

Documentation

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/CE or related

Tools

Yocto

Git

CI tools

Kernel development

Job description

Umbra seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer with Rust expertise to lead embedded software for space missions. You will specify software requirements, design robust architecture, and write code for flight software integration with hardware.

You will mentor teammates, oversee documentation and testing, and ensure reliability across Umbra’s mission software. This role is based on‑site in Santa Barbara/Goleta, Arlington, or Reston offices.