Senior Flight Software Engineer (Rust) for Space Missions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Stock Options

401k with company contribution

Free Parking

Free lunch

Job summary

Umbra is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to lead embedded flight software development for Umbra missions. You will specify requirements, design robust software architecture, and write code for integration with flight hardware across multiple spacecraft subsystems.

You will mentor peers, drive rigorous documentation, and oversee integration and testing to ensure mission-ready software. Expect on-site work in CA or VA offices with occasional travel.

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.
• Able to travel up to 15% (between Umbra's Virginia & Santa Barbara offices).

Responsibilities

• Drive yourself and all of 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.
• Contribute to and 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++

Embedded software

Asynchronous Rust

Linux/RTOS/bare-metal

Team leadership

CI/CD

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

Yocto

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Job description

Umbra is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to lead embedded flight software development for Umbra missions. You will specify requirements, design robust software architecture, and write code for integration with flight hardware across multiple spacecraft subsystems.

You will mentor peers, drive rigorous documentation, and oversee integration and testing to ensure mission-ready software. Expect on-site work in CA or VA offices with occasional travel.