Senior Flight Software Engineer – Satellite Systems (TS)

Muon Space, Inc.; Virginia; On-site; USD 228,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision Insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team in Virginia. You will design, develop, integrate, and test software running on orbiting satellites, with strong emphasis on bare-metal/RTOS embedded devices.

You will contribute to the flight software architecture, work with hardware teams on bring-up, and help define test strategies including hardware-in-the-loop. A TS-level background and good communication are valued traits.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment.
• Strong C/C++ programming, with some familiarity of other languages.

Responsibilities

• Define and build Muon’s satellite bus and payload platform.
• Translate concepts into design and implementations, supporting to on-orbit operations.
• Design, bring up, and support embedded software environment for flight systems and peripherals.
• Collaborate with hardware team for design and bring up of Muon hardware.
• Develop software/hardware-in-the-loop test strategies.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Embedded systems

RTOS familiarity

Read hardware data sheets

Government/defense experience

Communication skills

TS security clearance

Rust and Python

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in CS/EE or related field

Tools

ARM Cortex-M

Linux/Embedded Linux

Bus/driver development

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team in Virginia. You will design, develop, integrate, and test software running on orbiting satellites, with strong emphasis on bare-metal/RTOS embedded devices.

You will contribute to the flight software architecture, work with hardware teams on bring-up, and help define test strategies including hardware-in-the-loop. A TS-level background and good communication are valued traits.