Senior Flight Software Engineer, Spacecraft Payloads & Ops

EVONA; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Senior/Principal Flight Software Engineer to own payload flight software from architecture through integration and on-orbit operations. The role is highly hands-on, working close to hardware and influencing software practices as the company scales.

You will design, develop and test flight software for advanced spacecraft payloads, collaborating across disciplines to ensure mission readiness and robust fault handling in a fast-growing space technology environment in

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing embedded, real-time, distributed or mission-critical software.
• Strong C++ and/or Rust.
• Experience architecting and testing complex embedded software.
• Comfortable working across the hardware/software boundary.
• Experience troubleshooting systems involving software, electronics, communications, sensors or other hardware.
• Ability to take significant technical ownership and operate effectively in a small engineering team.
• Strong communication skills when working with internal teams, spacecraft vendors and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop flight software for advanced spacecraft payloads.
• Own architecture across command & control, telemetry, data handling, health monitoring, fault protection and autonomous operations.
• Develop primarily in C++ and/or Rust within Linux environments.
• Lead payload-to-spacecraft software integration with vendors and external partners.
• Define software interfaces, ICDs, timing requirements, communications and data flows.
• Develop SIL/HIL test environments, automated test frameworks and flight-software verification infrastructure.
• Collaborate with electronics, sensors, communications systems and payload hardware during integration and testing.
• Support spacecraft-level integration, environmental testing and mission-readiness activities.
• Participate in commissioning and on-orbit operations, including telemetry analysis and updates.
• Work with electrical, optical, RF, controls, systems, mechanical and mission-operations engineers.

Skills

C++

Rust

Embedded software

Real-time systems

Software architecture

Test automation

Flight software

Linux

Hardware boundary

Team ownership

Tools

cFS

F Prime

SpaceWire

CAN

UART

Ethernet

TCP/IP

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Senior/Principal Flight Software Engineer to own payload flight software from architecture through integration and on-orbit operations. The role is highly hands-on, working close to hardware and influencing software practices as the company scales.

You will design, develop and test flight software for advanced spacecraft payloads, collaborating across disciplines to ensure mission readiness and robust fault handling in a fast-growing space technology environment in