Senior Flight Software Engineer (Spacecraft RTOS)

Telemetry Today LLC

Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 210,000 - 324,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Stock purchase program

Comprehensive benefits

On-site fitness centers

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Principal Flight Software Engineer to drive flight software design, development, and testing across Space Systems programs. Work spans requirements through on-orbit testing, influencing mission-critical software used on spacecraft.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with hardware and systems teams, and delivering reliable software for space missions with frequent in-orbit validation.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
12+ years of embedded software development experience.
Proficiency in Rust, C++, and C.
Experience with RTOS or Embedded Linux.
Experience leading junior software developers and collaborating with other disciplines.
Active security clearance OR ability to obtain one.
U.S. citizenship is required by program.

Responsibilities

Develop software to run on RTOS or embedded Linux.
Interface with IMUs, star trackers, reaction wheels, and sensors.
Maintain unit tests within a CI framework.
Collaborate with hardware-in-the-loop test engineers.
Support requirements development with systems engineers.

Skills

Embedded software

Rust

C++

C language

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Leadership

Security clearance

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master’s or PhD in engineering

Tools

CAN/CAN-FD

UDP/TCP

Job description

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with hardware and systems teams, and delivering reliable software for space missions with frequent in-orbit validation.

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