Senior Flight Software Engineer, Spacecraft Systems

Vast Space Llc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Equity

401(k)

Snack + onsite meals

Spring Health

ClassPass

Parental leave

Job summary

Vast Space Llc in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to design fault-tolerant software for Haven missions. You will work with avionics to integrate flight code with hardware, participate in code reviews, and help build telemetry/commanding systems.

The role is full-time, exempt, based in Long Beach with possible evenings/weekends to support milestones. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits accompany the position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience coding professionally in C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop fault-tolerant flight software for Haven missions.
• Interface with radios/sensors/actuators and telemetry systems.
• Review code for reliability and standards compliance.
• Develop/maintain telemetry and commanding systems for vehicle comms.
• Create unit/integration tests and CI framework.

Skills

C++

Embedded Systems

Linux

Telemetry

UART/CAN/I2C/SPI/Ethernet

Linux drivers

Git/CMake/GNU tools

JIRA/Bitbucket/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related engineering

Tools

Git

CMake

GNU tools

JIRA

Bitbucket

Confluence

Job description

Vast Space Llc in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to design fault-tolerant software for Haven missions. You will work with avionics to integrate flight code with hardware, participate in code reviews, and help build telemetry/commanding systems.

The role is full-time, exempt, based in Long Beach with possible evenings/weekends to support milestones. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits accompany the position.