Senior Flight Software Engineer — Spacecraft Systems (On-Site)

Frontdoor Defense; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontdoor Defense seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to own end-to-end development of spacecraft software in orbit. Location is El Segundo, CA, with a compensation range of $169,067 to $216,031 per year.

You will build reliable software for embedded processors and drive design, testing, and flight operations. Responsibilities include writing C++ for bare metal/RTOS/Linux, risk assessment, and V&V of mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent technical experience in safety critical software.
• 5+ years of experience in the development of spacecraft or similar safety critical software.
• Experience with development in C++, along with a strong understanding of the language concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software that determine how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate throughout the entire mission.
• Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Own all aspects of software development, from design, testing, and integration.
• Scope projects including requirements capture and initial design trades given open-ended problems.
• Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) technique.
• Teamwork, communicate and problem solve in a collaborative environment.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems

Safety-critical software

Verification & Validation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/Math/Physics/Engineering) or equivalent

Tools

F' or cFS framework

Python

Rust

CCSDS telemetry/telecommand

SPI

Job description

Frontdoor Defense seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to own end-to-end development of spacecraft software in orbit. Location is El Segundo, CA, with a compensation range of $169,067 to $216,031 per year.

You will build reliable software for embedded processors and drive design, testing, and flight operations. Responsibilities include writing C++ for bare metal/RTOS/Linux, risk assessment, and V&V of mission-critical systems.