Senior / Principal Flight Software Engineer - Spacecraft Payloads

EVONA; New Mexico; Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

EVONA in the United States is seeking a Principal Flight Software Engineer to design and own the software architecture for spacecraft payloads. This senior, hands-on role covers the full flight software lifecycle and requires deep cross-disciplinary understanding across embedded hardware and software to ensure mission readiness.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in embedded or real-time systems, strong C/C++, and leadership experience.

Formación

• 10+ years of professional software experience, with embedded or real-time systems.
• Strong C/C++ and hands-on technical leadership.
• Direct space experience is highly valuable, or experience in mission-critical embedded environments.

Responsabilidades

• Own and architect the flight software lifecycle.
• Collaborate across processors, electronics, interfaces and hardware.
• Lead debugging from software through hardware interfaces and sensors.
• Oversee SIL/HIL testing and automated verification.
• Support spacecraft integration and mission readiness.

Conocimientos

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Flight software architecture

Command & control

Telemetry & state management

Fault detection

Device drivers

FPGA interfaces

SIL/HIL testing

Hardware debugging

Sensors & actuators

Herramientas

None

Descripción del empleo

Principal Flight Software Engineer – Spacecraft & Payloads

I’m supporting an early-stage aerospace company developing advanced spacecraft payload technology and looking for a Principal Flight Software Engineer to help build the software architecture from the ground up.

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who wants ownership across the full flight software lifecycle.

You’ll work across:

• Embedded C/C++
• RTOS and embedded Linux
• Spacecraft flight software architecture
• Command & control, telemetry and state management
• Fault detection and recovery
• Device drivers and hardware interfaces
• Deterministic / timing-critical software
• Sensors, actuators and FPGA-based electronics
• SIL / HIL testing and automated verification
• Processor bring-up and hardware/software debugging
• Spacecraft integration, environmental testing and mission readiness

The role requires someone who understands more than just software — you should be comfortable debugging across processors, electronics, interfaces and physical hardware.

They’re looking for 10+ years of professional software experience, including significant embedded or real-time systems work, with strong C/C++ and hands-on technical leadership.

Direct space experience is highly valuable, but engineers from other complex, mission-critical embedded environments are also of interest.