Software Engineer, Flight Software

Muon Space, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate flight software for our orbiting satellites. You will join a dedicated embedded team in Silicon Valley with a focus on a robust software stack and hardware integration.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++ skills, 5+ years in software, experience with embedded systems, and the ability to work across hardware and cloud interfaces. Office in San Jose, CA with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering in a team environment.
• Strong C/C++ programming with familiarity in other languages.
• Integration and control of external hardware devices.
• Read and understand hardware datasheets.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and build Muon’s satellite bus platform.
• Translate concepts into design and implementations; support to on-orbit operations.
• Design and support embedded software for satellite flight systems and peripherals (ARM Cortex-M).
• Evaluate and select technologies for software foundation.
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality and teach usage.
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in software and hardware.
• Collaborate with hardware team on Muon hardware bring-up.
• Collaborate on flight software architecture and tooling, including cloud communication.
• Develop software/hardware-in-the-loop test strategies.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

C/C++

Hardware datasheets

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

CS/EE degree

Tools

ProtoBuf

YAML

JSON

Linux

RTOS

FPGA

HW design

RF communications

Cloud/Server infra

Network architecture

Job description

About the roleMuon seeks aFlight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile software developer with significant previous experience developing embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and test the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This position is based at our San Jose, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Integral member of the team defining and building Muon's satellite bus platform
• Translate concepts and requirements into design and working implementations, supporting through to on-orbit operations
• Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs.
• Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality in our flight software environment and teach others how to use it
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware
• Collaborate with hardware team members on the design and bring up of Muon hardware
• Collaborate with software team members to set flight software architecture, select infrastructure and tools, and communicate with cloud backends.
• Participate in developing software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies

Qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 5+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong C/C++ programming, with some practical familiarity of other languages
• Integration and control of external hardware devices
• Read and understand hardware data sheets
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Nice-to-have Skills

• Knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc)
• Familiarity with a Linux-based development environment
• Great embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses.
• Experience with one or more of: embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture.
• End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $190,000 - $212,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

Taking Care of Our Team

At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants.

We also offer reasonable accommodations as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

Muon is currently registered and able to hire in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IA, ID, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.