Space Robotics Software Engineer – Flight Systems

Socket.dev; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Option

Relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Katalyst is an American technology company building spacecraft that rendezvous, capture, and service other spacecraft. We are seeking engineers at Engineer, Senior, or Principal level for onsite work in Broomfield, CO.

You will own robotics-facing flight software end to end and collaborate with GNC, avionics, and operations. Candidates should have strong C++ on real systems and Python, plus hands-on hardware bring-up, debugging with instrumentation, and experience with ROS/ROS2 or embedded

Qualifications

• Strong C++ on real systems and Python
• Hands-on experience bringing software to hardware: bring-up, debugging with real instrumentation
• Experience with serial buses and debugging with real instrumentation

Responsibilities

• Own robotics-facing flight software end to end: motion and actuator control applications, the vision-to-GNC data path, and safe degraded behavior when hardware misbehaves
• Write modern C++ that commands real actuators, arms, gimbals, and mechanisms, and Python where it moves faster
• Take pose from camera to control loop: consume, validate, and gate vision solutions so guidance never acts on stale or bad data
• Prove your work on our hardware-in-the-loop bench and flatsat before it flies, then watch it fly and own what happens next
• Work directly with GNC, avionics, and operations, and defend your design decisions to the people who depend on them

Skills

C++

Python

Embedded systems

Hardware bring-up

Real-time/RTOS

CAN/RS-422/SPI/I2C/Ethernet

Education

BS in engineering, computer science, robotics, or mechatronics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

cFS

Job description

Katalyst is an American technology company building spacecraft that rendezvous, capture, and service other spacecraft. We are seeking engineers at Engineer, Senior, or Principal level for onsite work in Broomfield, CO.

You will own robotics-facing flight software end to end and collaborate with GNC, avionics, and operations. Candidates should have strong C++ on real systems and Python, plus hands-on hardware bring-up, debugging with instrumentation, and experience with ROS/ROS2 or embedded