Spacecraft Product Software Engineer — Hybrid/Remote

Astro Digital; Littleton (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astro Digital is seeking a Spacecraft Product Software Engineer to bridge embedded software with product engineering. You will help define architectures that support multiple customer applications and ensure software is robust, configurable, and maintainable across the product lifecycle.

The role collaborates with Embedded Software, Hardware, and Systems teams, focusing on scalable, reusable software that moves from mission-specific code to commercial product lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience developing software for bare metal embedded systems.
• Experience developing software for Linux.
• Experience integrating software with hardware systems.
• Familiarity with communications interfaces such as SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, TCP, and UDP.
• Experience with software configuration management and Git-based development.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Embedded Software Engineers to evolve internally developed spacecraft subsystem software into customer-facing products.
• Identify opportunities to increase software reuse, standardization, and configurability across subsystem offerings.
• Drive the transition from mission-specific implementations to scalable, product-oriented software architectures.
• Define software release strategies, versioning approaches, and long-term sustainment plans for subsystem products.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Bare metal

Linux

Git

Debugging

Technical writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or related field

Tools

STM32 microcontroller

Job description

Astro Digital is seeking a Spacecraft Product Software Engineer to bridge embedded software with product engineering. You will help define architectures that support multiple customer applications and ensure software is robust, configurable, and maintainable across the product lifecycle.

The role collaborates with Embedded Software, Hardware, and Systems teams, focusing on scalable, reusable software that moves from mission-specific code to commercial product lines.