Spaceflight Software Intern: Embedded Systems & SITL/HITL

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 20,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

401K

Job summary

York Space Systems is seeking a curious Software Engineering Intern to build software that interacts with real spacecraft hardware. You’ll work with Flight Software and Spacecraft Integration engineers on embedded Linux systems, hardware interfaces, and automated testing to command, monitor, and validate space vehicles.

You’ll gain hands‑on exposure to the full engineering loop: write code, run against real or simulated spacecraft hardware, debug, improve, and re‑test.

Qualifications

• Experience developing software for embedded systems.
• Experience with C/C++ on Linux.
• Experience with microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, robotics, drones, automotive systems, or similar hardware.
• Experience debugging software that communicates with physical devices.
• Familiarity with serial, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, CAN, SPI, I2C, or similar interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test software used to support spacecraft flight software, vehicle integration, and automated testing.
• Write Python, C/C++, Bash, or other software that interacts with embedded systems and spacecraft hardware.
• Develop software and interfaces running in embedded Linux environments.
• Build tools that command, monitor, configure, and validate spacecraft subsystems.
• Participate in Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) development and testing.
• Connect software to real hardware interfaces, networks, telemetry streams, and subsystem simulators.
• Troubleshoot problems across software, operating systems, networks, and hardware.
• Debug failures using logs, telemetry, command-line tools, debuggers, and test equipment.
• Develop automated tests that exercise spacecraft functionality and verify expected behavior.
• Support York’s test‑like‑you‑fly philosophy by helping make test environments behave more like the real vehicle.
• Write and execute unit tests and integration tests.
• Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews.
• Work with systems, software, electrical, and test engineers to turn high‑level requirements into working solutions.
• Identify technical risks early and help develop practical solutions.
• Use Git, GitLab, CI/CD, and modern software‑development workflows.
• Communicate what worked, what failed, what you learned, and what you want to try next
• Love space!

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++ on Linux

Python

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

CMake

Networking

Multithreading

Telemetry

Unit tests

SITL / HITL

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

CMake

Job description

York Space Systems is seeking a curious Software Engineering Intern to build software that interacts with real spacecraft hardware. You’ll work with Flight Software and Spacecraft Integration engineers on embedded Linux systems, hardware interfaces, and automated testing to command, monitor, and validate space vehicles.

You’ll gain hands‑on exposure to the full engineering loop: write code, run against real or simulated spacecraft hardware, debug, improve, and re‑test.