Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Spacecraft Verified today

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and space platforms. We are seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer for our Internal Missions team to design and develop software for leading-edge communications satellites in a startup environment.

Your Responsibilities

• Design and implement flight software to monitor, test, and control spacecraft subsystems: attitude, command and data handling, navigation, thermal, and power
• Develop software for mission systems integration including satellites, ground stations, and mission operations centers
• Define requirements, design architecture and block diagrams, implement, review code, and validate and verify systems
• Conduct software-in-the-loop testing through all development stages
• Analyze code for efficiency, stability, and scalability
• Support quality assurance, optimize I/O performance, and provide post-production customer support
• Interface with hardware design and development engineers
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of spacecraft software engineers
• Assess third-party and open-source software for integration

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (Master's or Doctorate preferred; Master's counts as 2 years experience)
• Minimum 5 years industry experience in spacecraft software development
• Hands-on development and troubleshooting of software systems and hardware (motors, power distribution units, etc.)
• Proficiency in C, C++, Python, or other languages in aerospace context
• Strong understanding of space missions from conception through flight and disposal
• Spacecraft mission design experience: events, pointing modes, maneuver planning, sequencing, operations
• Experience with spacecraft failures in post-CDR testing and on-orbit, root cause analysis, and recovery
• Design for reliability, spaceflight redundancy, fault detection, identification, and recovery
• Space software knowledge: attitude dynamics, coordinate frame transformations, vector mathematics, radiative heat transfer, propulsion, communication systems, power systems
• Communication protocols experience (TCP/IP, UDP) for software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, and spaceflight
• Embedded software experience for space missions
• Multi-threaded applications and resource management expertise
• Software release, versioning, and configuration management processes
• Configuration management tools, defect tracking, and peer review familiarity
• Continuous integration, test, and delivery systems
• Radiation tolerance considerations for automotive-grade parts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience

• CubeSat and SmallSat development (LEO, MEO, GEO, beyond)
• Spacecraft instrumentation, subsystems, and test lab experience
• JPL F', NASA cFS, and commercial space software frameworks
• Ground system software engineering
• Team leadership on space software programs
• Safety-critical software development
• Network security experience

Employment Terms

Full-time position. Compensation and benefits include company stock options, health insurance, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life insurance, disability, and retirement plans.

U.S. Citizenship Requirement: To comply with U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorization from the U.S. Department of State.