
Software Engineer, Flight Software
Muon Space
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $195,000 per year
About the role
- 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
Requirements
- 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
- Great embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses.
- Integration and control of external hardware devices
- Read and understand hardware data sheets
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short & long term disability
- Life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation
- 12 paid holidays
- Unlimited sick time
- Paid parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
CC++embedded systemslow-level driversbit manipulationresponsive softwareIRQ handlingRTOSI/O busescommunication buses
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillscollaborationteamwork
Certifications
B.S.M.S.Ph.D.