Muon Space

Software Engineer, Flight Software

Muon Space

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $195,000 per year

Tech Stack

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.