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Flight Software Engineer
| Company | Capella Space |
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| Location | Lafayette, CO, USA |
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| Salary | $102756 – $198697 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field of study.
- Ability to support a design through all software lifecycles including initial schematic review and architectural tradeoffs, preliminary and detailed design, implementation, integration, and test.
- Experience working with real-time embedded systems – both hardware and software, including low-level drivers.
- Hands on experience developing, testing, and debugging hard real-time software (bare-metal or RTOS).
- Familiarity with embedded Linux, Linux kernel modules, and standard Linux tools.
- Strong knowledge of programming compiled (C, C++) and scripted (Python, shell script, etc.) languages.
- Experience writing software for microcontrollers and other embedded systems, e.g., Xilinx Zynq SoCs.
- Familiarity with software configuration management.
- Hand-on experience with lab equipment and electronics hardware, e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers.
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Capella Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain flight software for satellite systems.
- Collaborate with EE, FPGA, and ground software engineers to ensure seamless integration between hardware and software.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
- Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure robustness and reliability of the software.
- Develop software documentation and provide cross-training to other team members.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software issues in a timely manner.
- Participate in the software development life cycle, from requirement analysis to deployment.
- Support integration and operations teams with software-related queries.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
