Summaryย
Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Staff Flight Software Engineerย to join our growing team. Reporting to the Flight Software Engineering Manager, the Staff Flight Software Engineer will become an integral part of our dynamic team, driving the development of cutting-edge nano-satellite vehicle solutions across a variety of exciting projects. Your expertise will be pivotal in advancing our innovative technologies and contributing to the success of our mission-critical initiatives.
This role is preferred to work on-site for team synergy and access to hardware, however remote work is possible after a sufficient period of onboarding.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to establish software requirements
- Perform as the technical lead of a satellite program
- Lead a team of junior software engineers, providing mentorship and tasking
- Design, develop, and maintain simple, reliable, and fault-tolerant software
- Develop software for unique payloads, such as imagers, image processors, communication devices, and various astronomical science instruments.
- Create comprehensive unit and regression tests in existing frameworks
- Integrate and test software in simulation, flight replica, flight vehicle, and hardware-in-the-loop environments
- Communicate with the customer in technical working groups
- Potential 10% travel to visit customers or vendors for Design Reviews and collaborative technical work
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent field.
- 8+ years of experience developing C++ applications for embedded, high-performance, or critical systems.
- Prior experience using GitHub or similar Git tool.
- Highly motivated, self-starting, responsible, thorough, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.
Additional Differentiators
- Experience using ARM and Texas Instruments platforms for embedded systems.
- Experience with test equipment, oscilloscopes, and spectrum analyzers.
- Experience with Linux and GNU tools such as make GCC and debuggers such as GDB.
- Experience with scripting languages such as bash and Python.
- Familiarity with build pipelines, deployment and testing on-target.
- Familiarity with Serial Communications - CAN, RS-422/485, I2C, SPI, PCI, SpaceWire.