Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Staff Flight Software Engineer 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.
- Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to establish software requirements
- 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
- Potential 10% travel to visit customers or vendors for Design Reviews and collaborative technical work
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field.
- 8+ years (Staff Engineer - Level 4) of experience developing C++ applications for embedded, high-performance, or critical systems.
- 12+ years (Principal Engineer - Level 5) of experience developing C++ applications for embedded, high-performance, or critical systems.
- Highly motivated, self-starting, responsible, thorough, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision.
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.
- 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.
Principal Flight Software Engineer (Level V) - $170k to $210k