Staff Engineer, Flight Software

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates a sophisticated space-based intelligence platform. The Staff Engineer, Flight Software will be responsible for software design and development for satellite systems, collaborating across teams to ensure timely and defect-free software delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise for ADCS and imaging payload subsystem software design and development
• Drive work to timely completion using task management tools like Jira in an Agile-like environment; participate and lead in status and standup meetings, sprint planning, tasking, etc
• Collaborate with other ESG software team members and other cross-functional engineers from multiple disciplines to deliver mission-critical software features and bugfixes that are on-time and defect free
• Ensure that adequate documentation, test, inspection, and analysis is delivered and performed to verify compliance with requirements and other goals
• Assist with Systems Engineering with requirements development and management
• Execute and provide feedback for flight software design, development, unit tests and releases processes
• Other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• At least 10 years of experience delivering and maintaining commercial/embedded software in a production environment
• Expertise in engineering clean and maintainable C/C++ and Python code
• Expertise in embedded systems, ideally in Embedded Linux including related build systems (Buildroot, Yocto, etc.)
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products on time and on budget
• Outstanding root cause analysis and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work across teams, skill sets, communication in a diverse environment
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• This position may support programs which require US citizenship
• Advanced degree (masters or PhD) in a relevant field of study
• Experience in board bring-up for embedded linux platforms
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces (GPIO, I2C, SPI, CAN, USART, PHY, SpaceWire, Cameralink, RS-422), or high-speed interfaces (10G Ethernet, DMA, PCIe)
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems, including FreeRTOS
• Familiarity with u-boot, or other boot loaders
• Space Industry Experience, and familiarity with satellite components
• Experience working on embedded software relevant to ADCS/GNC