Staff Flight Software Engineer

Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Staff Flight Software Engineer to join our growing team. This role involves driving the development of cutting-edge nano-satellite vehicle solutions and advancing innovative technologies for mission-critical initiatives.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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