Senior Flight Software Engineer

What this role involves

Lead development of flight software for imaging payloads on orbit, including autonomy and real-time operations. Requires 5+ years of space software experience, expertise in C++ and RTOS, and eligibility for security clearance.

Skills this posting asks for

• c++
• real-time operating systems
• embedded systems
• software verification
• software validation
• spacecraft mission operations
• control systems
• machine learning
• python
• fault-tolerant software architectures
• autonomy algorithms
• path planning
• state estimation
• ai-based decision-making
• space communication protocols

Requirements

• 5 years of experience
• Level: senior
• Security clearance required

From the employer’s posting

Scout is building a new way to see and operate in space: with a new paradigm of data empowering every satellite to make space safer. We are a rapidly-growing team; we are deploying real solutions to orbit over the next 2 years; and our work will transform the face of spaceflight. We are looking…