Principal Flight Software Engineer

Lanteris Space is seeking a Principal Embedded Flight Software Engineer to join our team in Palo Alto, CA or Houston, TX.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software for embedded Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Develop, document, and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for flight software systems.
• Develop software verification plans, unit level and open loop test suites, and procedures, executing the test procedures and documenting test results to ensure that software systems requirements are met.
• Perform software product life cycle management.
• Develop, select, tailor, and deploy software processes, tools, and metrics.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for software domains, processes, and system-specific issues.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum of 15 years of software development experience.
• Embedded C++ programming skills.
• Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and the software development life cycle.
• Software version control.

Preferred Qualifications

• RTOS experience (e.g., FreeRTOS).
• Familiar with NASA’s cFS/cFE.
• Experience with SPI.
• Development experience with Python.
• Basic understanding of spacecraft subsystems: power, ADCS, thermal, propulsion, communications.
• Familiar with Jira, Jama, Git, and unit test tools.

Pay

The base pay for this position within California is $168,000.00 - $280,000.00 annually. For all other states, geographic cost of labor is used to develop market-driven ranges.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved.