Software Integration Engineer

Skill Requirements

• Fluency with gRPC, RESTful, and WebSocket-based services, including debugging integration issues and contributing to API design discussions
• Experience with low-level device driver development and safety-critical systems
• Experience with embedded RTOS environments such as RTLinux, VxWorks, or RTEMS
• Experience developing simulation environments for spaceflight physics
• Understanding of autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms, including estimation, sensor fusion, targeting, and closed-loop control systems
• Experience debugging complex multi-process, multi-threaded, or distributed systems under operational conditions
• Experience supporting spacecraft, robotics, defense, or other mission-critical operational systems
• Experience in designing, building, and evolving service architectures and internal infrastructure that serve multiple products
• Strong familiarity with Linux development and debugging environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field
• 1 to 7+ years of experience building complex software systems across embedded, backend, validation, and operational domains
• Significant experience across several of the following areas:
• Experience with low-level device driver development and safety-critical systems
• Experience with embedded RTOS environments such as RTLinux, VxWorks, or RTEMS
• Experience developing simulation environments for spaceflight physics
• Understanding of autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms, including estimation, sensor fusion, targeting, and closed-loop control systems
• Experience debugging complex multi-process, multi-threaded, or distributed systems under operational conditions
• Experience supporting spacecraft, robotics, defense, or other mission-critical operational systems
• Experience in designing, building, and evolving service architectures and internal infrastructure that serve multiple products
• Strong familiarity with Linux development and debugging environments

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in developing and/or producing flight software, GNC, simulation, or ground software for space applications
• Expert-level command of Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, scheduling, process architecture, supervision strategies, and runtime characteristics
• Experience building and shipping complex, real-time systems with demanding reliability and performance requirements (real-time telemetry, large-scale data processing, mission-critical operations)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills that let you thrive in a culture that values respectful, professional, and constructive conflict

Compensation

Base Salary: $90,000 - $280,000
Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Additional Requirements

Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA.
Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.