Staff Engineer, Flight Software

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise for ADCS and imaging payload subsystem software design and development.
• Lead software design, development, unit testing, release processes, and delivery of mission-critical features and bug fixes.
• Support software requirements development and management with Systems Engineering.
• Ensure documentation, testing, inspection, and analysis verify requirements and quality goals.
• Lead or participate in Agile-like planning, status meetings, standups, tasking, and cross-functional delivery.
• Collaborate with embedded systems, satellite operations, mission management, and other engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple critical programs from design through execution and mentor team members.

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 or embedded software in a production environment.
• Expertise writing clean and maintainable C/C++ and Python code.
• Expertise in embedded systems, ideally Embedded Linux and related build systems such as Buildroot and Yocto.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products on time and on budget.
• Strong root-cause analysis, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• US-born citizenship is required according to program requirements.
• Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree, embedded Linux board bring-up, hardware interface experience, high-speed interface experience, FreeRTOS, u-boot or other boot loaders, space industry experience, satellite component familiarity, and embedded software experience relevant to ADCS/GNC.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life, AD&D, voluntary life, and voluntary AD&D insurance, with BlackSky paying 100% of employee-only medical, dental, and vision premiums and contributing $100 per month toward out-of-pocket expenses.
• 15 days of PTO, 11 company holidays, four floating holidays, paid volunteerism leave, parental leave, and other leave benefits.
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options with employer matching, Flexible Spending Accounts, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Employee Assistance, Travel Assistance, employer matching donations, professional development, and a choice of Mac or PC.
• Professional swag.
• Preferred location is Tukwila, WA, with 1–2 days per week in the Tukwila office; strong remote candidates may be considered.