Senior Flight Software Engineer

Senior Flight Software Engineer Location: Louisville, CO, USA or San Francisco, CA, USA Job Type: Full-Time, Mid-Level to Senior-Level Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain flight software for a growing satellite constellation. Collaborate with electrical engineers, FPGA developers, ground software engineers, and other subsystem owners to ensure seamless hardware and software integration. Lead code reviews and provide constructive, high-quality feedback to teammates. Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure software robustness and reliability. Develop software documentation and provide cross-training to other team members. Troubleshoot and resolve software issues, including issues affecting live on-orbit operations. Participate throughout the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and architectural decisions through implementation, integration, testing, and deployment. Support integration and operations teams with software-related questions and issues. Contribute to architectural tradeoffs and engineering roadmap decisions. Work with real-time embedded systems involving both hardware and software, including low-level drivers. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of relevant hands-on engineering experience. Experience supporting software through the full development lifecycle, including design, implementation, integration, and testing. Experience with real-time embedded systems and low-level drivers. Hands-on experience developing, testing, and debugging hard real-time software using bare-metal or RTOS environments. Familiarity with embedded Linux, Linux kernel modules, and standard Linux tools. Strong programming skills in compiled languages such as C and C++, as well as scripting languages such as Python and shell script. Experience developing software for microcontrollers and embedded systems, including platforms such as Xilinx Zynq SoCs. Familiarity with software configuration management. Hands-on experience with laboratory equipment and electronics hardware, including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. Preferred: Strong systems architecture and engineering judgment. Demonstrated experience working on complex, safety-critical systems. Experience collaborating across software, FPGA, electrical engineering, and hardware teams. Experience working with satellite, aerospace, radar, or other mission-critical systems is beneficial, although prior space experience is not required. Benefits and Compensation: Base salary range: $145,920 to $191,047 per year. Total compensation may include base salary, bonus, equity, and additional benefits. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) matching. Unlimited paid time off and paid holidays. Parental and adoption leave. Legal insurance. Home technology stipend. Opportunity to work on flight software operating on satellites currently in orbit. Opportunity to contribute to IonQ's quantum-secured space network. Work within a small, senior, high-trust engineering team. Other Information: Work location: Louisville, Colorado, or San Francisco, California. Hybrid work is available, with the option to work remotely a few days per week. Travel: Up to 5%. Job ID: 1729. Candidates must meet applicable U.S. export control and government contract requirements. For relevant technical work, candidates may need to be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or otherwise eligible for required export authorizations. Quantum Jobs USA