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This is why you are going to love this role:
As a Flight Software Engineer, you are responsible for the design, implementation, and evolution of onboard flight software for Dcubed USA’s payloads and spacecraft. You will define robust flight software architectures, covering mission logic, modes, data handling, communications, and autonomy, taking into account the constraints of space operations. You will work closely with the global avionics team, including avionics hardware engineers, systems engineering, and project management to ensure reliable, testable, and mission-ready software.
What you will be doing:
Design and own the flight software architecture for payloads and spacecraft systems
Define software concepts of operations (ConOps), mission modes, and state machines
Implement flight software covering: mission logic and mode handling (safe mode, commissioning, nominal, debugging, etc.); data acquisition, handling, storage, and downlink, command handling and fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR); interfaces to avionics hardware, sensors, and actuators
Adapt and extend vendor-provided onboard computer software, and progressively reduce reliance on proprietary stacks
Define software interfaces and abstractions in close collaboration with avionics colleagues
Provide recommendations to systems engineering
Support software testing, debugging, and validation in the lab and during integration
Define software-related documentation, interfaces, and test procedures
Act as the primary technical owner for all flight software activities within the avionics team
This is what you will bring to the table / must-haves:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
2-5 years of professional experience in flight software, embedded software, or spacecraft software
Experience developing software for space, aerospace, or other safety-critical systems
Experience working in small few-people teams
Technologies
Structure programming (C/C++ / Python / CMake) with git, testing frameworks, CI
Experience with ARM-based microcontrollers
Experience with CAN, RS-485, Ethernet and other common avionics data interfaces
Understanding of space software constraints
Fluent English
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be a US person (citizen or Green Card holder/permanent resident, or protected individual).
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range:$120,000 – $140,000 per year (based on experience and qualifications)
Competitive health insurance (medical, vision, dental)
Flexible PTO and sick leave
Discounted Pet Health Insurance
401(k), plus company matching
Generous parental leave
Hybrid work flexibility when applicable
Premium Coffee and Beverage Bar at the office
Dog friendly office environment
Team events
Opportunities for professional growth with a rapidly scaling aerospace company
Equal Opportunity Employer
Dcubed is an Equal Opportunity (EO) employer and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected status under applicable law.
At Dcubed, we enable the future of space missions with high-performance, flight-proven release mechanisms and deployable structures. From cutting-edge Release Actuators to scalable Deployable Solar Arrays and innovative Deployable Antennas, our technologies are designed for user friendliness, availability, and reliability — whether for smallsats in LEO or large missions to Moon, Mars and beyond.