Staff Software Engineer, Flight Software

About The Role

Muon seeks a Staff Software Engineer to join our flight software team. The ideal candidate is an expert software developer with significant previous experience architecting and building robust bare-metal / RTOS embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will both set architectural direction for, and lead design, development, integration, and testing of much of the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites.

This position is based at our San Jose, CA office.

Responsibilities

Leading member of the team defining and building Muon’s satellite bus platform Define and architect design and execution against the basic concepts and

Requirements

of our missions to get the right software and firmware on orbit Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs.

and mission needs Define metrics aligned with critical company goals and enable the team to achieve aggressive goals Ensure effective software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies Mentor senior engineers

Qualifications

D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field 10+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment Strong C/C++ programming, with practical familiarity of other languages Great embedded systems fundamentals: distributed system architecture, resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses. Integration and control of external hardware devices Read and understand hardware data sheets Excellent communication and presentation skills Nice-to-have Skills Experience working in flight software or some closely related domain Rust and Python experience Knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc) Familiarity with a Linux-based development environment Experience with one or more of: embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture.

End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. About Muon Space Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance.

Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

Benefits

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including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short long term disability and life insurance.

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