Senior Flight Platform Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform the speciation, design, implementation, build and verification of Mission Critical Flight Platform Software aligned with ReOrbit’s software‐defined satellite philosophy.
• Perform thorough code reviews and contribute to architectural and design decision‐making of software.
• Contribute and support tool and infrastructure development and the engineering process evolution of the software team.
• Support mentorship of junior engineers, enhancing technical growth and capability within the team.
• Be able to communicate effectively with systems and test teams to troubleshoot defects and accelerate software integration.
• Skills and Requirements
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in embedded systems, distributed systems, or mission‐critical software
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded or real-time software, with solid software-design fundamentals including data structures, concurrency, and debugging
• Demonstrated expertise in core software engineering practices, including system architecture, code reviews, static analysis, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and observability/logging
• Solid knowledge of real-time systems, including scheduling, interrupts, concurrency, determinism, and efficient design for limited compute and memory resources
• Experience with spacecraft software, satellite operations, or aerospace systems
• Understanding of networking protocols, inter-process communication, or distributed autonomy
• Experience with security-focused software development for mission-critical systems
• Working at ReOrbit
• At ReOrbit, we are focused on building a strong team as we believe nothing can be accomplished without innovative, humble and curious minds working together on a common goal. We’re all about fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where equality and diversity are our strength.
• We offer
• Challenging but rewarding environment you will thrive if you are always reflecting on how to make things better. Your ideas will be heard.