Star Catcher
Software Engineer - Embedded & Flight Systems
Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience developing embedded software for hardware-centric, real-time systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State; employment is also contingent on proof of eligibility to work in the US.
About the job
Develop and validate embedded software and flight-system interfaces for spacecraft payloads and subsystems supporting Star Catcher’s orbital power grid.
What you'll do
- Implement real-time embedded software, device drivers, middleware, and board bring-up support.
- Develop automated unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop tests; support fault-injection and environmental testing.
- Collaborate on hardware/software integration, communication interfaces, operational requirements, and architecture reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of professional experience developing embedded software for hardware-centric, real-time systems.
- Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems and experience with embedded processor architectures using an RTOS or bare-metal environment.
- Experience with hardware-software integration tools and Git; working knowledge of Bash/Python.
Nice to have
- Exposure to space flight software or radiation-mitigation strategies; Embedded Linux experience.
- Experience with FPGA/SoC architectures, mission-assurance standards, DevSecOps, embedded security, or release engineering.
Tools
C, C++, ARM Cortex-M, ARM Cortex-A, RISC-V, RTEMS, FreeRTOS, Python
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