Careers

Role

You would be responsible for developing flight software and firmware to support a variety of upcoming Orbit Fab missions. You'll perform coding, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting of systems and software throughout our development process. Your technical duties involve the design and development of new software products throughout the product lifecycle. A major emphasis will be on reliable software that will perform safety critical functions for a payload in orbit.

Responsibilities

• Develop critical flight software for Orbit Fab's technologies.

• Architect, plan and implement software/firmware solutions for system communication and coordination to meet mission CONOPS.

• Implement and test software to ensure compliance with systems requirements.

• Assist in overall system design and development, providing input to key decisions and reviews from a software perspective.

• Perform documentation of the structure and functionality of flight software.

• Directly interact with the customers, both government and commercial.

• Manage software project/tasks and interactions with contractors and vendors to meet the needs of the project.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or MS degree from an accredited engineering school and three (3) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience.

• 5+ years of demonstrated applicable experience in embedded flight software development, including:

  • C/C++ Programming.

  • Experience with developing code on ARM Cortex processors.

  • Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) or with Embedded Linux.

  • Low-level communication protocols to hardware interfaces.

• Experience integrating hardware actuators and sensors and performing hardware-in-the-loop development.

• Expertise working in a diverse, multidisciplinary team environment that includes business communication and diverse engineering disciplines.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen/Person and able to successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice to Have

• • Experience managing and growing engineering teams.

  • Ability to manage, mentor, and retain a team of talented software engineers.

  • Experience with radiation effects as well as writing software for radiation environments.

  • Experience in a startup or agile development environment.

  • Experience with MATLAB, Python, and Linux.

  • Experience with software development tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence.

  • Familiarity with software related to spacecraft command and telemetry handling.

  • Familiarity and expertise with control theory and closed loop hardware control.

  • Experience with FDIR, anomaly resolution, code coverage, PIL/HWIL/SIL

If you feel you would succeed in the role above, we encourage you to apply regardless of whether or not you meet all of the requirements listed.

The estimated salary range for this position is $120,000-160,000

Location and Benefits

Orbit Fab is based out of Lafayette, Colorado and all roles are based in Colorado. We offer fully covered benefits, discretionary time off and flexible work hours.

Eligibility

To conform to US Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident of the US, protected individual as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the US Department of State.

Orbit Fab Inc does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.