Job Description

Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc., a Terran Orbital company, is seeking a motivated Flight Software Engineer for our Irvine, CA location. Tyvak is a leading worldwide provider of nanosatellite and microsatellite vehicles, services, and solutions to Commercial and Government customers. As a flight software engineer, the candidate the will join a collaborative team to develop innovative nano-satellite vehicle solutions for multiple projects.

Tyvak is developing and flying some ground-breaking missions from rendezvous and docking of cube- and micro-sats to non-cooperative, proximity operations. We also have a host of other unique missions that range from Lunar landers, Mars scientific missions, synthetic aperture radar constellations, visual imagers, weather, and many others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain simple, reliable, and fault tolerant software
• Develop software for unique payloads including image processing, aero-braking, and propulsive lunar landing
• Write comprehensive unit and regression tests in existing frameworks
• Integrate and test software in simulation, flight replica, flight, and hardware-in-the-loop environments
• Work with multiple engineering teams to establish software requirements and design
• Work with multiple engineering teams to commission newly launched satellites

REQUIREMENTS

• B.S. in computer science or equivalent field
• 2-3+ years of experience developing C++ applications for embedded, high-performance, or critical systems
• Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Per the requirement of certain Tyvak facilities, applicant must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS/SCI Security Clearance and all special accesses required to work at such facilities.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Hands-on experience using ARM and Texas Instruments platforms for embedded systems
• Experience with Linux and GNU tools such as make, gcc, and debuggers such as gdb
• Experience with scripting languages such as bash and Python

BENEFITS

• Salary and benefits are market competitive.

• 100% PAID PPO MEDICAL BENEFITS PLAN FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES + FAMILY.

DISCLAIMERS:

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Terran Orbital/Tyvak is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, veteran status, disability status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.