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Founding Flight Software Engineer

Orca Aerospace

On-site · San FranciscoFull timeListed 1mo ago
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Orca AerospaceAI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicleFounding Flight Software Engineer$100K - $200K•0.25% - 2.00%•San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)Job typeFull-timeRoleEngineering, Embedded systemsExperience1+ yearsVisaUS citizen/visa onlySkillsC++, Python, LinuxConnect directly with founders of the…

What you will do

  • Write and test flight software for our onboard operator stack.
  • Run software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing against flight-representative targets.
  • Integrate our stack with the flight software platforms our customers already fly.
  • Work across the boundary between our software and customer avionics.
  • Have direct influence on the architecture while it is still being set.

What they are looking for

  • 1+ years of experience

Before you apply

  • Location requirement: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
C++PythonLinuxEmbedded systems
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Experience: Experience shipping embedded or flight software (C/C++); comfort with real-time systems and hardware in the loop (HITL); experience working with AI coding tools.

Write and test flight software for the onboard operator stack, conduct software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and integrate with other flight software platforms.

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