Lead, Flight Software Engineer Verified today

The Role

Logos Space is building a Low Earth Orbit satellite system for enterprise and government connectivity. We need a Lead Flight Software Engineer to architect the core flight software for our mega constellation and lead the team that develops it.

This is greenfield work. You will own the full lifecycle of the software stack, from initial framework design to ensuring deterministic performance under the physical constraints of space. You need someone who has shipped mission-critical flight software and understands how to build for reliability.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement a modular, high-performance application software framework in Modern C++, optimized for multi-core ARM or RISC architectures.
• Develop on-board real-time logic for network orchestration, state control, and autonomous system recovery to ensure uninterrupted enterprise connectivity.
• Optimize memory utilization and determinism for high-throughput processing tasks across PREEMPT_RT, RTOS, or bare-metal targets.
• Implement and optimize high-performance data bus layers (e.g., MQTT) for interprocess orchestration across distributed subsystems.
• Integrate hardware and software across typical space payload interfaces: serial, CAN, Ethernet, etc.
• Architect an automated requirements-as-code verification strategy using Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators and CI/CD pipelines to ensure a flight-ready baseline.
• Design software emulations of complex subsystems to enable rapid iterative testing and validation of mission-critical network logic.

Requirements

• 10+ years in aerospace or high-reliability embedded flight software systems, with a track record of taking complex systems from architecture through on-orbit operations.
• Master-level proficiency in C and Modern C++ in multi-threaded, resource-constrained ARM or RISC environments.
• Deep understanding of distributed system architecture, software-defined networking, and middleware performance tuning.
• Expert-level command of DevOps and automation tools, CMake, Docker, and the GNU toolchain.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with high-speed networking hardware interfaces (e.g., Ethernet).
• Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and routing protocols.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Logos Space is an equal opportunity employer. Offers are contingent on the candidate's ability to access export-controlled information under U.S. law.