Embedded Firmware Engineer

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

As the first Embedded Software Engineer at Reflect, you will architect, write and implement embedded flight software for our initial vehicles. You will invent new technologies as well as re-use time tested aerospace components to rapidly build a reliable, ruthlessly simple, low-cost system. Your work will establish successful communication with, control, update, and ultimately troubleshooting of the vehicle in-mission, and as such, comes with significant responsibility. Beyond the first mission, you will be able to scale your initial architecture into Reflect’s next vehicles that we intend to produce at scale.

• Architect and implement the flight software for Reflect’s first satellite, including selecting and implementing operating systems, mission management software, command and data handling, and communication software.

• Write software that works the first time, is easily validated, modular, and can be easily introspected.

• Deliver highly reliable, fault tolerant and remote-updatable software systems that are robust to the LEO environment.

• Collaborate with avionics engineers on component and processor selection and electrical system architecture.

• Implement and/or integrate software for electromechanical components such as star sensors, ADCS, motors, battery manage systems, thermal systems, communication systems, sail deployment mechanism, and cameras.

• Design embedded software systems to readily support satellite subsystem hardware testing.

• Design embedded software for ease of validation and implement tests, including unit tests, software simulation and HIL/flatsat.

• Set best practices and lead by example in software development, version control, release and validation processes.

• Experience implementing C and/or C++ software on autonomous electromechanical systems such as robots, autonomous vehicles, drones or spacecraft.

• A strong understanding of software design and architecture for high reliability systems, including design for fault tolerance, validation, remote operation and update.

• Experience architecting high-reliability electromechanical systems, either independently or in collaboration with avionics engineers.

• Experience operating and learning from a deployed electromechanical system.

• You thrive with a high level of independence and autonomy, and collaborate gladly. You understand when is the right time for deliberation and when is the right time to build quickly and let the work speak for itself.

• Reflect is building a revolutionary low-cost high-scale satellite for the new space age. You will not overly rely on pattern-matching from outdated aerospace technologies, and strive to seek and invent new solutions enable massive scale at 1/10th the cost and time.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.

• Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy

• Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K

• Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year encouraged

• Healthy lunches provided daily
  

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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