Flight Software Engineer

Albedo•Denver, CO

22h•$115,250 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Be one of the Bedo 100 Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 200 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance & drag self-cleans debris. As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedoâs trajectory to proliferating VLEO â whether youâre advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next-gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day-to-day life here on earth. How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach â in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team & company productivity. We work hard & with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage. Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. Youâll join a team that has already proven what others said wasnât feasible and is now scaling & upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations. If you can feel the excitement running through your veins, apply to be one of the Bedo 100.

Requirements

Understand trade-offs when it comes to topics such as memory, processor capabilities, hardware offloading, latency/bandwidth, or build versus re-use.
Can use version control, such as Git (hint: we use it), and you might be pedantic about how you version your software (like using SemVer).
Demonstrate a core competency in one, or many, of the following: networking communication, distributed computing, Linux driver development, middleware frameworks, state machine modeling, real-time operating systems, software/hardware simulations, or pick your flavor of nerding out and tell us!
Most importantly, want to learn, and want to be challenged.
Have read all of this and are excited to apply!

Responsibilities

Work directly with avionics hardware to develop highly performant software in embedded Linux.
Benchmark our solutions to ensure weâre meeting our tight timing constraints.
Design software solutions that can communicate between real-time operating systems and embedded Linux.
Verify our software works end-to-end, from ground communication to spacecraft commanding.
Participate in integration and test campaigns to ensure our software is robust.
Assist in maintaining automated systems for CI/CD, both software-only and hardware solutions.