Senior Flight Software Engineer – Satellite Systems
ionqLouisville (CO)
Senior Flight Software Engineer – Satellite Systems
Posted yesterday
ionqLouisville (CO)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Capella Space, now part of IonQ's space business, is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to write software for our satellite fleet in orbit. You will collaborate with EE, FPGA, and ground software engineers to design, build, and evolve flight code for a growing constellation.
You bring 5+ years of hands-on experience with real-time embedded systems, C/C++, Python, and embedded Linux, and you will shape the team's engineering roadmap while ensuring safety-critical reliability in live operations.
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