About EraDrive

EraDrive builds autonomy software and hardware that let spacecraft see, decide, and act with minimal human supervision. Our software is already flying on multiple satellites. Era-Node is our autonomous software+hardware payload for optical positioning, navigation and timing, and we are growing the team that will build its flight software.

The role

You will own the architecture, implementation, and verification of Era-Node’s flight software. You will work closely with GNC engineers and embedded software engineers and you will be the technical authority on how the flight software is structured, built, tested, and updated.

What you will do

Define the flight software architecture, including the framework or executive it is built on, and document the reasoning

Design the core services: command and telemetry, data management, event and message handling, timing, and health monitoring

Design and implement fault detection, isolation, and recovery procedures, including mode management and safe-mode behavior

Define and maintain interface control documents for Era-Node’s integration with the host spacecraft and onboard avionics

Maintain the continuous integration pipeline and software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop test environments

Set coding standards for deterministic, bounded-resource flight code and enforce them in CI

Package and integrate the software with the host platform, working alongside the GNC engineers who own the algorithm flight code and the embedded engineers who own hardware-to-software interfaces

What you bring

5+ years of professional experience in flight software for satellite buses or satellite payloads

Strong C++ and C skills on embedded Linux, including PREEMPT_RT or comparable real-time configurations, device drivers, and boot and update flows

Hands-on experience with a flight software framework (for example cFS or F´), or with designing command and data handling software from scratch

Experience with fault management, telemetry and command design, and interface control documents

Experience with software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing

Comfort reading and integrating research-grade code written by scientists and engineers

Clear technical writing and communication skills

Bonus

Experience with space environment effects on software, such as radiation-induced faults and mitigation

Familiarity with CCSDS standards

Experience integrating star trackers, cameras, or precision timing hardware

Background in orbital mechanics or spacecraft GNC