Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. Power the future of Space at Star Catcher Star Catcher is building the first energy grid in space to power the orbital economy. Today's spacecraft must generate all of their own power, which caps what they can do and how long they can operate. But what if they could "plug" into a grid, the way buildings do on Earth? Instead of cables and outlets, Star Catcher is building the technology to wirelessly beam energy to spacecraft's existing solar panels when and where they need it. Be an early member of a team building an entirely new energy infrastructure at scale to power the next frontier. Star Catcher Industries, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida, has an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer - Embedded & Flight Systems to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. Key Responsibilities
- Lead flight software architecture across programs and co-own cross-domain system interfaces with hardware, FPGA, and systems leads.
- Own full software development lifecycle execution for flight software, including requirements flow-down and decomposition, allocation to design, hardware/software integration, design verification and qualification, transition to production, and fielded product support.
- Set Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) strategy, watchdog mechanisms, redundancy management, and health monitoring standards.
- Contribute to software development standards, coding practices, and institutional knowledge as the team grows.
- Mentor embedded/flight software engineers and lead design reviews.
- Participate in software requirements development, verification, validation, and design reviews to ensure complete traceability from requirements through flight qualification.
- Maintain software quality through code review and unit and integration testing