Hiring: Staff Software Engineer Clearance, Flight Software Company: Climactic Location: Tazewell County, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 00:31:53 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : C, C++, CV, Embedded Systems, FPGA, Firmware, Linux, Protobuf, Python, RTOS, Rust, Security Clearance About the job Experience: •Operational familiarity with a Linux-based development environment •End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market. Required Skills: •Integral member of the team defining and building Muon’s satellite bus and payload platform •Translate concepts and requirements into design and working implementations, supporting through to on-orbit operations •Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs. •Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation •Provide technical leadership to key projects, organizing cross-functional teams to deliver mission critical capabilities •Develop application, platform, and driver functionality in our flight software environment and teach others how to use it •Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware •Develop technical strategy documents for an entire organization or multiple teams, including architectural patterns, shared libraries, and common services. Qualifications: •B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field •7+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment •Strong C/C++ programming, with some practical familiarity of other languages •Great embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses. •Integration and control of external hardware devices •Read and understand hardware data sheets •Excellent communication and presentation skills •This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. •1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. •1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process. Compensation: •$228,000 - $252,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Competitive benefits and rewards package •The salary range for this role is $228,000 - $252,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!