OS Platform Engineer

2 months, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
DevOps and Infrastructure

K2 Space Corporation

K2 Space builds high-powered satellite platforms and satellite buses for missions across LEO, MEO, and GEO, emphasizing higher payload power, large payload mass, vertical integration, and in-house manufacturing.

Defense and Space Manufacturing
51-200
Founded 2022
$180M raised

Description

  • Create software architecture for real-time, fault-tolerant control of a 20kW+ spacecraft.
  • Maintain a custom real-time Linux distribution for internally developed computers.
  • Customize U-Boot to support secure rollback and authenticity validation throughout the boot process.
  • Curate device trees across multiple boards to enable use of hardware-specific features.
  • Create and use tools that enable rapid deployment of high-quality code.
  • Perform data analysis and anomaly investigation to identify and resolve software bugs.
  • Support integration and testing of spacecraft subsystems.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure that improves reliability for software development and testing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Development experience in Rust, C/C++, Python, VHDL, or SystemVerilog.
  • Fluency with Linux systems programming and driver development (preferred).
  • Experience building embedded Linux images with Buildroot, BitBake, or Yocto (preferred).
  • Experience building or working with hard real-time embedded systems, including bare-metal or RT Linux (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Precision Time Protocol (IEEE1588 PTP) (preferred).
  • Experience with spacecraft flight software development (preferred).
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery systems (preferred).
  • Basic knowledge of electronics, computer architecture, and control systems (preferred).
  • Experience with software verification and testing methods (preferred).
  • Experience with software and network performance analysis and debugging (preferred).
  • Experience with fault-tolerant software design and implementation (preferred).
  • Experience defining and creating test systems for hardware-in-the-loop and hardware-out-of-the-loop testing (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $160,000 to $200,000 plus equity.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Additional perks and benefits.

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