# Staff Software Engineer Clearance, Flight Software at Muonspace

- Company: Muonspace
- What the company does: Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
- Company website: https://muonspace.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Northern VA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $228K to $252K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/muonspace/jobs/5239398007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/muonspace-staff-software-engineer-clearance-flight-software/

## About the role

Muon seeks a Flight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile software developer with significant previous experience developing robust bare-metal / RTOS embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and test the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This role may be remote or located at our headquarters in San Jose, California.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering - Software