# Senior Embedded & Flight Software Engineer at Star Catcher

- Company: Star Catcher
- What the company does: Star Catcher is a space infrastructure company building a space-based energy grid that delivers power to satellites in orbit. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://star-catcher.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/star-catcher/jobs/4397575009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/star-catcher-senior-embedded-and-flight-software-engineer/

## About the role

Join our team of experienced and passionate space innovators driven to transform and expand humanity’s utilization of space. The creation of space-based power infrastructure is as impactful for space missions in the 2020’s and 2030’s as the advent of low-cost launch services was in the 2010’s. We seek individuals who share our passion for enabling people to do more in space and are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make our vision of the future reality.

## What they're looking for

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Experience: 7+ years of professional experience developing embedded software for hardware-centric, real-time systems, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects from architecture through deployment
- Technical Expertise:
- Experience developing software on ARM Cortex-M, ARM Cortex-A, RISC-V, or similar embedded processor architectures using Real-Time Operating Systems (e.g., RTEMS, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Zephyr) or bare-metal environments
- Strong understanding of standard embedded communication protocols and serial interfaces
- Familiarity with backplane-based embedded architectures (e.g., SpaceVPX, VPX, CompactPCI Serial) and integrating compute modules within a multi-board chassis system

Tags: Engineering