HawkEye 360 provides space-based radio-frequency signals intelligence data and analytics for defense, intelligence, and national security customers.
<p><span class="TextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW174395351 BCX8">HawkEye</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> 360 (HE360)</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> is seeking a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> to join the Space team in Herndon, Virginia. You will</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">develop flight software that powers our</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">spacecraft and </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW174395351 BCX8">payloads, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW174395351 BCX8"> working</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> directly with flight hardware from driver-level code through integrated system </span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW174395351 BCX8">functionality</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW174395351 BCX8">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> This role offers the opportunity to directly influence mission success by</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">architecting, implementing, testing, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">optimizing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> software that flies </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW174395351 BCX8">on-orbit</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">Reporting to the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">Spacecraft Bus </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">Lead, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">you'll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> contribute to critical spacecraft systems including </span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW174395351 BCX8">on-board compute</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW174395351 BCX8">r</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> flight software</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> (OBC</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> FSW</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">), radio communications, command & telemetry, and payload operations. This role is ideal for an engineer with proven spacecraft flight</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174395351 BCX8">software experience who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys solving complex technical problems.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW174395351 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Your main responsibilities will be:</strong></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Design and implement flight software in C/C++ for critical spacecraft functions including radio communications, onboard computer (OBC) systems, telemetry, command handling, payload tasking, and autonomous fault protection.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop and integrate low-level embedded drivers for spacecraft subsystems across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Support hardware bring-up and system integration, debugging interactions between software, processors, FPGAs, sensors, radios, and payload electronics.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Conduct unit testing, integrated software testing, and hardware-in-the-loop verification to ensure reliability before launch.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Build and maintain Python and C/C++ tools for ground support equipment, automated testing workflows, and data processing.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"46977