{"id":872814,"url":"https://alion.io/job/dcubed-flight-software-and-test-engineer","title":"Flight Software and Test Engineer","company":{"id":693625,"name":"Dcubed","domain":"dcubed.space","url":"https://alion.io/company/dcubed","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":null},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Denver, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":70000,"max":120000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":120000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"CMake","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-18T14:33:11Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-18","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T08:35:54Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":41,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":41},"description":"As a Flight Software & Test Engineer, you are responsible for the design, hands-on testing, implementation, and evolution of onboard flight software for Dcubed’s payloads and spacecraft. You define a robust flight software architecture covering mission logic, modes, data handling, communications, and autonomy, taking into account the constraints of space operations. You work closely with our Embedded Avionics Engineer, Systems Engineering, and Avionics Integration Team to ensure reliable, testable, and mission-ready software.\nWhat you will do\nDesign and own the flight software architecture for payloads and spacecraft\n\nDefine software concepts of operations (ConOps), mission modes and state machines\n\nImplement flight software covering:\n\nMission logic and mode handling (safe mode, commissioning, nominal, debugging, etc.)\nData acquisition, handling, storage, and downlink\nCommand handling and fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR)\nInterfaces to avionics hardware, sensors, and actuators\nAdapt and extend vendor-provided onboard computer software, and progressively reduce reliance on proprietary stacks\n\nDefine software interfaces and abstractions in close collaboration with avionics colleagues\n\nProvide recommendations to systems engineering\n\nHands-on software loading, testing, debugging, and validation in the lab and during integration\n\nDefine software-related documentation, interfaces, and test procedures\n\nAct as a Subject Matter Expert for flight software activities within the avionics and missions teams.\n\nMust-haves\nEducation: Bachelor's of Science in Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field\n\nYou can be newly graduated with experience in flight software, embedded software, or spacecraft software\n\nExperience developing software for space, aerospace, or other safety-critical systems\n\nExperience working in small teams\n\nTechnologies\n\nStructured programming (C/C++ / Python / CMake) with git, testing frameworks, CI\n\nExperience with ARM-based microcontrollers\n\nThe annual compensation for the role will be between $70 000-120 000, depending on the experience and skills of the selected person.\nAbout Us\nDcubed is a fast-growing NewSpace company headquartered in Germering/Munich which accelerates space exploration through durable and affordable space hardware. Our easy-to-use and readily available space mechanisms and subsystems (solar arrays, deployable structures) have flown over a dozen times to space and are used by many of the leading space companies in the world. We are an inclusive workplace where all are welcome (f/m/d).\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nDcubed is an Equal Opportunity (EO) employer and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected status under applicable law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2876,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-13T18:29:21Z"}],"liveness":{"score":28,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.512,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":40,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:45","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":120000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/dcubed-flight-software-and-test-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/dcubed-flight-software-and-test-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T01:34:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1201,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3799,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}