Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity.

Our mission: Deliver global omniscience.

To stay ahead of climate change, geopolitical risk, and other major crises and issues, we need a global understanding of what is changing, where, and how fast. Umbra provides easy access to the highest quality commercial satellite data available, which is an indispensable tool for the growing number of organizations monitoring the Earth. We empower our customers to create the solutions that inform, inspire, and address our planet's most pressing needs. We're helping to create a brand new industry that has never meaningfully existed before.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to play a key role in delivering embedded flight software for Umbra missions. In this role, you will be responsible for technical leadership, architecture, code development, system integration, documentation, and testing to ensure the successful deployment of mission-critical software. You will serve as a mentor and role model to junior staff, instilling not just good engineering practices, but good work methodologies. You will be engaged with the Chief Engineer, the senior members of the engineering team, and leaders in adjacent teams to support the full lifecycle from architecture through integration and testing.

This position is located onsite in our Santa Barbara, CA office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide seasoned technical leadership to cross-functional engineering teams to design, develop, and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant flight software.
• Work with customers and Systems Engineering to create requirements, and then architect and implement software solutions that meet those requirements, while managing interfaces between multiple spacecraft subsystems and ground systems.
• Champion cohesive, customer-centric system design by fostering alignment, shared ownership, and collaboration with ground software teams across the full system lifecycle, from development through operations.
• Develop command and control software for spacecraft flight operations, payloads, and peripheral electronics.
• Contribute to and lead test campaigns, including unit testing and automated tests at both subsystem and system levels.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for software operations and interfaces with hardware/software products.
• Present high level technical concepts simply and clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Drive success across the full software development lifecycle, including:
• Architecture
• Integration and Test considerations of the underlying systems
• Scalability and compatibility for multiple generations of systems deployed simultaneously
• Perform other professional duties as assigned.