Pixxel - Senior Flight Software Engineer - C C

Role : Senior Flight software Engineer.

Employment Type : Full Time.

Educational Qualification : An engineering degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent qualification.

Work Experience : 7+ years of demonstrated applicable experience in embedded software development using C and C++.

Role Description for designing, developing, and testing onboard flight software for satellite systems, ensuring reliable performance in space missions.

Works closely with avionics, systems, and mission operations teams to integrate, validate, and optimize software for critical flight operations.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Own flight software application code or algorithm model from design to implementation and qualification.
• Lead algorithmic-firmware-systems integration effort.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Document associated algorithms/systems and maintain relevant codebase.
• Own simulation and test setups (HILS/SILS) to qualify flight software.
• Set up processes wherever appropriate.
• Enable verification and release of flight software via HILS testing facilities.
• Understand and convert algorithm models/State machine models into production-ready code.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of algorithms on hardware and recommend strategies to optimize algorithm performance.
• Participate in design reviews, FMECA, and drive RCA efforts after testing.
• Give transparency to the wider program and stakeholders on current status, any blockers and
  
  

accommodate any discussions which can unlock current or future blockers.

• Facilitate team planning activities (e. stand-up, retrospectives, sprint planning).
• Identifying project risks and taking steps to avoid potential pitfalls and pivot where necessary to keep development on track.
  
  

Desirable Skills & Certifications

• Software development within a Linux environment / RTOS.
• Experience writing embedded software within a multi-threaded/multi-processor environment.
• Familiarity with formal verification and validation test processes, requirement gathering and review, test
  
  

plan/procedures specification and assessment, and test results analysis and review.

• Experience with code certifications, continuous integration and delivery, static analyzers, test automation, and flight simulators.
• Knowledge/ Experience in the following is a plus Yocto, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, NASAs F Prime Framework .
• Experience in GNC Systems.
  
  

Candidate Acumen

• Strong expertise in developing and testing embedded flight software with a deep understanding of real-time systems.
• Proven ability to collaborate across avionics, systems, and mission teams to deliver reliable, mission-critical solutions.
  
  

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours.
• Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit.
• Relocation assistance.
• Professional Mental Wellness services.
• Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India).
• Employee Stock Options for all hires.
  
  

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company and spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging.

The companys first three commercial hyperspectral satellitesFirefliesdeliver imagery at 5-meter resolution and 135+ spectral bands, providing 50x richer detail than traditional Earth observation systems and unlocking insights across agriculture, climate, energy, environment, and more.

Once fully deployed, Pixxels constellation of 18-24 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability.

Pixxels most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrating every layer of the value chain from satellite hardware and manufacturing to AI-powered analytics.

Pixxels satellite constellation is complemented by Aurora, its in-house Earth Observation Studio that simplifies satellite imagery analysis and democratises remote sensing for all.

Designed to make hyperspectral data more accessible, Aurora by Pixxel combines high-frequency imagery

with AI-powered tools to generate actionable insights, even for users without technical backgrounds.

The third pillar of Pixxels ecosystem is its in-house satellite manufacturing capability.

Beyond building its own spacecraft, Pixxel also provides satellite systems and subsystems to other organisations.

This dual capacity sets it apart in a sector where most companies focus on either payload design or data operations, but not both.

Pixxels team is young but deeply mission-aligned, with a culture rooted in curiosity, speed, and long-term thinking.

As the company grows its constellation and expands Aurora, the focus remains on making space-based insights practical, scalable, and genuinely helpful so that the health of the planet becomes measurable and action becomes possible.

Pixxel was the only Indian startup selected for the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles and has been recognised in TIMEs Best Inventions of 2023, Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies, and Via Satellites Top Innovators list.

(ref:hirist.tech)

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