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Intuitive Machines · 2 months ago

Embedded Flight Software Engineer - Lunar Terrain Vehicle

positionHouston, TX
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityEntry, Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff

Intuitive Machines is an innovative space company dedicated to making cislunar space accessible for exploration and commercial purposes. They are seeking qualified Flight Software Engineers to design, implement, and maintain flight software features for lunar missions, while collaborating with hardware design and development teams.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain flight software features and improvements
Analyze, test and perform I/O performance assessments upon integrated hardware/software solutions
Interface with hardware design and development
Draft unit/integration tests and coordinate high-level testing of features

Qualification

C/C++ developmentEmbedded developmentHardware/software integrationSerial communications protocolsPacketized communications protocolsGSFC Core Flight SoftwareDevice driver implementationsSpaceWire communications protocolLogging frameworksXUnit test frameworksWindows operating systemPOSIX-based operating systemsDocker containerizationAgile/scrum developmentGitflow configuration managementOrganizedMethodicalHigh quality outputPassion for spaceflightCommunication skillsProblem solving

Required

B.S. in physics or engineering domain
Experience in C/C++ development
Experience with hardware/software integration or Embedded development
Familiar with serial communications protocols (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, etc.)
Familiar with packetized communications protocols (IP/UDP, IP/TCP)
Organized, thorough and methodical approach to software quality and testing
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Capable of both high quantity and high quality output
Penchant for self-starting and problem solving
Ability to work in a fast paced, hard charging, high stakes environment
A passion for spaceflight

Preferred

Experience with GSFC Core Flight Software (CFS) framework
Experience with device driver implementations
Experience with SpaceWire communications protocol
Experience with logging frameworks and their architecture
Experience with xUnit compliant test frameworks
Experience with Windows and POSIX-based operating systems
Experience with Docker-based containerization
Experience in an agile / scrum development environment
Experience in Gitflow coordinated configuration management schemes

Company

Intuitive Machines

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Intuitive Machines is a space exploration company that provides infrastructure and services to support lunar and other space missions.
dateFounded in 2013
location
Houston, Texas, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://intuitivemachines.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$444.45M
Key Investors
Texas Space CommissionMaryland Department of CommerceNASA
2025-08-13Post Ipo Debt· $300M
2025-04-29Grant· $10M
2025-02-19Grant· $0.2M

Leadership Team

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Peter McGrath
Chief Financial Officer
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