Flight Software Engineer, Albedo
$150k
US Citizenship is required
High-resolution satellite imagery
Job no longer available
High-resolution satellite imagery
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$150k
US Citizenship is required
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make exquisite imagining available to the world to generate new possibilities for innovation and market growth.
Role
Who you are
- Understand trade-offs when it comes to topics such as memory, processor capabilities, hardware offloading, latency/bandwidth, or build versus re-use
- Can use version control, such as Git (hint: we use it), and you might be pedantic about how you version your software (like using SemVer)
- Demonstrate a core competency in one, or many, of the following: networking communication, distributed computing, Linux driver development, middleware frameworks, state machine modeling, real-time operating systems, software/hardware simulations, or pick your flavor of nerding out and tell us!
- Most importantly, want to learn, and want to be challenged
- Have read all of this and are excited to apply!
What the job involves
- At Albedo our mission is to bring 10-cm imagery to the masses, and as our Senior Flight Software Engineer, you’ll be playing a critical part in our software development, verification, and roadmap to the future!
- Work directly with avionics hardware to develop highly performant software in embedded Linux
- Benchmark our solutions to ensure we’re meeting our tight timing constraints
- Design software solutions that can communicate between real-time operating systems and embedded Linux
- Verify our software works end-to-end, from ground communication to spacecraft commanding
- Participate in integration and test campaigns to ensure our software is robust
- Assist in maintaining automated systems for CI/CD, both software-only and hardware solutions
Our take
There’s a lot of funding going into satellite startups at the moment, given how useful the technology can be across a wide spectrum of fields, from agriculture to natural disaster management and insurance. Albedo is one of a number of companies looking to break into the market, but it’s facing plenty of competition from the likes of Atlas Operations and Outpost.
However, Albedo is aiming to raise industry standards by developing satellites that can fly twice as close to Earth as that of its competition, and capture imagery at a resolution that’s almost ten times higher than what’s currently available. And its on its way to doing so, becoming the very first company to receive a license to sell this quality of imagery in 2021.
Though only founded in 2020, it has experienced remarkable growth, doubling its headcount in 2023 and expanding its operations with a state-of-the-art facility in Broomfield, Colorado and most recently, raising substantial funding to propel it even further forward. As Albedo continues to secure investments, it is strategically channeling its resources into bolstering its team and further enhancing its satellite constellation. With this rapid expansion and commitment to innovation, Albedo has every reason to be excited about the promising future that lies ahead.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$100m
SERIES B
Jan 2024
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $193.2m
Company benefits
- 4% direct matching 401k
- Remote-friendly, asynchronous culture with flexible working hours
- Comprehensive medical insurance: health, dental, vision, mental health
- 20 paid vacation days, your from Day 1; 12 company holidays
- Monthly wellness and childcare reimbursements; generous parental leave
- Company on-sites and team retreats for in-person relationship building
Company HQ
Civic Center, Denver, CO
Leadership
Topher Haddad
(Co-Founder & CEO)Before co-founding Albedo they worked for Lockheed Martin as an Optical Systems Engineering Lead.
AJ Lasater
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously spent almost ten years at Lockheed Martin as a Systems Engineer and Systems Architecture Manager.
Winston Tri
(Co-Founder & CPO)Co-founded and was the Lead iOS Developer of events app Ping Social. Worked for Facebook as a Software Engineer before co-founding Albedo.
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