Senior Flight Software Engineer, Albedo
$145.5-168k
+ Equity
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High-resolution satellite imagery
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High-resolution satellite imagery
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$145.5-168k
+ Equity
More information about location
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
- Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks
- Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture
- Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one
- Have strong fundamentals in embedded Linux, including kernel concepts and system-level debugging
- Have hands-on experience with Yocto, Linux boot flows, device trees, and root filesystem configuration
- Are fluent in C/C++, comfortable with Python, and have working knowledge of CMake (bonus points for Rust)
- Understand how drivers interact with hardware through interrupts, DMA, and memory-mapped I/O
- Can read datasheets, trace problems across the stack, and methodically get to root cause
- Use version control like Git without thinking twice (and yes, we use GitLab)
- Thrive on a tight-knit, cross-functional embedded team that values ownership, humility, and momentum
- Are willing to step outside your comfort zone and tackle the problem that needs solving today
- Familiarity with OMG DDS is a plus
What the job involves
- You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling & upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations
- Work directly with avionics hardware to develop reliable embedded Linux flight software
- Support board bring-up and system integration alongside senior and staff engineers
- Configure and maintain BSPs, device trees, bootloaders, and root filesystem builds (Yocto)
- Design, implement, and review Linux kernel drivers for FPGA IP and third-party FPGA cores
- Extend existing kernel drivers to meet performance, reliability, and timing constraints
- Debug low-level issues involving interrupts, DMA, memory-mapped I/O, and concurrency
- Create and execute test plans covering kernel, system integration, and application workflows
- Contribute to and review modern C++ (C++23) application-layer flight software
- Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, integration testing, and deployment workflows
- Ensure flight software scales across runtime environments—from desktop faster-than-real-time, to processor-in-the-loop, to hardware-in-the-loop
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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