Albedo
Director of Software
Broomfield, CO · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$211k-$239kDetected 77 days ago
C++Embedded SystemsSystems EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach - in space and in business.
- We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly.
- We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team and company productivity.
Responsibilities
- Lead the software engineering organization - FSW, GNC, applied AI, ground - across approximately three to four teams of managers and ICs
- Own the integrated software performance of the satellite: deterministic flight software, control law implementation and verification, on-orbit and on-ground AI, and the command-and-control path
- Manage the simulation and HIL infrastructure that scales across the program and stays honestly flight-like
- Lead the closure of the GNC analytical-to-flight loop so that anomalies trace cleanly to model gaps or implementation bugs without ambiguity
- Develop technical leaders in each software domain (including domains outside your strongest) and resist the gravity to over-invest in your home discipline
- Partner with the Director of Hardware, Systems Engineering, and Program Management to make software a peer of hardware in the system
- Track record of building simulation and HIL infrastructure that caught real bugs before flight, and post-mortem discipline that changed the pipeline when bugs survived
Requirements
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62
- Experience leading heterogeneous software teams across domains you did not personally come up through
Skills
- Twelve-plus years in real-time embedded, GNC, or flight software, with at least four leading software engineering managers
Compensation
- $211,150 - $239,250 per year
- Compensation and Benefits for Full-Time Roles:
- Employee friendly equity compensation
- 4% direct matching 401k
- 12 company holidays
- Relocation package if not based in Denver
Benefits
- Employee friendly equity compensation
- Parental leave and childcare coverage
- Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
- $100 monthly wellness benefit
- Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
Company info
- Albedo takes a first-principles approach - in space and in business.
- We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company.
- We work hard and with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage.
Equal opportunity
- Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Albedo is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Relocation: Relocation support for this position is available
- #LI-Onsite
- Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Albedo, we'd rather hear from you. We care more about how you think than which boxes you check. We value people who do the math, make their assumptions explicit, and ask the annoying questions: what breaks, what's the failure mode, what has to be true for this to work? If that sounds like you, apply, even if you don't meet every line.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U
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