A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.
Description
Reusable launch systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. A strong and secure foundation is just as important to a rocket’s structure as it is to a rocket’s software. Your primary responsibility will be building and securing Stoke’s vehicle operating system used across the fleet. This OS will be used on several different hardware architectures and deployment regimes including the rocket, test stands, and pad infrastructure. The team will look to you as the expert in your OS, kernel, and drivers. You must stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly.
Responsibilities
- Clean sheet creation of an embedded Linux operating system
- Contribute back to the open source community
- Work with fleet team to package the OS for over the air updating
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar
- Experience with embedded Linux creation via Yocto/Nix/Buildroot/Arch
- 2+ years of experience of OS, driver, or system level development
- Experience with Linux kernel tailoring, specifically PREEMPT_RT
- Familiar with custom device tree blobs
- Familiar with Wireshark/tcpdump and the network stack
- Familiar with bootloaders like GRUB, UEFI, U-Boot, and coreboot
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with bare metal deployment and orchestration
- Experience in Rust
- Worked in open source community projects
- Worked with industrial automation or safety critical systems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off
- Flexible scheduling
- Equity
Compensation
Target Levels:
- Level 2 Range: $117,600 – $176,400
- Level 3 Range: $147,000 – $220,500
- Level 4 Range: $183,700 – $275,600
Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.
Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Equal Opportunity
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, citizenship, immigration status, or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices, including hiring.
Employment at the Company is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks, and on your ability to prove your identity and authorization to work in the U.S. for the Company. Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements, and, therefore, they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.
Separate from this I-9 process, this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.
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