Intern, Flight Software

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:  

The Flight Software Team is responsible for creating and maintaining the software for our fleet of Dove, Superdove and Skysat satellites. We also build tools, payload software, radio software and work on next generation initiatives. As a member of the FSW team, you will be working on our next generation embedded systems for our future fleets of earth observation satellites. You will also be contributing to system design initiatives and helping drive our technical roadmap. This will involve working with a broad variety of disciplines, including our top-notch RF, electrical design and mission control teams!

Impact You’ll Own:

• Design, develop, test and debug software for our existing and future fleet of satellites, including software for embedded microcontrollers and FPGA related systems
• Develop code for RTOS based controllers
• Develop code for close integration with the satellite hardware
• Develop and improve our build and testing infrastructure
• Implement metrics to track and improve software quality and maturity

What You Bring:

• Familiar with code practices and solving concise SW problems
• Excellent collaborative design and coding skills, including a hunger for learning new things
• Programming experience in C / C++. Additional experience in systems languages such as Java, C#, Rust, Swift, Go, python is a plus
• Python programming experience
• Familiar with Linux OS system
• Familiar with open-source development tools (GCC, make) in a Linux environment
• Familiar with IDE for code development
• Familiar with DVCS such as git or mercurial

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with previous aerospace projects or cubesats
• Experience in the mobile, networking, medical, robotics, IoT, or similar embedded device industries
• A track record of leveling up rapidly in new, challenging areas
• Experience with FPGA development
• Knowledge of industry standards for software quality practices
• Cool side projects, great life stories, robot ownership

Benefits While Working at Planet:

• Comprehensive Health Plan
• Wellness program and onsite massages in specific offices
• Flexible Time Off
• Recognition Programs
• Commuter Benefits
• Learning and Development Reimbursement
• Parental Leave
• Offsites and Happy Hours
• Volunteering Benefits

Compensation:

The US hourly rate range for this position at the commencement of employment is $35 - $40.  Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.  The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only.  Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Why we care so much about Belonging. 

We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate  north star of Belonging, dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work with diversity, equity and inclusion.  If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply!  At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from