1d ago

Senior Flight Software Engineer

Long Beach, California

$154k-$211k / year

full-timesenioraerospace

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll own the design, development, and deployment of flight-critical software for autonomous deep-space missions, building robust embedded systems that control spacecraft from concept through flight. You'll collaborate across avionics, GNC, and mission operations teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration and support hardware-in-the-loop testing and mission simulations.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and test flight software for spacecraft command, control, and autonomy
  • Own full lifecycle software development: requirements to flight operations support
  • Collaborate with avionics, GNC, propulsion, and mission operations teams
  • Develop and execute verification and validation processes for flight safety

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 5+ years experience developing, testing, and delivering embedded or real-time flight software
  • Strong proficiency in C++ with memory management, concurrency, and embedded systems design
  • Experience with RTOS or Linux-based embedded development and system-level testing
  • Proven ability to scope open-ended problems and deliver high-quality, flight-ready software

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Experience developing software for spaceflight, launch vehicles, or planetary spacecraft
  • Familiarity with deep-space communication protocols and autonomy frameworks
  • Background in hardware-in-the-loop testing, embedded networking, or fault-tolerant design

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive salary and equity
  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Generous PTO and sick leave policy
  • ๐Ÿ‘ถ Parental leave
  • ๐Ÿ“š Annual learning and development stipend

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Callยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3Onsite Interviewยท 4-5 hours
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