1d ago

Flight Software Engineer

El Segundo, CA

โœจ $130k-$185k / yearest.

full-timemidaerospace

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll build and maintain the software that enables Matter's sensing systems to operate reliably in constrained environments, spanning embedded Linux, onboard data handling, and test infrastructure. Your core impact will be designing robust interfaces and debugging across hardware and software boundaries. This role offers the opportunity to shape flight software engineering culture at an early-stage company.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Design and implement flight software services for sensing payload operations
  • Build robust interfaces to hardware including drivers and protocol integrations
  • Develop software for embedded Linux environments like Jetson-class devices
  • Build data paths for collection, compression, storage, and downlink

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 2โ€“6+ years of professional flight or embedded software experience
  • Strong programming skills in Python and either C++ or Rust
  • Experience with multi-threading, memory management, and constrained-system design
  • Hands-on experience with CMake or Make and embedded Linux

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated test systems, and GitLab
  • Hardware-in-the-loop testing or simulation infrastructure experience
  • Onboard data path architecture under real-world constraints

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Unlimited PTO
  • ๐Ÿฅ Health Insurance
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Equity
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ 401k Matching
  • ๐Ÿš€ Early-stage impact

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3Team Fit Interviewยท 45 min
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