Flight Software Engineer

Role Overview

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded flight software for spacecraft control and operations.
• Integrate and validate software in simulation, flight-replica, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments.
• Define software requirements, interfaces, and designs with systems, electrical, GNC, test, and mission engineering teams.
• Support spacecraft commissioning, flight operations, anomaly resolution, and post-launch software updates.

What It Takes

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2–3 years of embedded or real-time software experience in mission-critical systems.
• Working proficiency in C/C++ and knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages.
• Familiarity with RTOS, bare-metal programming, or Linux-based embedded systems.
• Understand reliability, deterministic timing, concurrency, and resource management in constrained environments.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NASA cFS, F´, or custom flight software frameworks.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering and interface-control documentation.
• Knowledge of CCSDS, SpaceWire, or MIL-STD-1553 spacecraft communication protocols.

Location and Travel

• Position is onsite at the headquarters in El Segundo, California.
• Domestic travel may be required for up to approximately 20% of the year.

Compensation

• Annual base pay range is $120,000–$150,000 USD.
• Equity-based compensation and performance-based bonus opportunities are offered.

Benefits

• Benefits include 401(k) matching, paid time off, paid holidays and winter break, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.