Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software governing spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operations throughout the mission.
• Write structured bare-metal, RTOS-based, or Linux-based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Own software design, testing, and integration across the development lifecycle.
• Scope projects, capture requirements, and perform initial design trades for open-ended problems.
• Ensure software quality and performance through testing, verification, and validation.
• Collaborate with the team to communicate and solve problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering, or equivalent technical experience in safety-critical software.
• At least five years of experience developing spacecraft or similar safety-critical software.
• Experience developing in C++ with a strong understanding of its language concepts.
• Preferred: end-to-end spacecraft building and launch experience; real-time embedded systems development and testing; aerospace safety-critical software experience; CCSDS telemetry and telecommand experience; F' or cFS experience; Python or Rust experience; basic analog and digital electronics knowledge; and familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, and EtherCAT.

Benefits

• On-site role in El Segundo, California.
• Eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards.