Principal Flight Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States. The role involves access to ITAR-controlled information and items; the successful candidate must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Base salary: $200,000–$240,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms for commercial and U.S. government missions from low Earth orbit to deep space.

What you will do

• Create software architecture for real-time, fault-tolerant control of spacecraft exceeding 20 kW.
• Develop applications controlling propulsion, guidance and attitude control, thermal, power, and communications subsystems.
• Design and implement state machines for robust spacecraft operation.
• Build tools and infrastructure for rapid deployment, reliable development, and software testing.
• Perform data analysis and anomaly investigation to identify and resolve software defects.
• Support spacecraft subsystem integration and testing, including software- and hardware-in-the-loop verification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline, or 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Development experience with Rust, C/C++, Python, VHDL, and SystemVerilog.
• Experience developing and verifying software for real-time, fault-tolerant embedded systems.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Spacecraft flight software, Linux systems programming, driver development, or hard real-time embedded systems experience.
• Experience with CI/CD, software verification, performance analysis, debugging, and state machines.
• Knowledge of electronics, computer architecture, control systems, and Extended Kalman Filters.
• Experience creating hardware-in-the-loop and hardware-out-of-the-loop test systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to develop software for large spacecraft operating across multiple orbits and demanding missions.
• Work across GNC algorithms, flight applications, embedded software, operating systems, HDL, and test systems.
• Equity in the company.
• Paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Non-traditional career paths and cross-stack engineering experience are encouraged.