Senior Network and Platform Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Cupertino, California; supporting TeraWave in the Greater Seattle Area. The role requires authorization to work in the United States.

Base pay: $248,830–$348,361.65 annually for California and Washington applicants; other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable space vehicles and systems and is building TeraWave, a multi-orbit satellite communications network for high-performance connectivity worldwide.

What you will do

• Design Linux platform infrastructure, including process management, initialization systems, and inter-process communication frameworks.
• Develop kernel modules, device drivers, and kernel subsystem changes for custom embedded satellite hardware.
• Bring up hardware prototypes with silicon, electrical, and RF engineering teams and optimize kernels for custom SoCs.
• Debug system performance, reduce context switching, and tune networking for satellite links.
• Implement secure boot, runtime security monitoring, and hardware-backed credential management.
• Own the software lifecycle from architecture and development through deployment aboard LEO satellites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related STEM field, or 10+ years of software development experience.
• At least 8 years of C or C++ experience in Linux or embedded environments.
• Deep Linux kernel knowledge, including driver development, memory management, and system-level debugging.
• Experience with GDB, perf, eBPF, and Buildroot, Yocto, Bazel, or comparable build systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.

Nice to have

• Infrastructure experience with large distributed systems or device fleets at scale.
• Rust or Python for systems tooling and automation.
• TCP/IP, UDP, Ethernet, Linux networking, and custom routing protocol expertise.
• Experience with mission-critical aerospace, automotive, medical, or other high-reliability systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot through assembly code and hardware-level diagnostics.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company matching of up to 5%.
• Paid parental leave, up to four weeks of paid time off, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Education Support Program and stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.