Team Lead - Flight Software - Electron

Location: Auckland, New Zealand; based at the Auckland Production Complex. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for space missions.

What you will do

• Lead a team of five engineers developing, maintaining, and supporting Electron flight software.
• Set long-term objectives and deliver reliable flight software for launch vehicle and spacecraft avionics.
• Lead development for embedded avionics computers, ground communications, avionics simulations, and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Approve software requirements, architecture designs, and backlog readiness; write code, unit tests, and documentation.
• Reduce software and vehicle risk through trade studies, technical decisions, and early risk identification.
• Develop engineers through one-to-ones, performance reviews, training, coaching, and clear feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent knowledge.
• 5+ years of experience in a software engineering-related discipline and leadership experience in a software team with critical deliverables.
• Strong C/C++ development skills and embedded software development experience.
• Linux application development and networked application development experience.
• Experience with Git and Jira or another issue tracker.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical topics to less experienced colleagues.

Nice to have

• Linux kernel development experience.
• Scrum methodology experience.
• FPGA development experience.
• Python experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work across software, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and flight data.
• Fast-changing environment with evolving requirements and tight delivery deadlines.
• Emphasis on ownership, teamwork, rigour, and balancing speed with quality.
• Background and nationality checks are required before employment offers for New Zealand roles.
• Access to regulated equipment and data is subject to applicable ITAR eligibility requirements; eligible nationalities include Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, European Union, and NATO countries, subject to the stated restrictions.