Flight Software Engineer III (Blue National Security)

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates, and up to 20% travel may be required.

Base pay for Colorado applicants: $150,931.00–$211,303.05 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, including spacecraft and launch systems for national security missions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, integrate, and test real-time embedded flight software for spacecraft and launch vehicle avionics using C and C++.
• Translate system and software requirements into robust, flight-quality code with systems, avionics, GN&C, and test engineers.
• Contribute across the software lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, code review, verification, and deployment.
• Debug software in Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop environments and investigate anomalies.
• Develop unit, integration, verification, validation, and automated regression tests.
• Support configuration management, launch operations, mission readiness reviews, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance is required.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylees.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• At least five years of embedded software development experience and proficiency in C and C++ for embedded or real-time systems.
• Working knowledge of real-time operating systems such as Yocto Linux, VxWorks, RTEMS, or FreeRTOS.
• Familiarity with embedded software verification, debugging, and communication protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, or TCP/IP.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.
• Python experience for test automation, scripting, or tooling.
• Experience developing safety-critical or mission-critical flight software for satellites.

Culture & Benefits

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