Senior Flight Software Engineer (C++)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite position. Evening and/or weekend work may be required to support critical mission milestones. Employment is subject to U.S. export control requirements: the successful candidate must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $159,000–$220,000 USD per year in California.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space stations, spacecraft, satellite products, and space infrastructure for government, corporate, and private customers, including the Haven station program.

What you will do

• Create highly reliable flight software for Haven missions.
• Implement and integrate algorithms with GNC, Thermal, Propulsion, Power, and ECLSS disciplines.
• Develop driver-level code interfacing with onboard radios, sensors, and actuators.
• Develop and maintain telemetry and commanding systems for vehicle communications.
• Review code for adherence to best practices and established standards.
• Develop unit and integrated tests and establish a continuous integration framework for flight software.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional C++ coding experience.
• U.S. person status or eligibility for deemed export licensing is required for access to U.S.-controlled information and items.

Nice to have

• Experience with fault-tolerant and safety-critical software design.
• Software development experience for complex systems such as spacecraft, aircraft, or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience in continuous build and test environments and with embedded systems.
• Experience with satellite communications or telemetry systems.
• Hands-on experience with UART, CAN, I2C, SPI, and/or Ethernet TCP/UDP serial or network protocols.
• Understanding of Linux kernel software and drivers; network programming experience; and ability to work in a Linux environment.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, Atlassian Suite, Git, CMake, and GNU tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, cross-functional work across flight software and spacecraft engineering disciplines.
• Full-time employees receive equity, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and other discounts and perks.
• Exempt employees can receive 20+ vacation days and may cash out unused vacation annually.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, and dinner meals, with subsidized lunches and onsite barista service.