Back-end Ground Software Engineer III (Aerospace)

Location: Denver, Colorado; U.S. employment eligibility required. Base pay: $150,931–$211,303 for Colorado applicants and $164,652–$230,512 for Washington applicants.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, including Blue Moon lunar landers and related infrastructure.

What you will do

• Design, implement, test, verify, deploy, integrate, and maintain mission-operations and safety-critical ground software for lunar spaceflight.
• Develop software for flight and ground-system integration, mission activity planning, telemetry processing and display, spacecraft health monitoring, fault detection, and operator training.
• Collaborate with space-vehicle, mission-control infrastructure, operations, and other multidisciplinary engineering teams to define requirements, architectures, and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes, coordinate system verification and qualification, and support pre-flight testing, mission validation, training exercises, spacecraft integration, and flight operations.
• Produce architecture, design, verification, user, and training documentation.
• Build and run unit- and system-level tests, validate software with Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.

Requirements

• B.S. or higher degree in software or an engineering-related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Proven software development experience in Python and/or Rust.
• Willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
• Experience across the full software engineering lifecycle, including system design, implementation and verification, system integration, and release.
• Skills in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable software architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux and basic Unix system administration.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Nice to have

• 3+ years developing software for critical applications such as aviation, spaceflight, nuclear power, or business-critical web services.
• Experience developing software for aerospace operations.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, services-as-code, and cloud technologies.
• Understanding of space-based communications protocols such as CCSDS.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices for software-system safety.
• Compliance experience with NPR 7150.2x.
• Experience with fault-tolerant software design, human-error assessment and prevention, and fault tolerance.
• Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, and an Education Support Program.
• 401(k) with company matching of up to 5% and stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Some roles and levels may include benefits or bonuses based on individual contributions and company factors.

Hiring process

• Employment is contingent on the required U.S. export-control eligibility and background checks.