Senior Flight Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States. The role requires U.S. person status and lawful authorization to work in the U.S. due to ITAR-controlled technology.

Salary: $169,067–$216,031 per year, plus potential stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing payloads, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses, built, integrated, and tested in-house.

What you will do

• Develop reliable flight software defining how spacecraft, satellite buses, and reentry capsules operate throughout missions.
• Write structured bare-metal, RTOS, or Linux-based embedded software in C++.
• Own software design, testing, integration, verification, and validation.
• Scope projects, capture requirements, and perform initial design trades for open-ended problems.
• Collaborate with the team to communicate, troubleshoot, and solve software and systems problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, or equivalent technical experience in safety-critical software.
• 5+ years of experience developing spacecraft or similar safety-critical software.
• Development experience in C++ with a strong understanding of C++ language concepts.
• Must be a U.S. person permitted to access export-controlled technology without an export license and lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice to have

• End-to-end experience building and launching a spacecraft.
• Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems and safety-critical aerospace software.
• Experience with CCSDS telemetry and telecommand systems.
• Experience with the F' or cFS framework.
• Experience with Python or Rust.
• Knowledge of basic analog and digital electronics.
• Familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, and EtherCAT.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an on-site production and engineering environment where spacecraft, equipment, and materials are built, integrated, and tested.
• Collaborate in a team focused on commercial space infrastructure and in-space manufacturing.
• Eligible for incentives through stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and performance in an inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace.