Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States

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 and operated in-house.

What you will do

• Develop reliable firmware controlling spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operations throughout the mission.
• Own software design, development, testing, integration, verification, and validation.
• Capture requirements and perform initial design trades for open-ended spacecraft software problems.
• Write structured bare-metal, RTOS, or Linux-based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Build highly reliable and available software systems and provide flight operational support.

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 comparable safety-critical software.
• Experience developing and testing real-time embedded hardware and software systems.
• Development experience in C++ and a strong understanding of C++ language concepts.
• Must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States and qualify as a U.S. person for access to export-controlled technology under ITAR requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with safety-critical software, particularly in aerospace applications.
• Experience with additional programming languages such as Python or Rust.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, data structures, and computer networking.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on commercial space infrastructure and products manufactured in low Earth orbit.
• Work in an in-house environment with offices and a production facility where vehicles, equipment, and materials are built, integrated, and tested.
• Eligibility for incentives through stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace with employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and performance.