Senior Spacecraft Flight 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, integrated, and tested in-house.

What you will do

• Develop reliable flight software controlling spacecraft, satellite buses, and reentry capsules throughout complete missions.
• Write structured bare-metal, RTOS, or Linux-based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Own software design, testing, integration, verification, and validation.
• Scope projects through requirements capture and initial design trades for open-ended problems.
• Collaborate with the team to communicate, troubleshoot, and solve engineering 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++ and strong understanding of C++ language concepts.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR requirements.

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, F' or cFS frameworks, Python, or Rust.
• Knowledge of basic analog and digital electronics.
• Familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, and EtherCAT.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an on-site aerospace production and engineering environment.
• Collaborate with staff and leadership experienced at SpaceX, Blue Origin, pharmaceutical companies, and Silicon Valley organizations.
• Eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Employment is subject to U.S. work authorization, export-control access requirements, and E-Verify verification.