Flight Software Engineer II (Embedded)

Location: Onsite near Denver, Colorado or Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $90,000–$155,000 base salary per year, plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for U.S. and allied space-security missions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, integrate, and test flight software for spacecraft computers and processing units.
• Integrate GNC algorithms with flight software and collaborate with the ground C2 software team.
• Define and maintain command and telemetry databases for testing and mission operations.
• Develop spacecraft command scripts, sequencing, subsystem model simulators, device drivers, interfaces, and communications protocol libraries.
• Participate in code reviews and flight software architecture discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in low-level firmware architecture, design, and development.
• Experience with low-level device drivers and safety-critical systems.
• Experience with embedded RTOS such as RTLinux or Azure RTOS, plus familiarity with Ethernet, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS422, RS485, UDP, and TCP/IP.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and at least one of Rust, Zig, or Python.
• Must be able to maintain or obtain TS/SCI clearance and meet U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility for required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical field.
• 2–4 years of flight software development or production experience for space applications.
• Experience with version control, continuous integration and delivery, embedded Linux, microcontrollers, application processors, and embedded development tools.
• Debugging experience using oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
• Experience with robotics, automation, motor control, or sensor fusion.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across spacecraft design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and flight.
• Health, dental, vision, and HRA/HSA options.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), and parental leave.
• Equity compensation.