Staff Flight Software Engineer (Spacecraft)

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

Base salary: $165,000–$290,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority.

What you will do

• Design, develop, integrate, and test flight software for spacecraft computers and processing units.
• Integrate complex guidance, navigation, and control algorithms with flight software.
• Define and maintain command and telemetry databases for ground and on-orbit testing and missions.
• Collaborate with the ground command-and-control software team on spacecraft operations.
• Develop command scripting, spacecraft sequencing, subsystem model simulators, device drivers, and communications protocol libraries.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field, with 6+ years of low-level firmware architecture, design, and development experience.
• Experience developing low-level device drivers and safety-critical systems.
• Experience with embedded RTOS, such as RTLinux or Azure RTOS.
• Knowledge of protocols including Ethernet, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS422, and RS485.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Ability to maintain or obtain TS/SCI clearance and meet U.S. Government ITAR eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical field and 12+ years of flight software experience for space applications.
• Experience with version control, continuous integration and delivery, embedded Linux, UDP, and TCP/IP.
• Experience with embedded systems tools, microcontrollers, application processors, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers.
• Application experience in robotics, automation, motor control, or sensor fusion.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across spacecraft design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and flight.
• Innovation- and speed-oriented engineering environment.
• Health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• 401(k), parental leave, and equity compensation.