MK1 Lunar Software Development Engineer II (Flight Software)

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States. U.S. citizenship or nationality, permanent residence, refugee status, or asylum status is required.

Base pay for Washington applicants: $134,961–$188,945.40 annually. Other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, including Blue Moon lunar landers and related infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo to the lunar surface.

What you will do

• Support the design and development of MK1 lunar lander flight software and its test infrastructure.
• Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and iteratively develop applications and systems.
• Integrate and test avionics, flight software, and ground software.
• Diagnose and fix issues at unit, software-in-the-loop, hardware, and on-vehicle levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of embedded software development experience.
• Strong, active development skills in C, C++, and Python.
• Understanding of IP networking, communications protocols, and hardware drivers.
• Experience using and customizing CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab or Jenkins.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, refugee, or person granted asylum.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a related technical discipline.
• Experience deploying distributed systems across cloud and physical compute using Ansible, Terraform, GitLab, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Software/hardware boundary debugging, software verification, and simulation testbed development experience.
• Experience with mission operations, ground data systems, RTOS, BSPs, or aerospace systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-focused, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave, up to four weeks of paid time off, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• 401(k) with company matching up to 5% and an education support program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.