Staff Flight Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $158,000–$189,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Design and implement software for integrated mission systems, including satellites, ground stations, and mission operations centers.
• Architect, develop, code, test, debug, and document space system software across the development lifecycle.
• Develop and integrate low-level and high-level software, including microcontroller software, drivers, board support packages, applications, and data-management interfaces.
• Review code and system designs, analyze efficiency and stability, and support software quality assurance and I/O performance optimization.
• Integrate and validate product designs, assess third-party and open-source software, and support customers after production and during in-orbit operations.
• Present engineering design reviews, contribute to proposals, interface with hardware engineers, and mentor junior team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
• At least 8 years of software development experience with a bachelor’s degree or 7 years with a master’s degree.
• Experience developing multiple flight software systems and troubleshooting software and hardware systems.
• Hands-on programming experience in C or C++ and experience integrating open-source software into integrated systems.
• Strong understanding of multithreaded applications, resource management, configuration management, defect tracking, and peer review.
• U.S. export-control eligibility and on-site work in Westminster, Colorado are required.

Nice to have

• Aerospace product, satellite operations, or mission data systems experience, including COSMOS.
• Experience with NASA’s cFS flight software framework, ARM processors, and fully featured microcontrollers.
• Experience reading electronics schematics and component data sheets.
• Experience designing and developing a Software Development Kit.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, dynamic, and cross-functional work environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Opportunities to collaborate and develop across the organization.