Flight Software Engineer (Spacecraft)

Location: Fully onsite in Torrance, California, United States; remote and hybrid work are not available.

Salary: $220,000–$300,000 annually

Company

Develops and integrates flight-critical software for autonomous spacecraft systems, including mission operations and vehicle-side embedded software.

What you will do

• Develop mission operations software for planning, executing, and monitoring missions in real time.
• Design, implement, and integrate flight software for spacecraft systems.
• Build ground software services for telemetry, command, data handling, and visualization.
• Develop embedded software for flight computers, sensors, and actuators.
• Define software interfaces and data models with avionics, propulsion, guidance, navigation, control, and systems engineering teams.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, simulation environments, and software-, hardware-, and environmental-testing activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• At least four years of experience in flight software, embedded software, or mission operations software.
• Experience with telemetry and command systems, mission control software, and space systems such as satellites, rovers, or launch vehicles.
• Experience developing embedded software for real-time or safety-critical systems.
• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing, fault-tolerant system design, DevOps practices, and automated testing pipelines.
• U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain or currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud-based ground systems or mission operations platforms.
• Experience working independently in small, fast-paced engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time direct-hire employment.
• Close collaboration across spacecraft engineering disciplines.
• Onsite work in Torrance, California.