Software Engineering Intern (Spacecraft Flight Software)

Location: Los Angeles; minimum 12-week internship performed in person at the HQ in Torrance, United States.

Salary: $30–$40 per hour; housing and travel stipend may also be available.

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms for commercial and U.S. government missions from low Earth orbit to deep space.

What you will do

• Create software architecture for real-time, fault-tolerant control of 20kW+ spacecraft.
• Develop software applications for propulsion, guidance and attitude control, thermal, power, and communications subsystems.
• Design and implement state machines for robust spacecraft operation.
• Build tools and infrastructure for rapid deployment, reliable development, and software testing.
• Perform data analysis and anomaly investigations to identify and resolve software bugs.
• Support spacecraft subsystem integration and testing, including actual on-orbit operations.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 6 months of technical engineering experience outside the university classroom, such as laboratory work, research, extracurricular projects, volunteering, personal projects, or prior work experience.
• Development experience in Rust, C, C++, or Go.
• Available for a minimum 12-week, in-person internship at the Torrance headquarters.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Spacecraft flight software development experience.
• Linux systems programming, driver development, and continuous integration and delivery experience.
• Experience with hard real-time embedded systems, including bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Knowledge of electronics, computer architecture, and control systems.
• Experience creating hardware-in-the-loop and hardware-out-of-the-loop test systems.
• Ability to collaborate with technicians, engineers, and managers.

Culture & Benefits

• Three-month internship in a highly collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment.
• Ownership of a software engineering project from end to end.
• Exposure to cyber-physical system simulators, satellite sensors and actuators, build systems, and GNC algorithms.
• Housing and travel stipend may be available.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and interview process.