Flight Software Engineer III (Aerospace)

Location: Louisville, Colorado; must be local to the work location. Flexible for occasional telework.

Projected annual compensation: $92,978.75–$161,672.00.

Company

Orion Space Solutions, an hirify.global company, develops applied science, instrumentation, modeling, and data analytics solutions for space physics and the small satellite industry.

What you will do

• Lead the development, integration, and maintenance of flight and ground software for spacecraft payloads, sensors, and tooling.
• Develop embedded applications and algorithms for microcontrollers, processors, GPUs, and SoC devices.
• Maintain source control, configuration management, and CI/CD practices for software build, testing, and deployment.
• Participate in technical design reviews, code inspections, hardware-software integration tests, and performance analysis.
• Support flight software qualification and certification by preparing documentation and audit evidence.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers, scientists, program leads, and multidisciplinary development teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, computing, or a related field, with 5–7 years of relevant experience; equivalent requirements apply for MS and PhD candidates.
• Experience with space processing architectures using microcontrollers, processors, SoCs, and GPUs.
• Strong knowledge of embedded systems, operating systems, RTOS, and C, C++, Python, and Bash.
• Experience supporting software through requirements derivation, development, integration, and sustainment.
• Experience with Git-based source control and continuous integration and delivery systems.
• Familiarity with Podman, Docker, Docker Compose, TCP/IP, UDP, serial communication, routing, and message queues.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting defense, NASA, and commercial aerospace customers.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and their implementation in flight software and supporting systems.
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics, perturbations, and payload interactions with spacecraft attitude and environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with scientists, researchers, engineers, and business professionals.
• Health, life, disability, retirement, and savings benefits, depending on the position.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Learning and development opportunities and wellness programs.
• No security clearance is required.