CareerPlan

Senior Flight Software Engineer

Long Beach, CAFull-time$159k–$220k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10
On-siteNo visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Develop fault-tolerant, safety-critical flight software for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations and integrate code with avionics hardware.

Role type

Senior IC flight software engineer (space systems)

Builds

Flight software for Haven missions and Vast Satellite products

Domain

Aerospace / Space infrastructure / Embedded systems

Required skills

C++ (5+ years), fault-tolerant software design, embedded systems, Linux kernel drivers, serial protocols (UART, CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet), network programming, unit/integrated testing, continuous integration

Preferred skills

spacecraft/autonomous vehicle software, satellite communications/telemetry, oscilloscope/logic analyzer usage, Atlassian Suite, Git/Cmake/GNU tools

Technologies

C++, Linux, UART, CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, TCP/UDP, JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence, Git, Cmake, GNU tools

Responsibilities

Create highly reliable flight software for Haven missions; integrate flight code with avionics hardware; assess and critique code in reviews; develop driver-level code for radios, sensors, and actuators; develop and maintain Telemetry and Commanding Systems; establish continuous integration framework

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC