Flight Software Engineer
Yochana
Torrance, California, US
About the Role
The Role
Client is seeking a Flight Software Engineer. As part of our early engineering team, your scope of work will focus on developing and integrating the flight software stack end-to-end - spanning ground-side mission operations tools, and vehicle-side embedded software. You'll work closely with avionics, GNC, and systems engineers to help bring our vehicle from concept to flight.
Key Responsibilities
Client is seeking a Flight Software Engineer. As part of our early engineering team, your scope of work will focus on developing and integrating the flight software stack end-to-end - spanning ground-side mission operations tools, and vehicle-side embedded software. You'll work closely with avionics, GNC, and systems engineers to help bring our vehicle from concept to flight.
Key Responsibilities
- Build mission operations software - the ground tools that plan, execute, and monitor missions in real time.
- Develop and integrate flight software for the vehicle - from architecture and implementation to test and flight readiness.
- Develop ground software services for telemetry, commanding, and visualization.
- Write embedded software for flight computers, sensors, and actuators.
- Collaborate with avionics, propulsion, and GNC teams to define software interfaces and data models.
- Contribute to flight software CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and simulation environments.
- Support software-in-the-loop testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, environmental testing, and flight campaigns.
- B.S. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical, or other sciences and/or physics based degree
- 4+ years of experience in systems and mission operations software
- Experience with ground software, mission ops, or telemetry/command systems.
- Experience with space systems - rovers, satellites, launch vehicles, etc.
- Familiarity developing embedded software for real-time or safety-critical systems (aerospace, robotics, automotive, or similar).
- Exposure to DevOps for embedded systems and automated testing pipelines.
- Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop, fault tolerance, and safety-critical standards.
- Experience with cloud-based ground systems or mission control software
- Ability to work independently and in small, fast-moving teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop mission operations software
- Develop and integrate flight software for the vehicle
- Write embedded software for flight computers, sensors, and actuators
Qualifications
- B.S. in CS/CE/EE or related field
- 4+ years in systems and mission operations software
- Experience with embedded real-time or safety-critical systems
Required Skills
embedded software
real-time systems
flight software
CI/CD
simulation environments
Keywords
flight software
embedded systems
ground software
mission operations
HIL
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