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Software Engineer; to consider

Job in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 80161, USA
Listing for: SpaceNews
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-25
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, C++ Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 105000 - 170000 USD Yearly USD 105000.00 170000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Software Engineer (Willing to consider all levels)

Where dreams and reality collide and the output is, out of this world. At Redwire Space, we are a team of dreamers and doers. Where the impossible becomes possible, and every day is an opportunity to learn and get one step closer to knowing the unknown. Join us on our mission to expand humanity's presence in space.

Summary

Redwire Space Missions LLC, in Littleton, CO is seeking a Software Engineer (willing to consider all levels) to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for the design, development, integration, and testing of software for spacecraft avionics and mission systems. This role includes ownership of software modules throughout their lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through coding, verification, and delivery.

You will work closely with systems, electrical, and test engineering teams to implement reliable flight and ground software for mission success.

Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and verify software solutions to meet system specifications including performance requirements.
  • Work with the team to author / conduct software static and dynamic analysis.
  • Work with the team to draft and release relevant software documentation such as requirements specifications, design specifications, and design documents.
  • Work in parallel with software and hardware engineers to develop and deliver complete embedded system solutions
  • Define system-level hardware and software interfaces
  • Write interface specifications for external sub-systems
  • Review hardware schematics to design and develop interfacing software applications
  • Participate in hardware and software trades
  • Develop software test procedures and associated test suites for unit, system, and regression testing
  • Support integrated systems testing
  • Attend project and subsystem engineering and management meetings when requested
  • Report on design and production status weekly to project manager(s)
  • Communicate issues and concerns to team members and managers and support planning to resolve technical, schedule, safety and cost issues
  • Follow basic design standards provided by to ensure acceptable performance.
Ideal Experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field, with 5+ or more years of related experience designing and developing software for high reliability embedded systems using embedded Linux or RTOS
  • Experience with Nasa Core Flight System Framework and OpenC3/Cosmos
  • Familiarity with spacecraft avionics interfaces and protocols (e.g., MIL-STD-1553, CAN, Space Wire, RS-422, Ethernet).
  • Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN) and issue-tracking tools (JIRA, Confluence).
  • Experience with operating systems fundamentals such as schedulers, network stack, file system & memory management.
  • Software architecture, memory mapping, caching, DMA and interrupts experience.
  • Highly experienced in C, C++, Ubuntu, RHEL and dotnet applications.
  • Some limited travel.
  • Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance.
Desired Skills
  • Active Security Clearance preferred
  • Familiarity with Buildroot development toolchain.
  • User and proponent of Agile methods.
  • Experience with RTOS and/or Embedded Linux device drivers and bootloaders.
  • User and proponent of Agile methods.
  • Experience in aerospace software system design and implementation
  • Excellent communication skills.

Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.

For Colorado Positions Pay Range

$105,000 - $170,000 per year

How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)

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