Flight Software Engineer Job Torrance area,California USA,Software Development

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

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.

Qualifications & Skills

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 Dev Ops 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.