K2 Space
Flight Software Engineer
$123K–$170K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience as an alternative to the listed bachelor’s degree; no separate years requirement stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or equivalent via 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Develop and verify real-time, fault-tolerant flight software that controls spacecraft subsystems and supports reliable spacecraft operation.
What you'll do
- Design software architecture and state machines for real-time, fault-tolerant spacecraft control; develop subsystem control applications and microcontroller drivers.
- Analyze data and investigate anomalies, support subsystem integration and testing, and build tools and infrastructure to improve software reliability.
- Verify software using software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulators and support deployment on spacecraft.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
- Development experience in C/C++ or Rust.
Nice to have
- Experience with spacecraft flight software development.
- Experience with hard real-time embedded systems (bare-metal or RTOS), Linux systems programming and driver development, or software verification and testing.
Pay
$123,000 - $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
Rust, C/C++, Linux, RTOS
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