Stratolaunch
Senior Flight Software Engineer
$120K–$206K
Mojave, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 20, 2026
- Experience
- Sr: 5-10 years of engineering experience; Staff: 10-20 years. Either level allows an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship may be required for some positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
About the job
Develop, integrate, and test flight software for an autonomous hypersonic test vehicle across system development, ground testing, and flight testing.
What you'll do
- Develop flight and subsystem software, including components that interface with and control vehicle sensors and effectors.
- Support software architecture, automated verification and validation, hardware testing, and vehicle-system integration.
- Collaborate on requirements and solutions, provide technical guidance, and support design or analysis.
What they ask for
- Experience with real-time embedded software development.
- Experience with serial communications, software testing, and computer networking, including protocols such as RS422 and UDP/TCP.
- C++ 2014 and Python; experience with real-time operating systems and proficiency with version control tools.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Nice to have
- Flight computer or vehicle management computer software development, testing, and integration.
- Agile methods, safety-critical design standards, hardware-in-the-loop testing, Linux, circuit design, TS/SCI clearance, or familiarity with Jira, Bitbucket, Matlab/Simulink, or LabVIEW.
Pay
$120,500-$158,000 USD base salary; $157,000-$206,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++ 2014, Python, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, Linux, Git, Bitbucket, RS422
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