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Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer

Darwin Recruitment • United States
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Own and develop the flight software architecture for custom satellites, leading from design through hardware testing. Build and maintain core system functions including telemetry, time stamping, scheduling, and bus communications. Requires 5+ years of hands-on flight software experience with Python, C/C++, embedded Linux, and FPGA/GPIO interface skills.

Key Highlights
Own flight software architecture from design to hardware testing
Lead development of telemetry, time stamping, scheduling, and bus communications
Interface software with FPGAs, GPIOs, and manage memory integrity
Manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines and run test campaigns on flatsat and flight units

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Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain the spacecraft flight software architecture, adding components and protocols for mission specific payloads
Own core system functions including telemetry collection, precise time stamping, rate group scheduling and bus communications
Write drivers and logic to interface with FPGAs and GPIOs, and make volatile versus non volatile memory decisions that protect data integrity
Develop boot behaviours, partition swapping logic and fail safe recovery modes
Manage the codebase and CI/CD pipelines in GitLab
Run test campaigns on flatsat testbeds and flight units
Provide technical direction to other engineers and work across teams to integrate subsystems with the main compute element
Technical Skills Required
Python C C++ embedded Linux

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Benefits & Perks
Medical, dental and vision paid by the company
Flexible vacation
401k matching
Holiday pay
Pregnancy, family and military service leave
Interview travel and relocation covered

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Nice to Have
FPrime or cFS
Memory management, file systems and bootloader development
Clean room and ESD experience
Advanced degree in a relevant field

Job Description

Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer


Los Angeles, California | Full time, onsite | Relocation supported

We are working with a spacecraft technology company in Los Angeles that designs and builds custom satellites for government and prime contractor customers. Small engineering team, funded, with hardware already flying. This is a hands on ownership role, not a supervisory one.

The role

You will own the flight software architecture and take it all the way through to test on real hardware.

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Job Overview
Posted Nov 09, 2026
Employment Full-time
Experience Not Applicable
Location United States
Category Programming
Company Darwin Recruitment
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