Senior Flight Software Engineer - Spacecraft & Launch

NGARE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Gilmour Space Technologies is seeking a senior Flight Software engineer to join our team near Brisbane and the Gold Coast. You will collaborate with Software Engineering to plan work, act as Responsible Engineer for flight software, and potentially serve as Technical Authority for the Chief Engineer.

The role leads small product teams and requires DO-178C familiarity and high reliability software experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software, CS, electronics, or mechatronics engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in embedded software design engineering (non-internship).
• 3+ years end-to-end embedded software product development.
• NV1 Security Clearance eligible.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a Software Engineering team to deliver products and services.
• Serve as Responsible Engineer for flight software products and conduct assessments.
• Fulfill role of Technical Authority on behalf of Chief Engineer when required.
• Lead small product teams quarterly and contribute to software designs and processes.
• Follow product development processes including requirements, design, verification, validation.
• Support unit and integration testing, troubleshooting, and issue resolution; travel to remote sites possible.
• Support architecture development and execution of the software team.
• Coordinate with other engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Ensure activities adhere to policies and procedures.

Skills

Embedded Software

Strong Collaboration

Leadership

Security Clearance NV1

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software/CS/electronics/mechatronics

Tools

C/C++

Python

RTOS

FPGA (VHDL/Verilog)

Embedded Linux

DO-178C

GDB

CI/CD

Git workflows

Job description

Gilmour Space Technologies is seeking a senior Flight Software engineer to join our team near Brisbane and the Gold Coast. You will collaborate with Software Engineering to plan work, act as Responsible Engineer for flight software, and potentially serve as Technical Authority for the Chief Engineer.

The role leads small product teams and requires DO-178C familiarity and high reliability software experience.