Flight Software Engineer — Real-Time Spacecraft Autonomy

General Galactic; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision, dental

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

General Galactic in Los Angeles designs, builds, and flies advanced spacecraft. As a Flight Software Engineer, you will own major portions of flight software, work with a focused technical team, and contribute to missions planned for 2026 and 2027.

You will develop, test, and deploy software for real-time systems, collaborate with propulsion and avionics, and help create the software framework and vehicle simulations that underpin our next generation of space missions.

Qualifications

• BS in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or similar degree
• 2+ years of software development experience
• Experience developing and debugging high-performance multi-threaded software for micro-service style architectures
• Understanding of basic network protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP)
• Experience working with and maintaining build systems (cmake, bazel)
• Demonstrated experience developing in a Linux environment with C/C++, Python
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment or similar
• First-principles approach to problem solving even with incomplete or partial information

Responsibilities

• Architect and trade solutions for core flight software services such as command and telemetry
• Mission and fault management, autonomy
• Closed-loop control of vehicle attitude, and propulsion systems
• Contribute to the development of General Galactic's real-time software framework
• Implement communication protocols for space to ground network systems
• Collaborate with propulsion and avionics engineers to support full product development lifecycles (bring up, validation, and test)
• Create and maintain clear and concise software documentation
• Collaborate with GNC engineers to integrate vehicle control algorithms
• Support troubleshooting of on-orbit assets and hardware-in-the-loop systems
• Design vehicle simulation frameworks to support trades on mission profiles and ConOps

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Multi-threaded software

Problem solving

Education

BS in computer science / engineering / aerospace

Tools

CMake

Bazel

Build systems

Job description

General Galactic in Los Angeles designs, builds, and flies advanced spacecraft. As a Flight Software Engineer, you will own major portions of flight software, work with a focused technical team, and contribute to missions planned for 2026 and 2027.

You will develop, test, and deploy software for real-time systems, collaborate with propulsion and avionics, and help create the software framework and vehicle simulations that underpin our next generation of space missions.