Founding Flight Software Engineer — Embedded A&D, On-Site

ACE Partners; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Partners in Torrance, CA seeks a founding Flight Software Engineer to define and own the flight software architecture for a seed-stage space startup. You will tackle GN&C, autonomy stacks, and integration with radiation-hardened hardware, delivering robust embedded code for real-world space operations.

The role demands deep C/C++Experience on RTOS, bare metal, or embedded Linux, with hands-on board bring-up, drivers, and bootloaders. On-site, equity upside, US person required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years writing embedded flight software that has flown.
• Deep C/C++ on RTOS, bare metal, or embedded Linux.
• Board bring-up, drivers, bootloaders – hardware/software boundary work.
• Fault tolerance in radiation environments: watchdogs and scrubbing.
• Hands-on coder, not a V&V reviewer.

Responsibilities

• Define flight software architecture for the system.
• Own integration of hardware/software stacks and bring-up on the flight computer.

Skills

Embedded flight software

C/C++

RTOS

Bare metal

Embedded Linux

Board bring-up

Device drivers

Radiation-tolerance

Job description

ACE Partners in Torrance, CA seeks a founding Flight Software Engineer to define and own the flight software architecture for a seed-stage space startup. You will tackle GN&C, autonomy stacks, and integration with radiation-hardened hardware, delivering robust embedded code for real-world space operations.

The role demands deep C/C++Experience on RTOS, bare metal, or embedded Linux, with hands-on board bring-up, drivers, and bootloaders. On-site, equity upside, US person required.