Lead Flight Software Engineer - Spacecraft Systems

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an Aerospace Software Engineer to join the Flight Software group. You will design and implement high‑reliability C++ software for launch vehicles and spacecraft, leading a small team through all development stages.

You will help develop, test, and integrate flight software, collaborating with other engineering groups, and using Python to build internal tools. Strong OOD/C++ skills and RTOS/Linux familiarity are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or software engineering.
• Excellent understanding of OOD and C++.
• 7+ years’ experience in software engineering.
• Familiarity with RTOS, software, and Linux.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Master’s degree in CS or software engineering.
• Understanding of data path pipelines and arithmetic operations.
• 7+ years’ aerospace software engineering or related position.
• Experience deploying and using CI/CD pipelines for C++.
• Ability to understand and disposition C++ static analysis results.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on the Flight Software Team to develop, design, test, and integrate flight software.
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of high reliability C++ software.
• Perform work on time, meeting all functional and performance requirements.
• Work closely with other engineering groups for program success.
• Adhere to the Aerospace Software Engineering Group’s processes and best practices.
• Support vehicle testing and operation events, including launch.
• Design, implementation and maintenance of internal software tools using Python.

Skills

C++

Object-Oriented Design

Python

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Real-time systems

Linux

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Master’s Degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Linux

Job description

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an Aerospace Software Engineer to join the Flight Software group. You will design and implement high‑reliability C++ software for launch vehicles and spacecraft, leading a small team through all development stages.

You will help develop, test, and integrate flight software, collaborating with other engineering groups, and using Python to build internal tools. Strong OOD/C++ skills and RTOS/Linux familiarity are required.