Real-Time Spaceflight Simulation Engineer

Virgin Galactic; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Virgin Galactic in New Mexico is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, integrate, and maintain high-fidelity flight simulation environments supporting pilots, engineers, and Mission Control. You will work directly with pilots, flight-test personnel, and aerospace engineers to translate requirements into simulator capabilities across real-time, embedded systems.

The role sits at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, with Las Cruces as the primary residential community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and real-time/embedded systems.
• Experience with complex software/hardware interfaces and networked systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, test, and maintain flight simulation software.
• Develop real-time C/C++ simulation applications and interfaces to hardware.
• Integrate models, avionics, and cockpit hardware into simulation environments.
• Support data acquisition, visualization, and distributed simulation synchronization.
• Troubleshoot software, network, and simulator integration challenges.
• Collaborate with pilots, engineers, and Mission Control to translate requirements into capabilities.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time systems

Embedded systems

Networking (TCP/UDP)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Git

Wireshark

Docker

Job description

Virgin Galactic in New Mexico is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, integrate, and maintain high-fidelity flight simulation environments supporting pilots, engineers, and Mission Control. You will work directly with pilots, flight-test personnel, and aerospace engineers to translate requirements into simulator capabilities across real-time, embedded systems.

The role sits at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, with Las Cruces as the primary residential community.