Senior Flight Software Engineer — Space Station Systems

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 159,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Meals provided

Job summary

Vast in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to craft fault-tolerant software for Haven missions. You will integrate flight code with avionics hardware and help drive a safety-critical software stack used on space stations.

Requirements include a BS in CS/EE and 5+ years of C++ development, with embedded systems and Linux driver experience. You will join a mission-focused team delivering next-generation space infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering required.
• 5+ years of professional C++ development experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable flight software for Haven missions.
• Integrate flight software with avionics hardware and subsystems.
• Review code for fault tolerance and safety-critical standards.
• Develop driver-level code for radios, sensors, and actuators.
• Maintain Telemetry and Commanding systems for vehicle comms.
• Create unit/integration tests and CI frameworks.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Tools

UART

CAN

I2C

SPI

Ethernet TCP/UDP

Linux drivers

Job description

Vast in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to craft fault-tolerant software for Haven missions. You will integrate flight code with avionics hardware and help drive a safety-critical software stack used on space stations.

Requirements include a BS in CS/EE and 5+ years of C++ development, with embedded systems and Linux driver experience. You will join a mission-focused team delivering next-generation space infrastructure.