Senior Space Flight Software Engineer II

Talentify; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to help design flight software for space systems. You will develop mission-critical embedded software for high-performance payloads and contribute to multithreaded architectures that run in austere environments.

Join a team delivering advanced space hardware, leverage FPGA/CUDA exposure, and work under ITAR considerations while pursuing a U.S. government clearance. This is a hands-on role with broad impact on future missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering.
• 8+ years of embedded software engineering experience.
• Experience designing complex multithreaded applications.
• Experience designing flight software.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role supporting the development of payload flight software for Space Systems programs.
• Focus on deployment of algorithms into austere, power-constrained sensor systems.
• Participate in all aspects of software design and development from requirements to deployment.
• Drive core software fundamentals of performance-oriented programming.
• Be part of a team delivering space missions with impact.

Skills

Multithreaded design

Flight software

Python

MATLAB

CUDA

FPGA

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering

Tools

FPGA

CUDA

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Rocket Lab in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to help design flight software for space systems. You will develop mission-critical embedded software for high-performance payloads and contribute to multithreaded architectures that run in austere environments.

Join a team delivering advanced space hardware, leverage FPGA/CUDA exposure, and work under ITAR considerations while pursuing a U.S. government clearance. This is a hands-on role with broad impact on future missions.