Stealth Startup

Lead Flight Software Engineer

LocationEl Segundo, CA
Job Typefull_time

About This Job


About the Company:

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.


Job Overview

:

We’re seeking a Lead Flight Software Engineer to drive the architecture, development, and deployment of the embedded flight software stack for our first life saving system. You’ll be responsible for building a safe, secure, and performant flight software platform. As a founding engineering leader, you’ll shape not just the product, but the engineering culture, processes, and technical trajectory of the company.


Key Responsibilities:

Architect and implement real-time embedded flight software for guidance, navigation, and control systems

Own the full software lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, deployment, and field test
Interface with hardware, GNC, autonomy, and test teams to integrate firmware and flight software into a mission-ready stack
Lead code reviews, system simulations, and HITL testing
Develop fault-tolerant architectures and hardware abstraction layers that support rapid iteration without compromising safety
Guide build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and dev environments for embedded development
Mentor junior engineers and help scale the software team


Basic Qualification:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or realted
8+ years of experience writing real-time embedded software in
C/C++Experience leading development of flight software for aerospace, defense, or autonomous systems
Strong understanding of RTOS concepts, state machines, sensor/actuator interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), and control loops
Experience debugging on real hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD tools


Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline
Familiarity with GNC algorithms, simulation, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL)
Familiarity with Rust or Python for testing and tooling is a plus
Experience with embedded Linux and NVIDIA Jetpack
LinuxExperience with NixOS for reproducible image deploymentAp


ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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