Principal Flight Software Engineer

Lead Flight Software EngineerDenver - HybridWe’re recruiting a Lead Flight Software Engineer for a space company developing and operating spacecraft across commercial, government and science missions. You’ll combine hands-on C++ development with technical leadership, mentoring a team of five engineers and improving how flight software is built and tested.What you’ll doDevelop and architect application-level flight software across spacecraft subsystems.Guide engineers on modern C++ design and implementation.Improve testing practices, processes and technical direction.Support missions through development, launch and on-orbit operations.The role is expected to be roughly 50% hands-on engineering and 50% team development, with the balance changing as projects require.What you’ll bringExperience developing flight software for spacecraft, beyond low-level firmware alone.Strong modern C++ skills and experience with concurrent or multithreaded systems.Experience working across multiple spacecraft subsystems.The ability to mentor engineers and work effectively with changing priorities.Full lifecycle flight-software experience is valuable. Years of experience are not a fixed threshold the breadth and impact of your work matter more.If you are interested please apply ASAP.