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Tap Growth ai

Flight Software Engineer

Tap Growth ai
United States · Full-time · Entry

We're Hiring: Flight Software Engineer!

We are seeking an experienced Flight Software Engineer to develop, test, and maintain critical software systems for aerospace applications. The ideal candidate will have expertise in embedded systems, real-time programming, and aerospace software standards to ensure reliable and safe flight operations.

Location: Denver, United States

Work Mode: On-site

Role: Flight Software Engineer

Job Description

  • Design, develop, and test flight software solutions for real-time operating systems to address needs across a full satellite mission and lifecycle.
  • Develop within a flight software architecture supporting modular scalable flight solutions for Astroscale's missions.
  • Contribute to software system-level definition and concept of operations development, including system and sub-system requirements, interface definition, functional analysis, and trade studies as required.
  • Rapidly prototype software to prove out design concepts and participate in development of hardware-in-the-loop systems.
  • Collaborate with internal partner organizations and third-party organizations.
  • Assess software and system issues to find solutions, including across software-hardware interfaces.
  • Assist with system-level verification, validation, integration, and test planning and execution.

Qualifications

  • Professional experience developing C and modern C++.
  • Experience developing in Rust or an interest in learning it.
  • Familiarity with Python, Java, bash, Linux, and Git.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience with, or interest in, software/hardware integration.
  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field.
  • A strong desire to get your code in space.

Key Skills

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embedded systems embedded python linux java rust bash c
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Posted
Oct 22, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Entry
Location
Denver

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