Lead Flight Software Engineer

Company: Motion Recruitment Partners LLC
Location: Boston
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Our client is an ambitious aerospace start-up developing cutting-edge flight systems to redefine the future of space access and exploration. Their team is passionate about building next-generation spacecraft, autonomous systems, and mission-critical technologies. If you thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment and want to make an outsized impact, we want to hear from you.As a Flight Software Engineer, you'll be at the heart of their mission-designing, implementing, and testing the embedded software systems that run on our aircraft vehicles. You'll collaborate across avionics, GNC, and systems engineering teams to bring real-time software to life for flight-critical systems.Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement real-time embedded flight software for aerospace systems.
• Develop and integrate drivers, communication protocols, and state machines on embedded targets.
• Interface with avionics hardware, including sensors, actuators, radios, and compute modules.
• Work closely with GNC engineers to support navigation and control algorithm implementation.
• Develop simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test infrastructure.
• Participate in rigorous testing, validation, and debugging of software in lab and field environments.
• Support launch and mission operations by providing on-call expertise during critical events.Required Qualifications:
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience developing embedded software for aerospace or safety-critical systems.
  • Proficient in C/C++ for real-time systems.
  • Strong understanding of RTOS or bare-metal firmware development.
  • Experience with software-hardware integration and debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.).
  • Familiarity with communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, etc.).Preferred Qualifications:
    • Experience with spacecraft or UAV flight software.
    • Familiarity with flight heritage software frameworks (e.g. NASA cFS, F Prime, or similar).
    • Experience with version control (Git), CI/CD, and issue tracking tools.
    • Exposure to fault-tolerant system design and redundancy architectures.
    • Familiarity with Linux development environments and scripting in Python or Bash.The Offer:
      • Competitive salary and equity package.
      • Flexible work hours and remote-friendly culture (depending on role).
      • Opportunity to shape the future of a growing aerospace start-up.
      • Hands-on work with cutting-edge aerospace systems and real-world flight missions.
      • A collaborative, high-impact, no-ego team environment.
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