Principal Software Engineer- Flight Systems
remoteprincipal$160K – $195K
via Ashby
About this role
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER – SPACE SYSTEMS
LOCATION: GREATER DENVER, CO (ON-SITE 3–5 DAYS/WEEK)
SALARY: $160K–$195K + BONUS + BENEFITS + RELOCATION
A fast-growing space-technology company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and development of ground and flight software for lunar and deep-space missions. This is a high-impact role influencing technical direction across multiple mission programs.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead architecture decisions and guide software best practices across the organization.
- Develop flight software (cFS, embedded Linux), ground systems (Python, modern web frameworks), and cloud/embedded ML or autonomy systems.
- Own full lifecycle delivery: requirements, development, testing, integration, and ops.…
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