# Staff Flight Software Engineer

We are looking to add a Staff Flight Software Engineer to our Internal Missions team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing software for leading-edge communications satellites, we would like to hear from you. In this position, you will be responsible for the CesiumAstro satellite flight software and software-in-the-loop testing through all stages of the development process. Your work will include developing software to monitor, test, and control spacecraft subsystems such as attitude, command and data handling, navigation, thermal, and power. The ideal candidate will be an experienced spacecraft software engineer, motivated to develop every aspect of space mission software from Linux-based satellite operating systems to low-level embedded products. You will work and learn from a cohort of senior and principal software engineers. You will use your experience to direct, mentor, and grow a team of motivated spacecraft engineers in the development of a new satellite system. As a CesiumAstro team member, you will work on a small team to develop satellites and put them in orbit. You will be responsible for software design to include initial arc

- **Id**: 3771816
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cesiumastro-staff-flight-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Westminster, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T19:01:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T15:29:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4597
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Embedded & Electronics Design, Satellite Communications, RF & Wireless Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 5315
- **Name**: CesiumAstro
- **Domain**: cesiumastro.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cesiumastro>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.615
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 47
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 158000
- **Max**: 189000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 189000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **NASA cFS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T21:49:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 47
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 189000
- **Is top pay**: no

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