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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026.

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Intuitive Machines built the Nova-C lander that made the first commercial Moon landing. Its work covers lunar delivery, orbital services and space infrastructure. The company is publicly listed and based near the Johnson Space Center.

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Lanteris Space LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, is currently seeking a Principal Embedded Flight Software Engineer to join our team in our Palo Alto, CA offices. This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S. with periodic visits to our Palo Alto location. In this role, you will work on a variety of challenging projects including NASA’s Artemis program, the Power Propulsion Element.

Intuitive Machines is a leading space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks, and operates infrastructure-as-a-servicefor commercial, civil, and national security customers. With a proven track record across the space domain, the Company, through organic growth and portfolio expansion, has built over 300 spacecraft, delivered over 260 kilograms of payload to the lunar surface, and provided precision navigation expertise that has guided spacecraft across our solar system.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement software for embedded Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS).
  • Develop, document, and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for flight software systems.
  • Develop software verification plans, unit level and open loop test suites, and procedures, executing the test procedures and documenting test results to ensure that software system requirements are met.
  • Perform software product life cycle management.
  • Develop, select, tailor, and deploy software processes, tools, and metrics.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for software domains, processes, and system-specific issues.

Minimum requirements:

  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
  • 15 years of software development experience
  • Embedded C++ programing skills on multicore-processor architecture
  • VxWorks and cFS experience
  • Ability to travel to Palo Alto, CA office as needed

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

•The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $146,000.00 - $244,000.00 annually.•The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $146,000.00 - $244,000.00 annually.•The base pay for this position within Delaware is: $146,000.00 - $244,000.00 annually.•The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $161,000.00 - $269,000.00 annually.•The base pay for this position within California is: $168,000.00 - $280,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via the Lanteris Space Systems Career page.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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