# Flight Software Engineer I

Job Details New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That’s our focus at JPL. We ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers-literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission-your opportunity-is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for JPL. Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence. Responsibilities: If you are passionate about spacecraft design, we invite you to join the Flight Software & Systems Engineering Section. We provide flight software and systems engineering for the design and implementation of spacecraft for the laboratory's key flight projects. Our work spans spacecraft systems engineering, flight software, fault protection and autonomy design, and landing systems design. The Instrument Flight Software

- **Id**: 3841211
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nasa-flight-software-engineer-i>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T22:54:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T08:34:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6301
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Launch Services, Earth Observation, Ground Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 12944
- **Name**: NASA
- **Domain**: nasa.gov
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nasa>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 96616
- **Max**: 117104
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 117104

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Gitflow** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T22:54:53Z

## Visa

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

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:10, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 117104
- **Is top pay**: no

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