# Flight Software Engineer

About Us: Samara Aerospace is revolutionizing satellite design by addressing the challenges of deploying and managing large satellite constellations. Our innovative Hummingbird spacecraft bus offers a modular and scalable platform that streamlines satellite production and deployment, significantly reducing launch costs. Hummingbird's compact architecture maximizes launch capacity, making it the most efficient and agile spacecraft in the industry. At the core of our technology is the patented Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC) system. Unlike traditional wheel-based pointing control systems, MSAC utilizes actuators embedded in the hinges of deployable solar panels to provide 3-axis attitude control and active jitter cancellation. This design eliminates the need for spinning wheels, reducing mass and potential points of failure, while enhancing pointing precision. Role: The Software team at Samara is looking for a Flight Software Engineer to join us in building an entirely new class of satellite systems. We are looking for someone who is curious, kind, and has high standards. This person will work on the flight software service stack that operates our satellite and

- **Id**: 683813
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/samaraaerospace-flight-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-30T17:45:44Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:34:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 196
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3761
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Education assistance, Equity, Life insurance, Relocation assistance, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace

## Company

- **Id**: 720615
- **Name**: Samara
- **Domain**: samara.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/samara-4>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **MQTT** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 196

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T23:56:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.174
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 195
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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