# Satellite Flight Software Systems Engineer

SSI is seeking a Satellite Flight Software Systems Engineer to fill a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) position supporting our customer in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will oversee the design, development, integration, and testing of flight software systems (bus and payloads) across individual spacecraft vendors. You will work side-by-side with spacecraft vendors to guide development processes, evaluate verification evidence, and resolve flight software concerns. You will leverage domain knowledge in satellite systems and space hardware while receiving direct mentorship from experienced senior spacecraft and flight software SMEs across our customers enterprise engineering teams. Role and Responsibilities include: Oversee the development of spacecraft vendor flight software systems across bus subsystems, payload interfaces, and ground segment overlaps. Work side-by-side with spacecraft vendors, as required, to aid in their development processes and resolve flight software concerns. Participate in vendor Agile software development cycles, sprint planning, and reviews to track development milestones and maintain schedule alignment. Create, review, and evaluate s

- **Id**: 4020391
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/space-systems-integration-satellite-flight-software-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T13:24:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T14:51:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3078
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Space Services, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 16333
- **Name**: Space Systems Integration
- **Domain**: ssi.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ssi>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.44
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 220000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 220000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T14:51:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T15:31:51Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 220000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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