Flight Software Engineer
Long Wall
- Pay
- $115K to $250K
- a year
- Location
- Long Beach, CA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 4
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Long Wall
Defense & space · 2 to 10 employees
Long Wall Company was created in 2024 to accelerate missile defense technology for the U.S. and our allies. We specialize in ballistic missile defense and are developing Cyclops, a low-cost, mass-producible interceptor. We also produce containerized launchers and offer low-cost targets for threat replication. The future of global security depends on defensive technology that redefines cost, magazine depth, and distribution to deter and defend against evolving threats.
What you'll do
- Design and develop highly reliable autonomous flight software for Long Wall's launch vehicles and missile defense systems
- Own flight software development from conception to flight-ready systems through design, development, testing, and integration, with scope of ownership scaling with level
- Collaborate with the flight software team on investigations, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and designing solutions from the engineering phase through system-level testing and production
- Collaborate with the avionics hardware team on electrical and data interface design, and software/hardware integration
- Contribute to the development of feature, regression, software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, including test design and approaches
- Partner with GNC, avionics, and hardware engineers to integrate flight software with vehicle systems and support ground and flight test campaigns
- Support test and launch operations, including anomaly investigation, resolution, and corrective action
- Define, implement, and test Interface Control Documents (ICD) between vehicle and ground systems
- At senior and staff levels: define and defend flight software architecture, set technical direction for the team, and mentor other engineers
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience in the development of real-time or embedded software; level will be determined by the depth and breadth of relevant experience (senior and principal levels typically require 5+ and 8+ years, respectively)
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to use a computer to complete assignments
- Ability to communicate with individuals and groups in person, by phone, and via telepresence
- Ability to pick up to 50lbs
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in an office environment
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
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