Staff Flight Software Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for a <strong>Staff Flight Software Engineer</strong>, reporting to <strong>Senior Manager, Flight Software,&nbsp;</strong>to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.&nbsp;</p> <p>This will be a <strong>full</strong>-<strong>time</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>exempt</strong> position located in our <strong>Long Beach</strong> location.</p> <p>You will develop fault-tolerant code for safety-critical systems, and work closely with the avionics team to integrate flight code with avionics hardware. Most importantly, you will work as part of a team that believes that finding and fixing errors is a positive experience that will make everyone’s work better, and makes the team stronger as we continuously improve our processes and products.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work with the Flight Software team to create highly reliable flight software for all Haven missions</li> <li>Work cross functionally with all other disciplines GNC, Thermal, Propulsion, Power, and ECLSS to support algorithm implementation and integration into the flight software</li> <li>Assess and critique code, ensuring adherence to best practices and established standards, in code reviews</li> <li>Develop driver-level code to interface with radios, sensors, and actuators onboard for all Haven missions</li> <li>Develop and maintain the Telemetry and Commanding Systems which will be used to communicate with our vehicles</li> <li>Develop unit and integrated tests, and establish continuous integration framework for flight</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong>