Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace
Building reliable launch vehicles for small satellite missions
📍 Cedar Park, Texas
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace manufactures launch vehicles designed for small satellite deployments, headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas. The Alpha rocket is their flagship product, aimed at providing affordable access to space for small payloads, while the Beta rocket is in development to enhance their launch capabilities. Engineering teams focus on aerospace systems, propulsion, avionics, and software development. They tackle challenges in rocket design, testing, and integration, with a commitment to rapid development cycles. Firefly Aerospace is positioned to serve the growing small satellite market, with a workforce dedicated to advancing space technology.
Current Job Openings
4 jobsAll Firefly Aerospace Job Openings
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Firmware Engineer II
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timefirmware I2C SPIView Firmware Engineer II -
FPGA Design Engineer III
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA Verilog VHDLView FPGA Design Engineer III -
Flight Software Manager, Blue Ghost
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeC++ Linux RTOSView Flight Software Manager, Blue Ghost -
Senior Flight Software Engineer, Blue Ghost
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeC++ Python LinuxView Senior Flight Software Engineer, Blue Ghost -
Expired
Firmware Engineer I
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 junior⏱︎ full-timefirmware I2C SPIView Firmware Engineer IView details -
Expired
Firmware Engineer II
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, TX, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timefirmware microcontrollers RTOSView Firmware Engineer IIView details -
Expired
Principal Flight Software Engineer
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 principal⏱︎ full-timeC++ real-time LinuxView Principal Flight Software EngineerView details -
Expired
Senior Flight Software Engineer, Elytra
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeC++ Python CI/CDView Senior Flight Software Engineer, ElytraView details -
Expired
Senior Flight Software Engineer
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeC++ Python CI/CDView Senior Flight Software EngineerView details -
Expired
Firmware Engineer III
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timefirmware I2C SPIView Firmware Engineer IIIView details -
Expired
Embedded Firmware Engineer - FPGA Development
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Embedded Firmware Engineer - FPGA DevelopmentView details -
Expired
Embedded Software Engineer
@ Firefly Aerospace
📍Cedar Park, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timefirmware I2C SPIView Embedded Software EngineerView details
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About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace manufactures launch vehicles designed for small satellite deployments, headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas. The Alpha rocket is their flagship product, aimed at providing affordable access to space for small payloads, while the Beta rocket is in development to enhance their launch capabilities. Engineering teams focus on aerospace systems, propulsion, avionics, and software development. They tackle challenges in rocket design, testing, and integration, with a commitment to rapid development cycles. Firefly Aerospace is positioned to serve the growing small satellite market, with a workforce dedicated to advancing space technology.
Firefly Aerospace Career Opportunities
Firefly Aerospace currently has 4 active embedded systems positions in 1 location. All positions are on-site, typical for hardware-focused roles requiring lab access and equipment. Recognized as a top-tier employer (90.0/100), Firefly Aerospace offers competitive compensation and strong career development paths in embedded engineering.
Firefly Aerospace Hiring Trends
* Data represents job posting activity over the past 6 months: Feb 2026 through Jul 2026
Hiring momentum at Firefly Aerospace is currently increasing, with 4
openings posted this month compared to 2 last month.
This upward trend often signals product development acceleration, team scaling, or new project initiatives.
Over the past 6 months, Firefly Aerospace averaged 1.7 job postings per month,
with peak hiring in Jul 2026 (4 openings).
For embedded systems roles, hiring activity typically correlates with product development cycles,
especially for firmware teams during pre-production phases and hardware engineers during prototyping.
📈 +100% growth
Consistent hiring velocity
Jul 2026
Required Skills at Firefly Aerospace
RTOS is the most in-demand skill at Firefly Aerospace,
appearing in 50% of all job listings (past and present).
This skill is important but not universal, indicating diverse technical needs across different product lines or teams.
Firefly Aerospace's technology stack spans 22 distinct skills and tools,
reflecting the multifaceted nature of embedded systems development.
The broad technical diversity (22 technologies) suggests work on complex,
multi-domain projects requiring both hardware and software expertise.
Engineers joining Firefly Aerospace should combine depth in key areas with adaptability. The mix of hardware skills (PCB design, schematics) and firmware expertise (RTOS, embedded C) indicates full-stack embedded development where engineers work across the hardware-software boundary. Candidates with adjacent skills (version control, testing frameworks, communication protocols) typically advance faster by contributing across the development lifecycle.
Engineering Roles at Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace's primary hiring focus is Embedded Software Engineer with
2 open positions. High-volume recruitment for a single role type typically indicates
either a growing team building similar capabilities or a newly formed department scaling rapidly.
Multiple openings in the same discipline create advantages for new hires:
stronger peer support networks, established onboarding processes, and clearer career progression paths
as the team matures. Engineers often find collaborative environments more conducive to professional growth.
Experience level distribution: 50% of openings target mid-level-level engineers.
Where Firefly Aerospace is Hiring
Firefly Aerospace's engineering operations are concentrated in a single country across 2 locations. Multiple cities within one country often reflect regional talent pools or proximity to specific industry clusters (e.g., automotive in Detroit, semiconductors in Silicon Valley).
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