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About General Galactic
General Galactic designs, builds, and flies advanced spacecraft that redefine what’s possible beyond Earth. Led by former SpaceX, Varda, Impulse, and Relativity engineers, our vision is to dominate cislunar space and build the railway to Mars – expanding access to high-energy orbits and enabling the next generation of missions along the way. Based in Los Angeles, California, we’re leveraging our paradigm-shifting water-based technology to reshape the space domain for good.
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As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work closely with a focused technical team to develop critical software for our product fleet, including missions flying in 2026 and 2027. You’ll have extreme ownership over your work, move quickly, and operate with high agency. As we grow, there will be opportunities to expand your role with the company. You will contribute to all, and own many, aspects of embedded and flight software development, testing, qualification, and deployment for General Galactic missions and vehicles.
Responsibilities May Include:
Requirements
Successful applicants should have most of the following:
Your salary and incentives will be determined individually on the basis of the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Benefits include medical/vision/dental/PTO/401k/stock options, and more!
Very brief statements of fit/interest in this role are encouraged, please send to [email protected].
This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Apply now
General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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General Galactic designs, builds, and flies advanced spacecraft that redefine what’s possible beyond Earth. Led by former SpaceX, Varda, Impulse, and Relativity engineers, our vision is to dominate cislunar space and build the railway to Mars – expanding access to high-energy orbits and enabling the next generation of missions along the way. Based in Los Angeles, California, we’re leveraging our paradigm-shifting water-based technology to reshape the space domain for good.
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As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work closely with a focused technical team to develop critical software for our product fleet, including missions flying in 2026 and 2027. You’ll have extreme ownership over your work, move quickly, and operate with high agency. As we grow, there will be opportunities to expand your role with the company. You will contribute to all, and own many, aspects of embedded and flight software development, testing, qualification, and deployment for General Galactic missions and vehicles.
Responsibilities May Include:
- Architect and deliver core flight software with a focus on meeting system and performance requirements such as latency, jitter, & control frequency
- Own embedded software for microcontrollers and similar
- Implement, test, and integrate flight software for key algorithms, command and telemetry, mission management, health and status, and fault management in a real-time software framework
- Write clean, efficient, and testable code for real-time and safety-critical applications
- Implement communication protocols (UDP, multicast, Ethernet, etc.)
- Collaborate with hardware and avionics engineers to support full product development lifecycle
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Lead the development and performance of testing, including hardware-in-the-loop, hardware-out-of-the-loop, simulation, qualification, and automated test systems
Requirements
Successful applicants should have most of the following:
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- Demonstrated experience with C/C++, Git, Python, Grafana, Rust, or similar
- Experience with RTOS environments and satellite communications protocols
- Understanding of microcontroller architectures and interfaces
- Skilled in debugging and optimization (as well as hazard analysis and root cause analysis)
- Experience with developing software to a safety standard and achieving formal certification with a governing body (e.g. NASA, FAA, FDA, etc.)
- Experience in a fast-paced startup environment or similar
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First-principles approach to problem solving even with incomplete or partial information
Your salary and incentives will be determined individually on the basis of the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Benefits include medical/vision/dental/PTO/401k/stock options, and more!
Very brief statements of fit/interest in this role are encouraged, please send to [email protected].
This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Apply now
General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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