# Flight Software Engineer at General Galactic

- Company: General Galactic
- What the company does: General Galactic is a space tech startup developing advanced spacecraft and propulsion systems. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://gengalactic.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: El Segundo, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-01
- Apply by: 2026-11-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalgalactic/jobs/4429026009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/general-galactic-flight-software-engineer/

## About the role

As a Flight 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 flight software development, testing, qualification, and deployment for General Galactic missions and vehicles. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Mission and fault management, autonomy
- Closed-loop control of vehicle attitude, and propulsion systems
- Contribute to the development of General Galactic’s real-time software framework
- Implement communication protocols for space to ground network systems
- Collaborate with propulsion and avionics engineers to support full product development lifecycles (bring up, validation, and test)

Tags: Engineering

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