Titlesby GlyphFlight Software Engineer a new title on company job boards
Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 24 open roles at 7 companies · median $210k
A flight software engineer designs and tests onboard software systems for airborne and space vehicles.
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in December 2023, in a company job-board posting from Anduril Industries. Today 24 open roles use the title at 7 companies.
- PostingThe oldest Flight Software Engineer posting we holdAnduril Industries, Dec 2023 · backs: first sighting
- PostingSenior Flight Software EngineerAnduril Industries, Oct 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
No open postings yet.
Cities
- Seattle3
- Los Angeles3
- San Francisco2
- Atlanta1
- Boston1
- Hyderabad, India1
Countries and remote
- United States22
- India1
Posted pay
Middle half $175k to $222k, median $210k from 21 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 13 | |
| 2 | K2 SpaceA company hiring most for Design Engineer and Test Engineer. | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | ||
| 5 | ICEYEA company hiring most for Test Engineer and DevOps Engineer. | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Relativity SpaceA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Systems Engineer. | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 24; company pages list the restSenior Flight Software Engineer
Louisville, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Flight Software EngineerAnduril IndustriesQuincy, Massachusetts, United States$191k to $253k | Anduril Industries | Quincy, Massachusetts, United States | $191k to $253k |
| Senior Flight Software EngineerRelativity SpaceLong Beach, California, United States$154k to $230k | Relativity Space | Long Beach, California, United States | $154k to $230k |
| Flight Software EngineerK2 SpaceSeattle, WA$123k to $160k | K2 Space | Seattle, WA | $123k to $160k |
| Senior Flight Software Engineer | Louisville, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, California, United States | $146k to $191k | |
| Flight Software Engineer | San Francisco | $130k to $175k | |
| Flight Software Engineer | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | Not stated | |
| Flight Software EngineerICEYEEspoo | ICEYE | Espoo | Not stated |
| Senior Flight Software EngineerAnduril IndustriesBoston, Massachusetts, United States$191k to $253k | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $191k to $253k |
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About this title
A flight software engineer designs and tests onboard software systems for airborne and space vehicles.
24 open postings titled "Flight Software Engineer" at relativity-space, ionq, k2-space, iceye and 3 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-09; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $210k from 21 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.