Launch Vehicle Ground Software Engineer

Life at Firefly

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on h launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands‑on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond.

Fireflies have an undeniable passion for what we do and the people we do it with. Teamwork is embedded in our DNA to get “space” done.

Fireflies continue to prevail in the face of challenges. This resilient team refuses to let roadblocks get in the way of our mission.

Each employee is empowered to take ownership and execute new ideas that lead to game‑changing innovation.

Our team strives to inspire the next generation of space innovators to dream big with robust intern and STEM programs.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

• Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
• 3‑month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Mental health services
• Paid military leave
• 12 weeks paid maternity leave
• 4 weeks paid spouse leave
• $20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
• Dog friendly workplace

• $10k/year towards trade school or college
• Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills
• Employee‑ownership with stock bonuses
• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
• $10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

“You miss all the shots you don’t take. If this is something that interests you, then apply. Being a dedicated, driven team player can carry you far. You can learn about rockets, it’s much harder to learn dedication and passion.” – Meagan Roth, Sr. Director of Systems Engineering and Launch

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24‑hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.

Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

As a Launch Vehicle Ground Software Engineer at Firefly Aerospace, you will develop the software that powers our launch operations, from engine tests to liftoff. This role focuses on building and maintaining real‑time ground control systems used at test stands and launch pads, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient vehicle operations.

You will work closely with test, avionics, and propulsion teams to integrate hardware, sensors, and control loops into ground systems. With expertise in LabVIEW, Python, and real‑time data acquisition, you will create operator interfaces, automation scripts, and data pipelines that directly support launch vehicle readiness and execution. Your work will be at the heart of enabling Firefly to launch quickly, safely, and repeatedly.