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US person required - no sponsorship, no exceptions.\n\n*If you've been waiting for a build-from-scratch problem, message me.*\n\nDominik Jegor | ACE Partners\n\ndominik.jegor@acepartners.com\n\n424 334 8322\nINDAD\n\nPay: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year\n\nBenefits:\n* Health insurance\n* Relocation assistance\n* Stock options\n\nApplication Question(s):\n* How many years have you spent writing embedded flight software that has flown on a vehicle?\n* Have you implemented fault handling for radiation effects or single-event upsets on COTS hardware?\n* Have you personally performed board bring-up - bootloaders, device drivers, or peripheral integration on new hardware?\n\nWork Location: In person","company":"Ace Partners","rawCompany":"ace partners","city":"Industry","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-02T11:12:40.342Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Flight Software Engineer","description":"*Flight Software Engineer - Space Startup, Torrance, CA*\n\n*Up to $250K base + equity | On-site | US person required*\n\nWe're hiring a founding flight software engineer for a seed-stage space company in Torrance. 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