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Team Lead - Flight Software - Electron

Auckland, NZ💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01

Core

Lead a team of five engineers creating, maintaining, and supporting flight software for the Electron launch vehicle, Photon spacecraft, and ground communication systems.

Role type

Senior Team Lead, Flight Software

Builds

Launch vehicle and spacecraft avionics embedded computers, ground segment communications, and avionics simulations

Domain

Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Required skills

C/C++ development, Embedded software development, Linux application development, Networked application development, Git, Jira

Preferred skills

Linux kernel development, Scrum methodologies, FPGA development, Python

Responsibilities

Set long-term objectives for flight software, Lead software development for avionics and simulations, Approve software requirements and architecture designs, Write code and unit tests, Review merge requests, Recruit and retain talent, Coach engineers on the job

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership

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