Flight Software Engineer at Barrios Technology
Houston, TX
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Jul 21, 2026
Houston, TX
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior embedded software role focused on designing, developing, and verifying flight software for commercial spaceflight systems. Day-to-day work spans defining software architectures, hands-on hardware/software integration and debugging in lab environments, and leading Agile development cycles. Suited to an experienced C/C++ engineer with a strong background in embedded systems, serial and packet communication protocols, and technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
Senior level · 10+ years · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
Location is not specified in the posting; Barrios Technology is headquartered in Houston, TX and primarily supports NASA programs, but no work site is explicitly named. CBSA left blank.
Clearance: the posting states the selected applicant 'may be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.' This is framed as a potential gate rather than a firm current requirement, but US citizenship is explicitly required and classified access eligibility is a stated condition — treated as a Secret-level gate. Adjust if the actual role is unclassified.
The serial communication protocols (RS-232/422/485) and packet protocols (TCP/IP, UDP/IP) are listed as separate required bullets; each group is captured as one skill with alternatives since the JD uses 'e.g.' to indicate interchangeability within each group.
C/C++ is listed as a single required skill with 'e.g.' framing; emitted as C++ with C as an alternative.
GitLab and GitHub appear under the required section as examples of 'Git-based platforms'; Git is the hard gate, with GitLab/GitHub captured as preferred alternatives.
Preferences section items (SpaceWire, xUnit, Windows, POSIX, Docker, Agile/Scrum, CMMI) are all marked preferred. 'Embedded software frameworks' and 'device driver development' and 'software diagnostics/logging architecture' name no specific tool and are omitted per the generic-concept rule.
MS degree is listed under Preferences, not Requirements; the degree requirement is set to Bachelor's (the hard minimum stated in Required).
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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