Director of Flight Software

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Base pay range

$190,000.00 / yr – $265,000.00 / yr

About the Company

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

About the position

The Director of Software Engineering at Singularity will own the architecture, development, and delivery of embedded systems, controls software, command and control software, sensor integration, and perception / computer vision across the company’s integrated air defense system. This is not an oversight role from the sidelines—it requires direct technical leadership, engineering rigor, and the ability to guide teams through the hard problems of high performance, multi-disciplinary software development.

The scope covers the full software lifecycle : architecture, implementation, verification, validation, and integration with hardware. The candidate will bring experience in safety-critical and high-reliability systems and will thrive at the intersection of embedded software, guidance and control, and systems integration. The work is hands‑on, milestone‑driven, and tied directly to upcoming demonstrations that determine both technical success and lives saved.

This is an opportunity to define the backbone of Singularity’s capability. The ideal candidate is motivated by building something enduring, not maintaining legacy programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for software across multiple missile and sensor platforms.
• Lead architecture, design, and testing of real‑time embedded software running advanced GNC and sensor fusion systems.
• Lead architecture, design, and testing of high performance computer vision and perception software.
• Manage architecture, design, and testing of radar, optical, and external sensor fusion and command and control integration.
• Establish and enforce engineering processes that ensure robust software‑hardware integration under aggressive timelines.
• Build, mentor, and scale a multidisciplinary team of software engineers and integration specialists.
• Partner with leadership to align software deliverables with system‑level performance goals.
• Introduce and enforce best practices in safety‑critical coding, testing, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (DO‑178C, MIL‑STD‑882) without slowing iteration.
• Drive verification and validation campaigns including simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, and live flight tests.

Critical Success Objectives

Skills and Competencies

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering, Management, and Business Development

Industries

Military and International Affairs; Defense and Space Manufacturing

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