Flight Software Engineer salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 20, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for flight software engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 17 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $117,500 and $187,500, with a median of $130,676.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $130,676 and senior $200,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 53% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. Every range in the table rests on at least 10 postings.
Flight Software Engineer pay by specialization
Software Engineering 16Embedded & Firmware 6
Live flight software engineer roles by software function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $117,500 – $187,500 | $130,676 | 17 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $186,588 – $221,500 | $200,000 | 15 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Open flight software engineer roles · 21 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $130,000–$253,000scale $70,000–$360,000
Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer M9 Solutions · Los Angeles $175,000–$200,000 4w ago 
Flight Software Engineer Cowboy Space Corp. · Kent, Washington $200,000–$250,000 5w ago 
Senior Flight Software Engineer Astro Mechanica · San Francisco $170,000–$250,000 6w ago 2027 Early Career Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $112,000–$149,000 7w ago 
Senior Flight Software Engineer Lux Aeterna · Denver $150,000–$250,000 7w ago Flight Software Engineer I (Temp-to-hire) True Anomaly · Denver $90,000–$95,000 2mo ago 
Staff Flight Software Engineer Observable Space · Los Angeles $180,000–$230,000 2mo ago Senior Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $220,000–$292,000 3mo ago 
Senior Flight Software Engineer IonQ · Louisville $145,920–$191,047 3mo ago Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$254,000 6mo ago Senior Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Atlanta $190,000–$252,000 6mo ago Flight Software Engineer Astro Mechanica · San Francisco $90,000–$160,000 8mo ago Flight Software Engineer, Embedded C/C++, Air Dominance & Strike - Missiles Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $129,000–$220,000 9mo ago Senior Flight Software Engineer, Embedded C/C++, Air Dominance & Strike - Missiles Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $166,000–$253,000 9mo ago Senior Flight Software Engineer, Embedded C/C++, Air Dominance & Strike Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $166,000–$253,000 1y ago 
Flight Software Engineer Astranis · San Francisco $130,000–$175,000 2y ago 
Staff Flight Software Engineer Vast · Long Beach $188,600–$267,700 2y ago Flight Software Engineer, Embedded C/C++, Air Dominance & Strike Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $129,000–$220,000 2y ago Senior Flight Software Engineer I Rocket Lab Corporation · Littleton In listing 6w ago