# Principal Software Engineer Mission Design Jobs

2,101 principal software engineer mission design jobs. Top employers: SpaceX, Anduril Industries, Blue Origin, and 5 more. Salaries from $30K–$500K. Most roles in San Francisco, Costa Mesa, California, United States, San Francisco, CA, US.

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**Principal Software Engineer, Mission Design** at Muon Space
San Jose, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 266K–298K/yr
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**Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Architecture** at Rocket Lab
Long Beach, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 281K–339K/yr
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**Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — Codex** at OpenAI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 459K–536K/yr
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**Principal Software Engineer** at Rocket Lab
Tucson, AZ | FULL_TIME
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**Principal Software Engineer** at Rocket Lab
Chantilly, VA | FULL_TIME | USD 199K–325K/yr
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**Principal Systems Engineer - Space Vehicle** at BlackSky
Tukwila, WA | PART_TIME | USD 185K–200K/yr
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**Principal Electrical Engineer** at Northwood Space
Torrance, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 204K–255K/yr
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**Principal Electrical Engineer, Electronics** at Radiant
El Segundo, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 201K–314K/yr
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**Principal Full Stack Software Engineer (TS/SCI with CI poly)** at Vantor
Herndon, VA | FULL_TIME | USD 200K–270K/yr
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**Principal Test Engineer, Compute Payload (Starmind)** at SpaceX
Bastrop, TX | FULL_TIME
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**Guidance Navigation & Control Engineers (Senior or Principal)** at Boeing
Seal Beach, CA; USA - El Segundo, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 183K–247K/yr
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**Principal Platform Software Engineer (Onsite)** at RTX
US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-E04 ~ 2006 E El Segundo Blvd ~ BLDG E04 | FULL_TIME
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**Principal Engineer Data** at Northrop Grumman
El Segundo, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 114K–171K/yr
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**Principal Engineer, Edge Applications & Mission Systems (R6245)** at Shield AI
San Diego, California | FULL_TIME | USD 220K–330K/yr
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**Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer -Test and Evaluation Lead** at Northrop Grumman
El Segundo; United States-California-Redondo Beach, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 142K–213K/yr
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