Senior Software Engineer - Flight Software

As Sr. Software Engineer - Flight Software you will be responsible for;

• Contribute to the development of new satellite flight software for U.S. satellite platforms
• Support development and integration of GNC algorithms
• Support development and modification of flight software hosted on new flight computer designs
• Develop in-house tools to analyze flight software performance and assess its compatibility with new mission and conops
• Develop and execute flight software verification and validation tests at the unit, module, subsystem, and platform level
• Develop and execute FSW verifications tests using both proprietary satellite digital twin software and a Hardware in the Loop (HIL) FlatSat.
• Establish and document test methodologies and descriptions to test compliance with customer-based requirements.
• Develop and implement software and tools for ground support equipment to test and validate flight software.
• Contribute to document management, including versioning, bug reporting, and test plan documentation.
• Oversee and conduct official validation tests.
• Support working groups, both internal and with customers and/or vendors
• Support proposal writing, new business
• Assess the software impacts of new hardware, conops, and missions

 

Qualifications;

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
• Preferred: Master's in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.

Experience:

• A minimum of 9 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 7 years with a Master's degree
• Proven track-record of working with space hardware and/or flight software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs through detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

• Insatiable curiosity and a demonstrated ability to learn and work independently
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • GNC algorithms design, analysis, testing, and implementation
  • New device bring-up
  • BSP implementation
  • Embedded software development and testing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Device driver development and testing of software/hardware interfaces
  • Real-time operating systems programming, debugging, and testing
  • Functional validation of embedded software on hardware
  • Software safety assurance
  • Network topology and configuration
  • Simulators: numerical, emulator, and hardware in the loop
  • Software requirements and configuration management

Travel Required:

• Periodic travel (less than 20%) to U.S. facilities or partner companies.
• Occasional International travel to collaborate with European counterparts

Eligibility:

• US Citizenship is required

Clearance:

• Ability to obtain and maintain