Flight Software Developer

Job ID: 2612088

Location: Albuquerque, NM, US

Date Posted: 2026-05-04

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking Flight Software Developers who want to help with spacecraft configurations and science and military missions in flight experiment programs working at Kirtland AFB, NM. Work alongside Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) / Integrated Experiments and Evaluation Division (RVE) to provide concept design, development, integration, test and evaluation, and engineering prototypes to demonstrate the viability of innovative space technologies along with cradle-to-grave support to ground, high-altitude balloon, near-space and spaceflight experiments and mission concepts. If you like Space and want to partner with cutting edge technology advancements, this is the job for you.

Fun stuff you will do on the job:
Develop embedded software modules and software card interfaces, including digital, analog, serial, including SpaceWire
Interface with hardware engineers in the design, build, and test of the embedded flight software
Work with program engineers to integrate spacecraft bus and payload hardware / flight software
Participate in hardware/software interface definition, development, deploy and debug integrated spacecraft bus and subsystems with hardware in the loop
Work with system engineering to flow down subsystem requirements to software modules and maintain requirements to design traceability.
Perform software requirements analysis and functional decomposition.
Prepare design documentation, test plans, and test procedures.
Perform internal and formal software tests, and retain test results
Prepare technical presentation materials for internal and external customers
Work with integration & test engineers in performing root cause investigation of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering or related STEM field
Three to ten years of relevant experience, or four additional years in lieu of degree
Experience with software validation and verification (V&V) of real-time flight software (FSW) systems
Experience working with FSW compliance and quality documentation, including software development management plan, test plans, test procedures, test results, detailed design documents, software version description documents, software configuration management plans
Working knowledge of embedded real-time operating systems (RTOS) - RT Linux, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RTEMS, etc.
Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI and be willing to consent to a polygraph examination.
Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR) within prescribed business needs
U.S. Citizenship
Diverse programming experience: C/C++, Python, Windows/Linux scripting
Excellent communication skills and ability to work in small teams
Ability to debug hardware and software.
Ability to use software revision control tools such as Subversion and Git
Ability to clearly document and report programmatic status to management

Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with static code analysis tools - Fortify, Coverity, SonarQube, Lint, etc.
Knowledge of spacecraft bus I/O protocols - SpaceWire, RS-422, CAN bus, GPIO, UART
Familiarity with FPGA interfaces - I2C/SPI, DMA, AXI
Active TS/SCI clearance
System knowledge in one or more of the following domains: Spacecraft Command & Control, Mission Planning, Space Situational Awareness
Familiarity with static code analysis tools such as: Coverity, SonarQube, and Fortify.
Hardware interfacing, integration and test and controls experience
Understanding of embedded real-time software practices/techniques, including device drivers, task management, inter-process communications, interrupt service handlers, and avionics integration practices
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Experience developing embedded software in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipeline, Agile, JIRA

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• Dice Id: 10111346
• Position Id: 2612088
• Posted 12 hours ago