Flight Software Engineer

Position Title: Flight Software Engineer III
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Contract Flight Software Engineer III opportunity located in Centennial, CO.
Job Responsibilities:

• As a Flight Software Engineer, your primary responsibility will be designing and developing flight software and algorithms solutions for spacecraft missions for both civilian and DoD applications.
• These designs stem from understanding, analyzing and evaluating satellite and constellation capabilities, mission concepts, and system requirements.
• Your work will ensure we meet customer requirements by making data-driven decisions in architecting, implementing and testing the design in a testbed prototype and subsequent delivery of the flight code. Along the way, you will contribute to analyses of various architectures that include space vehicles, satellites, sensors, communications, and ground infrastructure; evolving or creating new approaches based on analysis results.
• You will also contribute to evaluating the mission effectiveness of the candidate approaches, balancing mission objectives against factors such as development and lifecycle costs.
• The Software Engineer participates in all portions of the software life cycle (concept development, requirements definition, design, development, testing, and deployment) of flight software to support ongoing and future small satellite programs.
• This individual must have a strong working knowledge of object-oriented design using C++ and must have a strong background in developing flight code on embedded processors.
• The ideal candidate will have recent experience with at least one real-time operating system (such as VxWorks) and be familiar with both asymmetric and symmetric multiprocessing architectures. The candidate must also be comfortable working in an Agile Scrum environment.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related discipline and typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
• Related experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• A higher-level degree may substitute for experience
• Understanding of Computer Aided Engineering tools
• Practical knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance is required.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Strong technical understanding of C++ and Object-Oriented Programming
• Experience implementing client-server applications using socket I/O using TCP/UDP.
• Experience implementing loosely coupled applications using PUB/SUB messaging
• Familiarity with Open Standards such as CCSDS, C2MS, Open Mission Systems (OMS), and Universal C2 Interface (UCI)
• Experience with spacecraft flight software development
• Experience developing mission management and/or payload control software
• Demonstrated experience leading a team developing software
• Experience with software tools for requirements tracking, code reviews, static analysis, library and artifact repository, and automated build
• Knowledge of software development methodologies such as Agile/Scrum
• Experience and knowledge of Software Design Patterns
• Experience using SysML/UML to create Software Designs
• Experience testing and debugging on both Software in the Loop (SITL) and Hardware in the Loop (HITL, on target platform) environments
• Experience with Source Code Configuration Management platforms (GIT, SVN)
• Experience developing on Linux
• Experience with network configurations including netconf
• Experience with embedded programming including new board build up
• Experience optimizing computer system performance including optimization for timing.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract - 3 months, highly likely to extend and definite potential to convert
• Location: Centennial, CO.
• Requires ship -May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the appropriate level

Hiring 9 positions of different levels. Pay scale is-

• lvl III 5- 8 years of experience - $50.40 - $69.30
• Sr 8 12 years of experience - $66.65 - $91.65
• Principal 12+ years of experience - $76.65 - $105.40

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.