Software Engineer

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and implement software to build and integrate mission systems including satellites, ground stations, and mission operations centers.

Design, develop, code, test, debug, and document system software.

Review code and system designs.

Analyze code for efficiency, stability, and scalability.

Integrate and validate new product designs.

Support software quality assurance and optimize I/O performance.

Provide post-production/in-orbit customer support.

Interface with hardware design and development engineers.

Assess third party and open-source software.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Science (MS), or Doctorate (PhD) degree in Software or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.

Minimum of 4 years of industry experience in spacecraft software development. A Master's degree may count as two years of experience.

Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of software systems and hardware (such as motors, power distribution units, etc.).

Experience with C, C++, Python, or other languages in an aerospace context.

A strong understanding of space missions from conception through flight and disposal.

Familiarity with spacecraft mission design including events, pointing modes, maneuver planning, sequencing, and operations.

Experience with spacecraft failure in post-CDR testing and on-orbit, root cause analysis, and recovery.

Experience with design for reliability, spaceflight redundancy, and fault detection, identification, and recovery.

Space software experience with attitude dynamics, coordinate frame transformations, vector mathematics, radiative heat transfer, spacecraft propulsion, space communication systems, and power systems.

Experience with communication protocols such as TCP/IP or UDP for use in software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop lab development and for use in space flight.

Experience in interfacing a variety of open-source software to create an integrated system.

Embedded software experience, particularly for space missions.

Ability to implement physical first principles as scripts or spreadsheets.

Experience with processes for software release, revisioning, and configuration.

Familiarity with configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.

Experience with trades and processes for handling radiation tolerance in software on automotive grade parts.