Senior Flight Software Engineer I - Space Systems

About the Role

Key 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.

Requirements

• 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 software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop lab development and 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 radiation tolerance considerations in software on automotive grade parts.
• Familiarity with systems for continuous integration, testing, and delivery.
• Excellent understanding of multi-threaded applications and resource management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have

• CubeSat and SmallSat experience including LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.
• Hands-on experience with spacecraft instrumentation, subsystems, and test labs.
• Experience with JPL F', NASA cFS, and other commercial space software frameworks.
• Experience with ground system software engineering for space missions.
• Experience in a team leadership role on a space software program.
• Experience in other non-space safety critical software programs.
• Experience with network security.

Qualifications

• Degree in Software or Computer Engineering (BS, MS, or PhD).
• Minimum of 4 years of industry experience in spacecraft software development.

Benefits & Perks

• Full-time employment with a salary range of $120,000 - $150,000 per year.
• Company stock options.
• Generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.