Research Analyst - Research Engineer - SR. Research Engineer - Spacecraft Operations & Software
Listed on 2025-12-02
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Engineering
Software Engineer
RESEARCH ANALYST - RESEARCH ENGINEER - SR. RESEARCH ENGINEER - Spacecraft Operations & Software Development - Boulder, CO
19-00178
Who We Are:SwRI Mission and Science Operations group in Boulder, Colorado. We are currently flying 11 spacecraft in mission operations (PUNCH and CYGNSS), have two missions in development (Quick Sounder, CubIXXS), have three commercial lunar lander payloads (LITMIS, DIMPLE, Mini-FND), and are organizing science operations for NASA planetary missions Lucy and New Horizons. We are looking for multi-talented individuals that are looking for a fast moving, agile career in Ground Systems, Mission Operations, Science Operations and Cube Sat and Instrument Development.
Objectivesof this Role:
- Design automated ground software to coordinate ground and spacecraft activities.
- Contribute software expertise to instrument developments, Cube Sats.
- Design MOC standard operating procedures uniquely tailored to each mission.
- Build, merge, review command loads for mission operations. Develop and provide review products, track action items, change requests, and sequence reviews from various teams
- Develop tools for mission operations to help with automation and efficiency.
- Attend weekly planning and coordination meetings with Spacecraft design team, Science Operations, and Mission Operations.
- Support and track resolution of Problem Reports.
- Support requirements verification by developing test procedures and closing out verification artifacts.
- Requires a Bachelors or a Masters degree in Computer Science, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering degree or related degree field with relevant AI experience
- 3+ years:
Experience with Python and working in Linux or Unix environment. Knowledge of computing libraries such as Pandas, Astropy, etc. is a plus. - Knowledge of Linux networking is a plus.
- Familiarity with software development best practices, including version control using Git.
- Experience interacting with and interpreting binary data from low-level hardware interfaces and subsystems.
Work assignment is in Boulder, Colorado. Must be a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to ITAR work in section.
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