Flight Computer Emulation Software Engineer

Flight Computer Emulation Software Engineer 2

Relocation: Yes
- Relocation may be available

Travel Requirements: None/Infrequent

At ULA, as an Flight Computer Emulation Software Engineer 2 in the Flight Computer Emulation group, you will design, implement, test, verify, document, and deploy ULA’s Centaur V flight computer emulator and support tools for use in flight software development and all‑digital integrated vehicle simulations. Core responsibilities include:

• Act as a hands‑on developer to deliver operational and enabling capabilities designed to meet real‑time requirements for embedded flight control, ground control software, and associated modeling/simulation software.
• Develop new software products, implement modern software design principles, resolve complex technical problems, and provide solutions which are innovative and ingenious.
• Refine requirements, design subsystems, develop code units, and perform integration, test, and verification of software.
• Work with a highly collaborative team in an agile environment embracing a “fail fast” mentality (fail fast, fail often, react quickly and learn from every failure).
• Engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, System Engineers, QA, and/or Automation team members on cross‑functional activities to design, develop, and test cutting‑edge software solutions.
• Regularly demonstrate new software capabilities to teammates and stakeholders, including flight software development, Artemis emulator integration, and NASA partner teams.

Bachelor

Minimum of 2 years of related work experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or a related technical field from an accredited college or university
• Experience with C/C++
• Experience with embedded programming and/or robotics
• Experience with object‑oriented design
• Experience with Linux
• Experience working in an agile development team environment
• Experience with software configuration management practices and tools such as git
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Master’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) or related technical field from an accredited college or university
• Experience with hardware emulation
• Experience with modern software development practices & tools
• Knowledge and ability to work within an agile development environment using an Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience with development and execution in cloud platforms
• Experience with shared memory management for inter‑process communication
• Experience with Python, QEMU, and/or ZeroMQ

Summary Salary Range (for ULA - Denver only): $92,783.00 - $

We offer our employees competitive pay and benefits including:

• 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution
• Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees
• Generous paid time off
• Flexible work environments

Additionally, most salaried ULA team members work a "9/80 schedule," meaning they enjoy every other Friday off.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Therefore, all applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined in ITAR 22 CFR 120.62 (e.g., U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual. See 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) for additional information.

ULA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

ULA is a participant in the federal E-Verify Program.

Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires covered employees to follow a post selection notification process. A hired candidate may opt out of this process by notifying the hiring manager in writing at the time the offer is accepted.

ULA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.