Astrodynamics Software Engineer; Associate​/Experienced​/Senior

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Our team creates software tools and services for the world’s highest performing satellite/ground systems for USG and Commercial customers. We work with customers in the development of the next generation ground systems.

We are seeking engineers that are passionate about space and excited to work in a multi-disciplined, collaborative engineering environment that supports the design, development, and implementation of the orbital analysis software products used by astrodynamics analysts for space vehicle transfer orbit and on-station operations.

The selected candidate will support the development of mission software written in Java. The candidate will collaborate with cross functional teams and stakeholders to design and implement software solutions, ensure engineering excellence, and achieve program objectives.

• Perform full life-cycle development including requirements definition, software architecture, design, implementation, unit, functional and integration, and formal qualification testing through documentation.
• Participate in the agile software development lifecycle including planning, reviews, and supporting customer meetings
• Software implementation for space vehicles agnostic of the vehicle characteristics, transfer orbit type, operating orbit regime, propulsion system, and constellation.
• Adapt the software components to interface with new system architectures to meet program and customer needs; including but not limited to open system architectures and industry standard protocols.
• Highly motivated and must work well in a team environment.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (Interim prestart, final post start) for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship
• 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C, C++, and MATLAB
• 2+ years of experience with Astrodynamics and Orbital Mechanics
• Experience working on a software development project that follows Agile and Scrum methodologies

• Level 3: 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level 4: 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in a collaborative team environment using agile principles and a structured development process including code reviews and automated Dev Ops processes/tools.
• Experience using team collaboration tools including Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Hands on experience in a satellite mission operational execution environment.
• Active TS/SCI or DoD Top Secret clearance

less than 10%

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

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