Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer

Are you passionate about human space exploration and avionics development? Join our diverse, mission‑driven team!

We need your creativity, teamwork, and diverse perspectives to help build systems that enable space exploration and benefit life on Earth. Join us as we tackle exciting challenges for NASA’s deep‑space missions. Amentum is NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider, working together with centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer to join Oceaneering, a teammate company.

This position will work on the JETS ISS Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture (RPOC) Team providing technical oversight, program integration, and certification of ISS visiting vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems in support of missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The selected applicant will:

Certify GN&C system requirements compliance through review of analysis and test reports, including assessment of sensor performance, trajectory dispersions, and other GN&C parameters.

Certify fault tolerance safety requirements compliance through review of GN&C related hazard reports and associated verification evidence, including communicating issues to a Safety Review Panel.

Identify and recommend solutions to GN&C/RPO performance issues.

Communicate status of compliance reviews to ISS program management.

Conduct performance assessments on visiting vehicle GN&C data for Program compliance.

Review Monte Carlo trajectory analyses using independent 6 degrees-of-freedom simulations.

Provide input to operational products, such as flight rules and on-orbit demonstration plans.

Provide visiting vehicle’s GN&C mission console support during real-time ground monitoring.

Maintain relationships with a diverse technical team, including personnel from engineering, safety, flight operations, crew office, and visiting vehicle providers.

Perform other duties as required.

Requisition

Qualifications:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2- 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET accredited engineering school with five (5) years of related engineering experience, or a master’s degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience.
• Experience with orbital mechanics and GN&C principles
• Understanding of orbit, entry, descent, landing GN&C principles
• Knowledge in the development of GN&C algorithms and spacecraft system analysis
• Experience with design, verification, testing, and operation of GN&C hardware and software
• Experience with LINUX, Python, and C/C++
• Experience with design, verification, testing, and operation of GN&C hardware and software
• Experience with the development of space system requirements and documents
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance on a collaborative engineering team.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and contractor employees.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products

Preferences:

• MS in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on GN&C, flight controls, and orbital mechanics
• Experience with spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations, and…