Senior Flight Software Engineer I​/II - Secret Clearance

Senior Flight Software Engineer I/II – Secret Clearance

Position:
Senior Flight Software Engineer I or II (Secret Clearance Required).

Location:

Headquarters, Long Beach, CA.

Join Rocket Lab's Space Systems team to develop flight software for spacecraft, instrumentation, and propulsion systems. Your work will see software running in orbit within weeks.

• Develop application software to run within a real-time operating system (RTOS) or embedded Linux.
• Develop hardware drivers to interface with IMUs, star trackers, reaction wheels, and other spacecraft sensors and actuators.
• Create and maintain comprehensive unit tests in a continuous integration framework.
• Collaborate with hardware-in-the-loop test engineers to verify and validate combined software-hardware functionality.
• Work with systems engineers and embedded systems engineers to document, validate, and verify requirements.
• Participate in source-code reviews, design reviews (PDR, CDR), and on-orbit flight operations.

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• Active Secret clearance.
• 5+ years of applicable embedded software development experience.
• Proficiency in C and C++.
• Experience with RTOS or embedded Linux.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• Active Secret clearance.
• 8+ years of applicable embedded software development experience.
• Proficiency in C and C++.
• Experience with RTOS or embedded Linux.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• TS/SCI clearance.
• Advanced degree.
• Experience with CAN/CAN-FD, UDP/TCP within embedded systems.
• Experience developing software for autonomous vehicles or harsh-environment systems.

Employees may receive company equity, medical HMO/PPO, HSA plan, dental and vision, paid vacation (3 weeks), sick leave, paid holidays, dependent care accounts, parental leave, disability, life insurance, 401(k) with match, and other perks.

Base pay range: $120,000 - $190,000 USD (California only).

Rocket Lab provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Position is located in the United States only. Due to U.S. Government space technology export regulations (ITAR), only U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or those with regulatory approvals may apply.