Aerospace Software Engineer

Employment Type: 6-12 months contract (possible conversion)

Pay range: $80-100/hour

Company/Role Overview:

Our client is a major manufacturer that builds high-performance space infrastructure. They are currently seeking a Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer to join their team in Palo Alto, CA or Houston, TX.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement software for embedded Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Develop, document, and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for flight software systems
• Develop software verification plans, unit level and open loop test suites, and procedures, executing the test procedures and documenting test results to ensure that software systems requirements are met.
• Perform software product life cycle management.
• Develop, select, tailor, and deploy software processes, tools, and metrics.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for software domains, processes, and system-specific issues.

Basic Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 5 years of software development experience
• Embedded C++ programming skills
• Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and the software development life cycle
• Software version control

Preferred Requirements:

• RTOS experience (ex. FreeRTOS)
• Familiar with NASA’s cFS/cFE
• Experience with SPI
• Development experience with Python
• Basic understanding of spacecraft subsystems: power, ADCS, thermal, propulsion, communications
• Familiar with Jira, Jama, Git, and Unit test tools