SEIT TIDES Software Engineer

We are seeking a SEIT TIDES Software Engineer to support the Software Systems Integration side of the TIDES organization. In this role, you'll design, develop, test, and maintain software tools, automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment infrastructure that support spacecraft payload development and hardware test environments. You'll work alongside systems, FPGA, hardware, and integration engineers to build the software backbone used across advanced space programs.

• Work on cutting-edge spacecraft and national security technologies.
• Build software that directly supports hardware integration, automated testing, and space payload development.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams across software, FPGA, systems, hardware, and test engineering.
• Gain exposure to Dev Ops, automation, containerization, CI/CD, and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Flexible workplace options including on-site and hybrid arrangements.

This position offers the opportunity to develop mission-critical software infrastructure that enables advanced spacecraft development and testing. You'll create tools and automation that improve engineering productivity, accelerate testing, and provide reliable, repeatable integration solutions for next-generation aerospace systems.

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• Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications, automation frameworks, utilities, and services supporting TIDES SSI and DOTI capabilities.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, packaging, deployment, and release workflows.
• Develop software interfaces connecting laboratory systems, test equipment, payload hardware, engineering tools, and data services.
• Deploy and maintain containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and related technologies.
• Create automated testing frameworks and improve software quality through testing, code reviews, and debugging.
• Troubleshoot software, Linux systems, network infrastructure, containers, and hardware-in-the-loop integration issues.
• Collaborate with systems, FPGA, hardware, electrical, and integration teams to develop practical software solutions.
• Create documentation including software designs, deployment procedures, APIs, release notes, and user guides.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, and developer productivity across shared engineering infrastructure.

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing applications, services, automation tools, or software platforms.
• 3+ years of experience building automated testing frameworks using PyTest or comparable test automation tools.
• 3+ years of experience with Git-based development workflows, source control, code reviews, and release processes.
• 3+ years of experience developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• 3+ years of experience working in Linux environments, including command-line tools, shell scripting, package management, and system…