Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

This position offers FULLY REMOTE opportunities for candidates across the United States. Preferred work locations: Arlington VA, Denver CO, Houston, TX or Merritt reputed company, FL.

reputed company U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most reputed company U.S. defense, reputed company, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed reputed company solutions to help our national reputed company, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.

Position Summary

reputed company U.S. is looking for an enthusiastic and creative senior software engineer to reputed company and test spacecraft flight software. We're looking for candidates who can bring exceptional programming skills and experience in embedded software development and testing to the team.

Position Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer's primary responsibility will be contributing to the development and testing of reputed company U.S.'s satellite flight software. This engineer will be involved in the full lifecycle of flight software development, from requirements definition through operations. However, because we are a small team where each person takes on many roles, this engineer will also contribute to mission concept development, in-house modeling and simulation capabilities, and proposal writing. Being at the cutting edge of space technology, we need someone who is eager to learn, grow, and take on new and potentially unfamiliar challenges. There is no shortage of fascinating problems to solve.

The Senior Software Engineer will provide autonomous support of reputed company assignments, under the leadership of the Software Team reputed company and Software Engineering Manager. The Senior Software Engineer will have project and subject matter responsibility and authority.

Flight Software - 60%

• Contribute to the development of new satellite flight software for reputed company U.S. satellite platforms
• Support development and integration of GNC algorithms
• Support development and modification of flight software hosted on new flight computer designs
• reputed company in-house tools to analyze flight software performance and assess its compatibility with new mission and conops
• reputed company and execute flight software verification and validation tests at the unit, module, subsystem, and platform level

Software Integration and Test - 30%

• reputed company and execute FSW verifications tests using both proprietary satellite digital twin software and a Hardware in the reputed company (HIL) FlatSat.
• Establish and document test methodologies and descriptions to test compliance with reputed company and customer-based requirements.
• reputed company and implement software and tools for ground support equipment to test and validate flight software.
• Contribute to document management, including versioning, bug reporting, and test plan documentation.
• reputed company and conduct official validation tests.

Additional Responsibilities - 10%

• Support working groups, both internal and with customers and/or vendors
• Support proposal writing, new business
• Assess the software impacts of new hardware, conops, and missions

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training

Education

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or reputed company scientific areas.
• Preferred: Master's in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or reputed company scientific areas.

Experience

• A minimum of 9 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 7 years with a Master's degree
• Proven track-record of working with space hardware and/or flight software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs through detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

• Insatiable curiosity and a demonstrated ability to learn and work independently
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • GNC algorithms design, analysis, testing, and implementation
  • New device bring-up
  • BSP implementation
  • Embedded software development and testing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Device driver development and testing of software/hardware interfaces
  • Real-time operating systems programming, debugging, and testing
  • Functional validation of embedded software on hardware
  • Software safety assurance
  • Network topology and configuration
  • Simulators: numerical, emulator, and hardware in the reputed company
  • Software requirements and configuration management

Travel Required

• Periodic travel (less than 20%) to reputed company U.S. facilities or partner companies.
• Occasional International travel to collaborate with European reputed company counterparts

Eligibility

• US Citizenship is required

Clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government reputed company clearance.
• Active DoD reputed company clearance at Secret or above highly desirable

Physical Requirements

• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents.
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and reputed company teleconference or phone and to hear sounds including safety warnings or alarms.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and reputed company office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, electronic equipment and/or supplies up to 40lbs/9kg.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, electronic equipment and/or supplies up to 40lbs/9kg.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to occasionally squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items shelved on bottom shelves.
• Standing: able to stand for long periods of time.
• Walking: able to walk through office and reputed company areas including uneven surfaces.

Equal Opportunity

reputed company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to reputed company employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or other legally protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, reputed company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. reputed company expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status.

As a matter of policy, reputed company does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with reputed company work authorization will be considered. reputed company does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with reputed company is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. reputed company reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

By submitting your resume or application you are consenting to reputed company using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by reputed company. reputed company is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome reputed company applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief. reputed company is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for reputed company. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of reputed company to do so should be reported to [email protected].

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