Cryogenic Systems Software Engineer 3

United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO

1d•$113,122 - $188,537•Onsite

About The Position

At ULA, as a Cryogenic Systems Software Engineer 3, you are a fully trained, independent contributor responsible for maintaining and developing new software products, implementing modern design principles and concepts, and providing solutions to a wide range of difficult technical problems for the cryogenic fueling of spacecraft. Your solutions will be imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives. You will work with a highly collaborative team in an Agile environment embracing a "fail-fast" mentality (fail fast, react quickly, and learn from every failure). You will engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, QA and/or Automation team members on cross-functional activities to design, develop, and test cutting-edge software solutions. You will be expected to communicate well, work with diverse teams, and quickly pick up new technical concepts. In this position, you will primarily support the Ground Software Fluids team, working with minimal direction to provide both technical leadership and hands-on development to deliver operational and enabling capabilities that meet hard real-time requirements for command and control of propulsion and electrical ground support equipment systems. You will independently determine and develop approaches to problems. You will serve in a lead role where general guidance and training of less experienced engineers is needed, and may be considered for Authorized Systems Engineer (ASE) responsibilities. You will help ensure delivery of mission-critical software used during launch vehicle manufacturing, preflight test, and launch countdown to prep our rockets for flight. Additionally, you will actively support launch events by shadowing launch operations teams remotely. You will design, develop, operate, and maintain software and firmware components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, scientific, and manufacturing systems, taking ownership of specific programs and projects, or portions of larger projects having considerable scope and impact. Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products such as display systems, mechanical control systems, and electrical control systems that are directly used to operate all our rockets. You will interface with customers, suppliers, application users, and other technical and support personnel to produce high-quality software that meets stakeholder needs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 4+ years of related work experience
Experience working on an agile development team
Experience independently designing, developing, and delivering solutions to difficult software/hardware problems
Experience presenting hardware/software system architecture and designs to both internal audiences as well as external customers
Experience in authoring, executing, and reviewing software products and their implementation throughout the full software development life cycle
Experience with object-oriented designs and languages
Experience with C/C++
Experience with Software Configuration Management practices
Agile Methodologies
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Software Design Principles
Configuration Management practices and tools such as Git
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Nice To Haves

Experience with designing and architecting software for complex solutions
Experience serving as a technical lead on software development efforts
Experience providing guidance, training, or mentoring to less experienced engineers
Experience with Python
Experience with real-time Linux-based operating systems
Expertise with development and troubleshooting of timing-critical hardware and Software systems
Experience with secure software development practices
Experience with command and control software for ground support equipment, industrial control systems, or similar safety-critical applications
Experience in the aerospace, launch, or defense industry

Responsibilities

Maintaining and developing new software products
Implementing modern design principles and concepts
Providing solutions to a wide range of difficult technical problems for the cryogenic fueling of spacecraft
Engaging with Product Owners, Technology Architects, QA and/or Automation team members on cross-functional activities to design, develop, and test cutting-edge software solutions
Providing technical leadership and hands-on development to deliver operational and enabling capabilities that meet hard real-time requirements for command and control of propulsion and electrical ground support equipment systems
Independently determining and developing approaches to problems
Serving in a lead role where general guidance and training of less experienced engineers is needed
Ensuring delivery of mission-critical software used during launch vehicle manufacturing, preflight test, and launch countdown
Actively supporting launch events by shadowing launch operations teams remotely
Designing, developing, operating, and maintaining software and firmware components and computing systems software
Taking ownership of specific programs and projects, or portions of larger projects having considerable scope and impact
Applying the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
Interfacing with customers, suppliers, application users, and other technical and support personnel to produce high-quality software that meets stakeholder needs