Embedded Software & Simulation Engineer (BT-26044)

Bastion Technologies • Houston, TX

35d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is contingent on contract award.

The Embedded Software & Simulation Engineer will support the space program located in Houston, TX.

Requirements

• This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering or computer science.
• Must have a minimum of 2+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Hands-on with cFS/cFE services, SB topic design, and app configuration; familiarity with OSAL/PSP portability and RTOS primitives (tasks, queues, semaphores, ISRs).
• Capable of reading schematics and collaborating with hardware teams; practical experience with Ethernet/TCP IP and device interfaces (SPI, USB).

Nice To Haves

• Prior work delivering demo first prototypes with clear success metrics (bounded latency, dropout resilience, intelligibility proxies), packaged for internal reviews and stakeholder trials.
• Experience building CI friendly test harnesses, coverage, and automated result packaging for timing regressions and performance dashboards.
• Comfort presenting results in technical forums and closing feedback loops quickly; experience with formal configuration and issue tracking in flight adjacent programs.

Responsibilities

• Designs and delivers cFS-based audio communications solutions using C/C++/Python, including Software Bus publish/subscribe, configuration tables, and demo-ready applications.
• Develops TRICK-driven simulations for EVA/lander/lunar comms to stress timing, jitter, packet loss, and synchronization, with Python automation for repeatable testing and reporting.
• Builds lightweight demo frameworks (desktop, Docker/conda) with PyQt visualization to showcase timing, SB traffic, and audio quality. Integrates embedded I/O and Linux drivers for lab and HIL testing, leveraging emulators for early hardware abstraction and reproducibility.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Bastion offers a wide range of benefits for their full-time employees; medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance, retirement 401k, vacation, sick pay, holidays, flexible work schedules (when available), along with many other options.
• We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees