Flight Computer Emulation Software Engineer 2

United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO

3d•$92,783 - $154,638•Onsite

About The Position

At ULA, as an Flight Computer Emulation Software Engineer 2 in the Flight Computer Emulation group, you will design, implement, test, verify, document, and deploy ULA’s Centaur V flight computer emulator and support tools for use in flight software development and all-digital integrated vehicle simulations. Core responsibilities include: Act as a hands-on developer to deliver operational and enabling capabilities designed to meet real-time requirements for embedded flight control, ground control software, and associated modeling/simulation software. Develop new software products, implement modern software design principles, resolve complex technical problems, and provide solutions which are innovative and ingenious. Refine requirements, design subsystems, develop code units, and perform integration, test, and verification of software. Work with a highly collaborative team in an agile environment embracing a “fail fast” mentality (fail fast, fail often, react quickly and learn from every failure). Engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, System Engineers, QA, and/or Automation team members on cross-functional activities to design, develop, and test cutting-edge software solutions. Regularly demonstrate new software capabilities to teammates and stakeholders, including flight software development, Artemis emulator integration, and NASA partner teams.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or a related technical field from an accredited college or university
Experience with C/C++
Experience with embedded programming and/or robotics
Experience with object-oriented design
Experience with Linux
Experience working in an agile development team environment
Experience with software configuration management practices and tools such as git
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) or related technical field from an accredited college or university
Experience with hardware emulation
Experience with modern software development practices & tools
Knowledge and ability to work within an agile development environment using an Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Jira, Confluence, etc.)
Experience with development and execution in cloud platforms
Experience with shared memory management for inter-process communication
Experience with Python, QEMU, and/or ZeroMQ

Responsibilities

Act as a hands-on developer to deliver operational and enabling capabilities designed to meet real-time requirements for embedded flight control, ground control software, and associated modeling/simulation software.
Develop new software products, implement modern software design principles, resolve complex technical problems, and provide solutions which are innovative and ingenious.
Refine requirements, design subsystems, develop code units, and perform integration, test, and verification of software.
Work with a highly collaborative team in an agile environment embracing a “fail fast” mentality (fail fast, fail often, react quickly and learn from every failure).
Engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, System Engineers, QA, and/or Automation team members on cross-functional activities to design, develop, and test cutting-edge software solutions.
Regularly demonstrate new software capabilities to teammates and stakeholders, including flight software development, Artemis emulator integration, and NASA partner teams.