Flight Software Engineer II
About The Position
This position provides engineering support to the flight and ground system design and development team. The goal is to assure system integrity, apply standards where practical, exploit new and emerging technologies, and develop systems with an emphasis on the reuse of applicable software components in both ground and space systems to reduce development time and cost. The role involves designing and developing all software related to spacecraft bus functions, instrument control, and onboard data processing. This includes developing software for run-time external commanding, controlling, and configuring, as well as run-time delivery of status, event logs, state of health, and telemetry. A key responsibility is developing safety-critical applications capable of detecting software and hardware faults and responding to them through isolation or recovery. The engineer will also develop software control of flight systems leveraging real-time sensing and actuating interfaces, and develop hardware and application-specific boot code for establishing baseline flight services and loading OS and application code into execution memory. The role requires evaluating and applying advanced mathematical methods and algorithms in software solutions, and developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex software systems based on documented requirements. Specific input will be provided for software components of system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS, and requirements analysis. The engineer will design, implement, and integrate software applications, utilizing appropriate software engineering and design methodologies. Ensuring efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities through industry standards and repeatable processes is crucial. The role also involves mitigating risks, controlling costs and schedule variance, and managing large-scale, integrated software projects. Finally, the engineer will review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.
Requirements
- Final DoD granted SECRET security clearance.
- Master’s degree; OR Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience; OR Associate degree with 10 years of experience; OR High School Diploma/GED with 10 years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide engineering support of the flight and ground system design and development team to assure system integrity, standards are applied where practical, new and emerging technologies are exploited to the required extent, and the system is developed with the goal of reuse of applicable software components in both ground and space systems to reduce development time and cost.
- Design and development of all software related to spacecraft bus functions, instrument control, and onboard data processing.
- Develop software for both run-time external commanding, controlling, and configuring; as well as run-time delivery of status, event logs, state of health and telemetry.
- Develop safety-critical applications capable of detecting software and hardware fault and responding to faults in a prescribed manner through isolation or recovery.
- Develop software control of flight systems leveraging real-time sensing and actuating interfaces.
- Develop hardware and application specific boot code for establishing baseline flight services and loading OS and application code into execution memory.
- Evaluate and apply advanced mathematical methods and algorithms in software solutions which meet the control and performance requirements of flight systems.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
- Provide specific input to the software components of a system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
- Design, implement, and integrate software applications or performs software engineering tasks.
- Utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
- Ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
- Mitigate risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manage large scale, integrated software projects.
- Review and test software components for adherence to the design requirements and document test results.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
