Flight Software Sustaining Engineer - SME L3

MCSG Technologies • Greenbelt, MD

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

The NASA SES III contract provides IT services throughout all aspects of the engineering process of the entire space systems arena. MVS is in search of a Chief level Flight Software Sustaining Engineer to support the Software Engineering Services III (SES-III) contract. Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is a hybrid position.

Requirements

• Experience with assembler code.
• Experience with using configuration management tools such as Subversion.
• Familiarity with using Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal, problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and ability to multi-task, adapt to change, and work in a cooperative environment.
• 20 years of experience in developing C or C++ in real-time embedded systems.
• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or equivalent.
• Ability to obtain required National Agency Check (NAC) clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with attitude control flight software
• Experience with real-time operating systems VxWorks and RTEMS.
• Knowledgeable in software lifecycle models
• Experience with spacecraft operations
• Experience developing Python applications

Responsibilities

• Support NASA missions from pre-launch through decommission
• Analyze requirements, design, implement, and test flight software changes according to a rigorous life-cycle development process.
• Investigate spacecraft anomalies by analyzing operations commands, telemetry, memory dumps, FSW code and documentation.
• Attempt to reproduce anomalies on the test bed.
• Operate flight software test facilities and maintain a flight like configuration.
• Configuration management of flight and ground products.
• Continuous flight software sustaining engineering process improvement.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, parental leave, paid time off, holidays and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level