Principal Software Engineer (Contract)

AIRBUS U.S. Space & Defense•Merritt Island, FL

20h•Remote

About The Position

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions. Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer's mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work. Airbus U.S. is looking for an enthusiastic and creative principal software engineer to develop and test spacecraft flight software. We're looking for candidates who can bring exceptional programming skills and experience in embedded software development and testing to the team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
A minimum of 15 years with a bachelor's degree, or 12 years with a master's degree.
Proven track-record of working with space hardware and/or flight software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs through detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.
Insatiable curiosity and a demonstrated ability to learn and work independently.
Proficiency in C/C++.
Expertise in one or more of the following: GNC algorithms design, analysis, testing, and implementation. New device bring-up. BSP implementation. Embedded software development and testing. Cybersecurity. Device driver development and testing of software/hardware interfaces. Real-time operating systems programming, debugging, and testing. Functional validation of embedded software on hardware. Software safety assurance. Network topology and configuration. Simulators: numerical, emulator, and hardware in the loop. Software requirements and configuration management.
US Citizenship is required.
Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Masters in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
Active DoD security clearance at Secret or above highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of new satellite flight software for Airbus U.S. satellite platforms.
Support development and integration of GNC algorithms.
Support development and modification of flight software hosted on new flight computer designs.
Develop in-house tools to analyze flight software performance and assess its compatibility with new mission and conops.
Develop and execute flight software verification and validation tests at the unit, module, subsystem, and platform level.
Develop and execute FSW verifications tests using both proprietary satellite digital twin software and a Hardware in the Loop (HIL) FlatSat.
Establish and document test methodologies and descriptions to test compliance with Airbus and customer-based requirements.
Develop and implement software and tools for ground support equipment to test and validate flight software.
Contribute to document management, including versioning, bug reporting, and test plan documentation.
Oversee and conduct official validation tests.
Support working groups, both internal and with customers and/or vendors.
Support proposal writing, new business.
Assess the software impacts of new hardware, conops, and missions.