Principal Software I&T Engineer (Contract)

AIRBUS U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.

31d•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. 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. The Principal Software I&T Engineer's primary responsibility will be contributing to the development and testing of Airbus U.S.'s satellite flight software. This engineer will be involved in the full lifecycle of flight software development, from requirements definition through operations. However, because we are a small team where each person takes on many roles, this engineer will also contribute to mission concept development, in-house modeling and simulation capabilities, and proposal writing. Being at the cutting edge of space technology, we need someone who is eager to learn, grow, and take on new and potentially unfamiliar challenges. There is no shortage of fascinating problems to solve. The Principal Software I&T Engineer will provide autonomous support of complex assignments, under the leadership of the Software Team Lead and Software Engineering Manager. The Principal Software I&T Engineer will have project and subject matter responsibility and authority.

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: Embedded software development and testing, Test scripting (TCL/Python), Device driver development and testing of software/hardware interfaces, Real-time operating systems programming, debugging, and testing, Cybersecurity, GNC algorithms design, analysis, testing, and implementation, 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
Periodic travel (less than 20%) to Airbus U.S. facilities or partner companies
Occasional International travel to collaborate with European Airbus counterparts
US Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Contributing to the development and testing of Airbus U.S.'s satellite flight software
Being involved in the full lifecycle of flight software development, from requirements definition through operations
Contributing to mission concept development
Contributing to in-house modeling and simulation capabilities
Contributing to proposal writing
Providing autonomous support of complex assignments
Having project and subject matter responsibility and authority
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
Upgrade existing flight software for new missions
Contribute to the development of new satellite flight software for Airbus U.S. satellite platforms
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
Work with manufacturing engineers to support installation onto the hardware-in-the-loop test environments and eventual flight hardware
Participate in anomaly resolution activities and patch existing flight software
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