Principal Software Verification & Validation Engineer

Intuitive Machines • San Jose, CA

36d • $146,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Lanteris Space LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, is seeking a Principal Software Verification and Validation Engineer to join its team. The role may be based in the Palo Alto, California; San Jose, California; or Houston, Texas offices, or remotely in the United States. The engineer will contribute to challenging projects, including NASA’s Artemis program and the Power Propulsion Element, and lead verification and validation campaigns for flight software and simulation systems.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field; four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 15 years of software verification and validation experience.
• Experience authoring test procedures, driving process improvements, and managing defects/non-conformances.
• Experience with technical writing and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Ability to travel to Palo Alto, California, occasionally.

Nice To Haves

• C/C++ skills.
• Python skills for automation scripts.
• Experience working in a continuous build and test environment.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and issue-tracking tools such as the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence) and GitLab.
• Strong verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute comprehensive software verification plans and procedures for flight software, including software on payload and customer-furnished equipment (CFE).
• Develop and execute requirement- and use-case/scenario-based test procedures in Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) environments, and document test results to verify software system requirements.
• Support the verification and validation life cycle and technical roadmap for flight software testing, and define the overarching validation strategy across test phases.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and champion test automation to reduce human error and manual intervention.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and technical authority for test processes, representing the organization in Test Preparation and Build Delivery Reviews.
• Use or demonstrate familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes and data acquisition systems.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Health and welfare insurance.
• 401(k).
• Incentive eligible, with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved.

What This Job Offers

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