Simulation Software Developer - Lunar Terrain Vehicle

Intuitive Machines LLC • Houston, TX

70d

About The Position

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With the first commercial lunar landing in history, multiple NASA lunar missions in development, and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting our customers and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety. Employment in this role is contingent upon NASA selecting Intuitive Machines as the winner of the LTVS program, scheduled for announcement later in 2025.

Requirements

• B.S. in physics or engineering domain
• Organized, thorough and methodical approach to software quality and testing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Capable of both high quantity and high quality output
• Ability to work in a fast paced, hard charging, high stakes environment
• A passion for spaceflight

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or PhD in physics or engineering domain
• Experience in C/C++ development
• Experience in object-oriented design
• Experience with the NASA Trick simulation framework
• Experience with NASA GUNNS
• Experience with xUnit compliant unit test frameworks
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL database solutions
• Experience with Windows and Unix operating systems
• Experience with Docker-based containerization
• Experience in an agile / scrum development environment
• Experience in Gitflow coordinated configuration management schemes

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and own Nova environmental, vehicle and I/O simulation models
• Provide other team members with simulation and Trick expertise
• Draft unit tests and coordinate high-level testing of implemented models
• Collaborate with flight software developers in creating reasonably realistic environment and effector models

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees