Software Engineer, Space Special Programs

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test, and integrate flight, ground, and payload software to meet mission requirements.
• Build embedded and host-side software, including hardware/FPGA interfaces, communications, data handling, and control algorithms.
• Support prototyping, verification, qualification, design reviews, documentation, and mission/system design.

What they ask for

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, or a similar engineering or technical field.
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces and reusable software architectures.
• Experience writing embedded C, device drivers, and algorithms for limited computational and storage resources; host-level code for GUIs, databases, and protocol interfaces.
• Experience on mature spacecraft development programs, including operational and environmental testing; must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• M.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or a similar engineering or technical field.
• 3+ years working in a classified environment; experience designing, integrating, and flying Cubesat spacecraft is also preferred.

Pay

$167,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

embedded C, FPGA, GUI, database, RF communication, machine learning, computer vision

AI focus

Implement machine learning and computer vision capabilities in spacecraft software.