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Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc. · 5 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

Arlington, VA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

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 tests at the unit, module, subsystem, and platform level

Work with manufacturing engineers to support installation onto the hardware-in-the-loop test environment and eventual flight hardware

Participate in anomaly resolution activities and patch existing flight software

Develop and execute FSW verifications tests using 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

Contribute to the development of systems- and mission-level modeling and simulation tools

Develop software models of payloads for ground testing

Support development of software model of satellite platform, particularly ensuring accurate representation of the 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

Qualification

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Aerospace SystemsC/C++ ProficiencyEmbedded Software DevelopmentDevice Driver DevelopmentReal-Time Operating SystemsCybersecurityGNC AlgorithmsFunctional ValidationSoftware Safety AssuranceNetwork TopologySimulatorsSoftware Requirements ManagementProblem-SolvingIndependenceCuriosityGovernment Security ClearanceCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.

A minimum of 9 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 7 years with a Master's degree.

Proven track-record of working with aerospace hardware and/or 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, Device driver development and 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

Preferred

Master's in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.

Periodic travel (less than 20%) to Airbus U.S. facilities or partner companies. Occasional International travel to collaborate with European Airbus counterparts

Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance is required. Active DoD security clearance at Secret or above is highly desirable