Millennium Space Systems · 2 weeks ago
Spacecraft Software Engineer (Early-Career)
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company, delivers affordable, high-performance space systems for exacting customers. As a Spacecraft Software Engineer, you will create software that enables satellites to function in orbit, working collaboratively with a team to develop robust embedded solutions and support mission operations.
AerospaceSpace Travel
Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with hardware, control and system engineers to define and develop software requirements, architectures and designs suited for fault-tolerant spacecraft
Rapidly prototype novel software solutions to prove out the architecture/design concepts, quantify technical risk, and create new capabilities
Implement designs in C/C++, integrate software components, create and run unit tests, validate on Hardware-in-the-Loop and release real-time embedded solutions
Assist with system verification and qualification, assessing the outputs and documenting the results to ensure software products that meet system requirements and mission-critical standards
Be responsible for all phases of software development and problem resolution from program inception to post-launch support
Work with hardware engineers to verify hardware-hardware and hardware-software interfaces
Break down the software development needed for a program into smaller discrete tasks that can be given to others to implement and monitor their progress
Perform code reviews to ensure the software being developed is functionally correct, efficient, and meets our coding standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar with focus on software development
2+ Years of Working Experience
3+ years of experience in C and C++ programming
2+ years of experience with Linux in an embedded environment and/or baremetal C on a microcontroller
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
Ability to work independently and in a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required
Preferred
5+ years of work experience in C and C++ Programming
Experience with concurrent HW/SW development
Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes
Experience with serial data protocols (HDLC, I2C, SPI)
Experience in Python programming
Experience in Verilog and FPGAs
Experience with git, JIRA, confluence
Knowledge of satellite systems and components
Company
Millennium Space Systems
Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile, flight-proven small-satellite solutions.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-08-16Acquired
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