Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Description

The company builds complete spacecraft and the subsystems that go into them, including solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems and radios.

The company's Space Systems division has supported more than 1,700 missions, from interplanetary exploration and in-space manufacturing to national security and defense work, with partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency and the U.S. Space Force.

The optical systems unit builds sensing payloads for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers, focused on space domain awareness and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It draws on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared work and covers all orbital domains.

This role sits on the optical systems team and focuses on flight software for spacecraft in Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Help develop payload flight software for the Space Systems programs.
• Bring novel algorithms into harsh environments on sensor systems with tight size, weight and power limits.
• Lead cross-functional teams in defining technical requirements and delivering integrated solutions.
• Own technical direction for software from requirements through implementation, testing and deployment.
• Set software architecture, design patterns, interfaces and technical standards so solutions stay scalable, maintainable and extensible.
• Build performance-oriented software that uses a range of accelerator technologies.
• Mentor engineers at every level, give technical guidance, and push for continuous improvement.
• Support technical planning, effort estimates, risk identification and dependency management, keep milestones on track, and report status and risks to stakeholders.
• Join a team of driven engineers taking on hard projects and shaping the future of space.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering.
• 12+ years of embedded software engineering experience.
• Experience designing complex multithreaded applications.
• Experience designing flight software.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Nice to have: familiarity with high-performance and parallel processing.
• Nice to have: exposure to novel architectures such as FPGA and CUDA.
• Nice to have: familiarity with flight software system management.
• Nice to have: experience implementing algorithms.
• Highly desired: exposure to Python and MATLAB.
• Nice to have: familiarity with numerical computing principles.

Conditions

Based in Tucson, AZ.

The role may require long periods of sitting, standing, walking and computer work, plus occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust and fumes in production areas.

For US office roles, you must be a U.S. citizen, a lawful U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or Department of Commerce, as applicable, under ITAR rules on space technology export.

For New Zealand office roles, background checks, including nationality checks, are completed before any offer is made, because you must be eligible to access ITAR-regulated equipment and data. You may be ineligible if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a NATO country, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.