DSN Telemetry Software Engineer I

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental and vision coverage

Wellbeing programs

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Learning opportunities

Rideshare

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks an Engineering Applications Software Engineer I to support telemetry applications for the DSN Data Services. You will design, develop, and maintain telemetry processing software under the guidance of cognizant engineers.

Responsibilities include implementing change requests, updating JIRA, unit testing, debugging, documentation, and contributing to user guides. Collaboration and clear communication are essential in a team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics, or related field with a minimum of 1 year of related experience; Master’s degree in similar fields with a minimum of 0 years of related experience.
• Extensive understanding with one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Java, Perl or Python.
• Experience with XML and JSON data formats and exchange.
• Experience with network programming including TCP/IP, sockets and client server models.
• Extensive understanding with Unix-based systems.
• Experience working with static analysis tools.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated unit tests.
• Experience with application packaging.
• Experience with debugging and performance optimization.
• Experience in writing technical documents, including software design, delivery and test documentation, presenting at code reviews and supporting technical interchanges.
• Experience working in a team environment, with emphasis on strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Implement assigned change requests (CRs), new requirements (NRs), and anomaly fixes under guidance.
• Work on priority Anomaly Reports (ARs) as assigned.
• Update JIRA as work progresses.
• Unit Testing and Test Support.
• Write and run unit tests for your code.
• Provide unit test input and test guidance to Testers.
• Help debug anomalies found during Project Interface Tests.
• Documentation.
• Provide RDD (Requirements/Design Document) inputs for your assigned work.
• Contribute to user-facing documentation such as Software Operations Manuals (SOMs) and User Guides (UGs).
• Document your work clearly, since DSN work is traceable and reviewed.
• Mission and Operations Support.
• Provide operations support as directed by the CDE Lead and DSN Realtime Operations.
• Professional Development.
• Learn the TTC subsystems and their data flows.
• Follow the DSN configuration management and change processes.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Perl

Python

XML/JSON formats

TCP/IP networking

Unix-based systems

Unit testing

Documentation writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Math

Master’s degree in related fields

Tools

JIRA

TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL

Django

HTML

Node.js

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks an Engineering Applications Software Engineer I to support telemetry applications for the DSN Data Services. You will design, develop, and maintain telemetry processing software under the guidance of cognizant engineers.

Responsibilities include implementing change requests, updating JIRA, unit testing, debugging, documentation, and contributing to user guides. Collaboration and clear communication are essential in a team environment.