Embedded Flight Software Engineer I - Spacecraft

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision plans

Paid time off

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks an embedded Flight Software Engineer I for the Instrument Flight Software Group. You will design and implement real-time flight software for science instruments, from device drivers to high-level behaviors, supporting mission-critical aerospace applications.

Responsibilities include testing, requirements generation with instrument engineers, and integration within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related technical discipline with a minimum of 1 year of related experience; Master’s degree in similar disciplines; or PhD in similar disciplines with zero years of related experience.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills
• Multi-threaded programming
• Coursework in operating systems, computer architecture, algorithms, and data structures
• Knowledge of real-time embedded software systems for mission-critical aerospace applications
• Experience with embedded processors or microcontrollers and CubeSats projects
• Experience applying embedded real-time software concepts to flight systems

Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time flight software for science instruments
• Generate software requirements and design meeting project needs
• Design software modules for flight system functions and interfaces
• Develop test plans, unit tests, regression tests and evaluate results
• Troubleshoot issues in integrated flight software
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary flight software team

Skills

C/C++ programming

Multi-threaded programming

Python/Java knowledge

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Master’s or PhD in related disciplines

Tools

RTOS

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks an embedded Flight Software Engineer I for the Instrument Flight Software Group. You will design and implement real-time flight software for science instruments, from device drivers to high-level behaviors, supporting mission-critical aerospace applications.

Responsibilities include testing, requirements generation with instrument engineers, and integration within a multidisciplinary team.