Flight Software Engineer II

Vantage Systems Inc; United States; On-site; USD 119,413 - 167,183; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Systems Inc is seeking a Flight Software Engineer II based in Washington, DC. This role involves providing engineering support for flight and ground system design while developing complex software for spacecraft bus functions.

The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s degree or equivalent experience, along with a SECRET security clearance. Responsibilities include designing safety-critical applications and leveraging advanced algorithms for flight systems.

This position is contingent upon program award.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in flight software engineering.
• Ability to develop complex software systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for flight and ground system design.
• Design and develop software for spacecraft bus functions.
• Evaluate advanced algorithms for flight system requirements.

Skills

Software engineering and design methodologies

Real-time sensing and actuating interfaces

Advanced mathematical methods and algorithms

Safety-critical applications development

COTS/GOTS evaluation

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience

Associate degree with 10 years of experience

High School Diploma/GED with 10 years of experience

Job description

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Flight Software Engineer II

Full Time Professional Washington, DC

12 days ago Requisition ID: 1017

Salary Range: $119,413.00 To $167,183.00 Annually

Security Clearance:

SECRET position. Personnel must possess a final DoD granted SECRET security clearance.

Experience and Degree:

Junior: Master’s degree; Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience; Associate degree with 10 years; High School Diploma/GED with 10 years of experience

Experience:

• Shall provide engineering support of the flight and ground system design and development team to assure system integrity, standards are applied where practical, new and emerging technologies are exploited to the required extent, and the system is developed with the goal of reuse of applicable software components in both ground and space systems to reduce development time and cost.
• Shall design and development of all software related to spacecraft bus functions, instrument control, and onboard data processing.
• Shall develop software for both run-time external commanding, controlling, and configuring; as well as run-time delivery of status, event logs, state of health and telemetry.
• Shall develop safety-critical applications capable of detecting software and hardware fault and responding to faults in a prescribed manner through isolation or recovery.
• Shall develop software control of flight systems leveraging real-time sensing and actuating interfaces
• Shall develop hardware and application specific boot code for establishing baseline flight services and loading OS and application code into execution memory.
• Shall evaluate and apply advanced mathematical methods and algorithms in software solutions which meet the control and performance requirements of flight systems.
• Shall develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Shall provide specific input to the software components of a system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
• Shall design, implement, and integrate software applications or performs software engineering tasks.
• Shall utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
• Shall ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Shall mitigates risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manages large scale, integrated software projects.
• Shall review and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Shall develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Shall provide specific input to the software components of a system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
• Shall design, implement, and integrate software applications or performs software engineering tasks.
• Shall utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
• Shall ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Shall mitigates risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manages large scale, integrated software projects.
• Shall review and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Shall develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Shall provide specific input to the software components of a system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
• Shall design, implement, and integrate software applications or performs software engineering tasks.
• Shall utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
• Shall ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Shall mitigates risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manages large scale, integrated software projects.
• Shall review and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.

Please note, this position is Contingent upon Program Award.