Flight Software Engineering Manager — Lunar EVA Cameras

CACI International Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International Inc. seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead NASA Johnson Space Center’s wireless camera flight software for Orion and lunar EVA missions. You will oversee a spacecraft software team, drive design, development, testing, and certification, and coordinate with NASA and industry partners.

You will mentor engineers, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to safety-critical software processes while communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to USG facilities.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related disciplines.
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in technical leadership of software development teams.
• Must embrace a servant leadership model in leading the project and serving the customer and team members.
• Experience in recruiting, personnel project assignments, team member development, and performance feedback.
• At least 5 years of experience in software development for safety-critical software.
• Strong C programming skills and experience with Linux.
• Must have experience in the entire software life cycle.
• Experience with automated software testing such as unit, integration, and verification tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 5+ member spacecraft software development team, developing and prioritizing features based on customer needs, planning verification, interacting with and providing support to users, managing project schedule, and giving large presentations and demonstrations of product capabilities.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and support team development and training.
• Be responsible for all team administrative duties, e.g., team member assignments, timesheet approval, performance feedback, recruiting activities, etc.
• Develop and maintain the Orion Wireless Camera (OWC) flight software.
• Develop and maintain the Lunar Extravehicular Activity (LEOC) Observation Camera flight software with primary focus on command and data handling and file handling.
• Design, develop, and maintain the OWC and LEOC Graphical User Interfaces for commands and telemetry.
• Design, develop, and maintain the OWC and LEOC Command and Data Dictionaries.
• Develop automated test scripts in support of unit, integration, and verification testing.
• Perform systems engineering as needed in support of software requirements and interface definitions, design, integration, testing, flight certification, and user’s guides.
• Perform software integration, test, and verification.
• Integrate and test software/hardware in avionics test bed and flight certification environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and contractors across multiple NASA programs and projects.
• Ensure adherence to JSC standard software process practices.
• Support customer status reporting.
• Support recruiting and team member development initiatives.

Skills

C programming

Linux

Software life cycle

Automated testing

Leadership

People management

Recruiting

Communication

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

MS in Computer Science or related

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Jira

Git

Job description

CACI International Inc. seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead NASA Johnson Space Center’s wireless camera flight software for Orion and lunar EVA missions. You will oversee a spacecraft software team, drive design, development, testing, and certification, and coordinate with NASA and industry partners.

You will mentor engineers, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to safety-critical software processes while communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders.