Flight Software Interface & Simulation Engineer

lunaroutpost; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid time off

401(k) match

Holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost is pursuing a Simulation Flight Software Integration Engineer to connect high-fidelity simulations with flight software for SIL/HIL testing. You will define and implement interfaces, and coordinate versioning between simulation and flight software across teams.

Responsibilities include developing unit and integration tests and maintaining interface documentation. The role demands strong embedded C/C++ skills, ROS2 experience, and Git-based workflows in a fast-moving space robotics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Experience in embedded C/C++ programming.
• Experience with Serial, IP, UDP, GPIO, SPI, I2C, etc.
• Experience with Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs).
• Experience with ROS2.
• Experience in Python and C++, ability to write reusable code.
• Experience with interface/API documentation.
• Experience with git, unit testing, and code coverage tracking.
• Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• U.S. Person.

Responsibilities

• Define and document interfaces between the flight software and the system simulator.
• Implement interfaces between the flight software and the system simulator.
• Communicate across teams to generate shared understanding of the interfaces.
• Own the versioning of the simulation and its compatibility with flight software versions.
• Develop unit tests to validate the interfaces.
• Develop integration tests to validate the interfaces.
• Work with the analysis and test engineers to ensure continuous testing of the interfaces.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

ROS2

Python

C++

Git

Unit testing

Code coverage

API documentation

Communication

Self-motivation

U.S. Person

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, CS, or related discipline

Tools

Docker

Linux

Windows

MacOS

Job description

Lunar Outpost is pursuing a Simulation Flight Software Integration Engineer to connect high-fidelity simulations with flight software for SIL/HIL testing. You will define and implement interfaces, and coordinate versioning between simulation and flight software across teams.

Responsibilities include developing unit and integration tests and maintaining interface documentation. The role demands strong embedded C/C++ skills, ROS2 experience, and Git-based workflows in a fast-moving space robotics