Flight Software Systems Engineer - V&V & Certification

The Exploration Company; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Exploration Company is seeking a highly motivated Software System Engineer to support the certification activities of the flight software for the Nyx program in Los Angeles. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure V&V, tracing, and certification artifacts are complete and accurate.

Responsibilities include contributing to V&V/IV&V, maintaining the requirements traceability, and preparing documentation for software certification and NASA safety reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience working on safety-critical or highly regulated software systems (aerospace).
• Strong understanding of requirements management, V&V, test and certification processes.
• Proficient in C++ and Python for software design and testing.
• Experience with real-time systems, embedded development, or spacecraft software.
• Familiarity with software testing methodologies and simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to V&V and IV&V activities to ensure that flight software meets functional, performance, and safety requirements.
• Support requirements management and tracing, ensuring full traceability from system-level requirements to software implementation, test and verification artifacts.
• Prepare and review documentation required for software certification and NASA Safety Reviews.
• Interpret, tailor, and apply formal standards.
• Interface with internal Product Assurance.
• Collaborate daily with system engineers and software development teams to resolve technical issues and clarify requirements.
• Develop and maintain software functional design baseline.
• Plan software testing of the integrated mission.
• Use your understanding of C++ and Python to meaningfully engage in software design and test discussions.

Skills

C++

Python

V&V

Requirements tracing

Software certification

Real-time systems

Embedded development

Spacecraft software

Agile development

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

CI/CD systems

Build systems

Job description

The Exploration Company is seeking a highly motivated Software System Engineer to support the certification activities of the flight software for the Nyx program in Los Angeles. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure V&V, tracing, and certification artifacts are complete and accurate.

Responsibilities include contributing to V&V/IV&V, maintaining the requirements traceability, and preparing documentation for software certification and NASA safety reviews.