Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Rocketlab; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave

Paid parental leave

Other discounts and perks

Job summary

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Chantilly, VA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to design and implement flight software for space systems, focusing on delivering robust software for high-performance payloads aboard advanced spacecraft.

You will contribute from requirements through deployment, applying parallel processing and accelerator techniques while collaborating with a driven team to advance the mission of national security and space exploration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of embedded software experience.
• Experience designing complex multithreaded applications.
• Experience designing flight software for spacecraft.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop payload flight software for Space Systems programs.
• Deploy novel algorithms into constrained sensor systems.
• Participate in all phases of software design and development from requirements to testing and deployment.
• Drive performance-oriented software using accelerator technologies.
• Collaborate with a team delivering mission-critical space solutions.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Embedded software

Multithreaded design

Flight software

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

FPGA

CUDA

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Chantilly, VA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to design and implement flight software for space systems, focusing on delivering robust software for high-performance payloads aboard advanced spacecraft.

You will contribute from requirements through deployment, applying parallel processing and accelerator techniques while collaborating with a driven team to advance the mission of national security and space exploration.