Senior Flight Software & Avionics Engineer (Space Missions)

Via Logic LLC; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Houston, TX is seeking a Senior Flight Software and Avionics Engineer to support the Cargo Mission Contract team. You will develop space flight software and avionics for new hardware across ISS, HLS, moonbase and commercial space programs.

Responsibilities include end-to-end avionics architecture, embedded flight software development and testing, and integration with hardware teams while adhering to CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science and electrical electronics engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with embedded systems programming in Linux and real-time software environments (C/C++).
• Experience with spaceflight or other safety critical systems.
• Experience with operating systems, file systems, and bootloaders.
• Familiar with containerization and CI/CD pipelines on Linux systems.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking development of end-to-end avionics system architecture.
• Developing schematics for power distribution, communication lines, and central processing or embedded systems.
• Work with a team to design, develop, and test embedded flight software.
• Design and build functional, efficient, dependable, secure, and maintainable software.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers on board-level firmware and circuit designs.
• Execute test plans and procedures in Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds and support test automation for CI/CD.

Skills

Embedded systems programming

C/C++

LabVIEW

Problem solving

Spaceflight experience

Linux OS/RTOS

Git (Bitbucket/GitLab)

Jenkins

Containerization

Agile software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or EE

Master's degree in CS/EE (preferred)

Tools

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jenkins

CI/CD tooling

Linux containers

Job description

Leidos in Houston, TX is seeking a Senior Flight Software and Avionics Engineer to support the Cargo Mission Contract team. You will develop space flight software and avionics for new hardware across ISS, HLS, moonbase and commercial space programs.

Responsibilities include end-to-end avionics architecture, embedded flight software development and testing, and integration with hardware teams while adhering to CI/CD practices.