Senior Flight Software Engineer - Space Systems (Embedded)

Rocket Lab; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Tucson, AZ seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to design flight software for spacecraft as part of Tranche 3 SDA program. You will contribute to deployment of high-performance algorithms on Size/Weight/Power constrained sensor systems and collaborate across a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires a Bachelor's in CS or CE, 8+ years in embedded software, and experience with multithreaded design; U.S. government security clearance is required or must be obtainable.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support development of payload flight software for Space Systems programs.
• Implement high-performance algorithms on constrained sensor systems.
• Contribute to requirements, design, implementation, testing, and deployment phases.
• Provide core software fundamentals for performance-oriented programming across accelerators.

Skills

Embedded software

Multithreaded design

Python

MATLAB

Security clearance

CUDA

FPGA

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering

Tools

CUDA

FPGA

Job description

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Tucson, AZ seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to design flight software for spacecraft as part of Tranche 3 SDA program. You will contribute to deployment of high-performance algorithms on Size/Weight/Power constrained sensor systems and collaborate across a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires a Bachelor's in CS or CE, 8+ years in embedded software, and experience with multithreaded design; U.S. government security clearance is required or must be obtainable.