Senior Principal Software Architect – Space Systems (TS/SCI)

Rocket Lab Corporation

City of Long Beach (NY)

On-site

USD 198,000 - 297,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical benefits

Paid vacation

Job summary

Rocket Lab, based in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to serve as the Chief Software Engineer for a major constellation program. You will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, mission-critical software systems for space-based applications.

With expertise in flight software, embedded systems, and ground software, you will collaborate with systems teams and stakeholders to ensure mission success. US citizenship and TS/SCI clearance are required.

Qualifications

15+ years of professional software development experience, including embedded systems and ground software.
Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded software development and Python for testing.
U.S. citizenship is required, due to program requirements and active TS/SCI clearance.
Experience with RF ground to space communication and integrating hardware, including implementing ICDs.

Responsibilities

Lead Software Architecture Design: Define and evolve end-to-end software architecture for flight and ground systems.
Develop Flight Software: Design application software for spacecraft operating within RTOS such as VxWorks or embedded Linux, including drivers for sensors and actuators.
Build Ground Software Systems: Architect and deploy web-based ground software platforms for spacecraft operations.
Test and Validate Systems: Develop unit tests within CI framework and collaborate with hardware-in-the-loop test engineers.