Senior Space Systems Software Engineer

LV8D Solutions; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LV8D Solutions is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to serve as a key technical contributor across the system lifecycle, ensuring software solutions meet mission requirements and integrate with flight and ground systems.

You will collaborate with software and systems engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and program leadership to deliver reliable, mission-critical capabilities for aerospace programs in a fast-paced, on-site environment, with occasional travel and a TS/SCI clearance requirement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical discipline.
• 9+ years of experience in software/systems engineering or software integration.
• Experience with the systems engineering lifecycle including requirements development, design, integration, test, verification, and validation.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, and waterfall methodologies.
• Experience supporting complex integrated aerospace/defense/space systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication across diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Translate stakeholder, mission, and system requirements into software and interface requirements.
• Develop and maintain software architecture products, ICDs, and system engineering artifacts.
• Support software requirements decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation across the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with flight/ground software, cybersecurity, and hardware teams for end-to-end system integration.
• Participate in system design reviews, software technical reviews, and milestone events (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, ORR).
• Maintain requirements traceability between objectives, system requirements, software specs, and verification activities.
• Support software integration, test planning, execution, anomaly resolution, and operational readiness.

Skills

Systems engineering lifecycle

Agile/DevSecOps

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Requirements translation

Communication skills

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

MBSE

SysML

Job description

LV8D Solutions is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to serve as a key technical contributor across the system lifecycle, ensuring software solutions meet mission requirements and integrate with flight and ground systems.

You will collaborate with software and systems engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and program leadership to deliver reliable, mission-critical capabilities for aerospace programs in a fast-paced, on-site environment, with occasional travel and a TS/SCI clearance requirement.