Software Architect

Actalent; Texas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan

Life Insurance & AD&D

Disability coverage

HSA

Transportation benefits

PTO / Time Off

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Software Architect to define and lead the architecture of real-time embedded flight software for autonomous space vehicles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to specify requirements, designs, and verification plans, while guiding verification to ensure safety-critical standards are met.

The role emphasizes hands-on architectural leadership, fault-tolerant flight software, and agile project management with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in mission-critical software development and safety-critical standards.
• Proven ability to define and implement architectures for embedded/flight software.
• Strong real-time embedded systems design, development, and integration.
• Hands-on experience with flight control systems or aerospace software.

Responsibilities

• Define flight software architectures for autonomous space vehicles.
• Collaborate to elicit and refine software requirements and designs.
• Lead verification activities to ensure safety-critical standards compliance.
• Oversee fault-tolerant flight software for autonomous vehicles.
• Guide design and integration of real-time embedded components.

Skills

Safety-critical software

Embedded software architecture

C/C++ (embedded)

RTOS

Real-time systems

Flight software

HIL/real-time testing

Communication with stakeholders

Agile methodologies

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Software Architect

Responsibilities

• Define flight software architectures that enable robust, real-time, safety-critical software systems for autonomous space vehicles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elicit, refine, and define software requirements, architectures, and detailed designs.
• Lead verification activities to ensure that all software products meet defined requirements and applicable safety-critical standards.
• Oversee the development of fault-tolerant flight software responsible for overall command and control of an autonomous space vehicle.
• Guide efforts to design, implement, and integrate real-time embedded software components for flight control systems.
• Oversee the creation and execution of unit tests to validate software components and ensure code quality.
• Lead validation activities using Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments to verify real-time embedded solutions under realistic conditions.
• Drive the release of real-time embedded software solutions, ensuring they are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with mission requirements.
• Lead and contribute to technical documentation, including software architecture descriptions, detailed design documents, and verification plans.
• Communicate project progress, status, technical risks, and potential issues clearly and proactively to stakeholders and leadership.
• Implement and maintain agile project management methodologies throughout the project lifecycle to ensure effective planning, tracking, and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, influencing design decisions and best practices without direct line management responsibility.

Essential Skills

• Experience in mission-critical software development, with a focus on safety-critical or high-reliability systems.
• Proven experience defining and implementing software architectures for embedded or flight software systems.
• Strong experience in real-time embedded systems, including system design, analysis, development, implementation, and integration.
• Hands-on experience with flight control systems or flight software for aerospace or spacecraft applications.
• Expert-level proficiency in C and C++ for embedded and real-time software development.
• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) in embedded environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in software architecture design for safety-critical or mission-critical applications.
• Extensive experience in end-to-end software development, including requirements, design, coding, integration, and verification.
• Ability to lead verification activities and ensure compliance with safety-critical software standards.
• Strong communication skills to effectively convey technical information, project status, and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience applying agile project management methodologies in software development projects.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $95.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Houston,TX.