Spacecraft Simulation Engineer: HIL & Embedded Systems

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Allenspark (CO); On-site; USD 120,416 - 178,627; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks a Simulation Engineer to join the spacecraft simulator team for a deep space mission. You will develop behavioral hardware models, build software-only and HIL environments, and test against EGSE hardware in the lab.

Responsibilities span embedded and EGSE driver work, model development, and CI/CD delivery of simulator artifacts. Onsite work is required, relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a physical science or engineering or related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible status for export-controlled data access.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain behavioral hardware models for spacecraft subsystems.
• Build and support software-only and hardware-in-the-loop simulator environments.
• Write C++ models and Python orchestration for desk deployment and testing.
• Integrate simulation environments with command and telemetry data systems.
• Coordinate a small team of engineers and participate in reviews.

Skills

C++ development

Python scripting

Linux proficiency

Multithreading

IPC (ZMQ/RabbitMQ)

Education

Bachelor's degree in physical science or engineering

Tools

Docker

Podman

CI/CD

Renode

Basilisk/Xmera

SWIG

CMake

Job description

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks a Simulation Engineer to join the spacecraft simulator team for a deep space mission. You will develop behavioral hardware models, build software-only and HIL environments, and test against EGSE hardware in the lab.

Responsibilities span embedded and EGSE driver work, model development, and CI/CD delivery of simulator artifacts. Onsite work is required, relocation assistance may be available.