Telemetry Software Engineer I - DSN Data Services

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; United States; On-site; USD 93,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA seeks an Engineering Applications Software Engineer I to develop telemetry processing software for the Deep Space Network. You will design, implement, test, and maintain software under the guidance of senior engineers, contributing to unit tests, documentation, and operations support.

The role emphasizes C/C++, Python or Java, Unix-based systems, XML/JSON data formats, and network programming, with collaboration across teams and a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics, or related field with a minimum of 1 year of related experience; Master’s degree in similar fields with a minimum of 0 years of related experience.
• Extensive understanding with one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Java, Perl or Python.
• Experience with XML and JSON data formats and exchange.
• Experience with network programming including TCP/IP, sockets and client server models.
• Extensive understanding with Unix-based systems.
• Experience working with static analysis tools.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated unit tests.
• Experience with application packaging.
• Experience with debugging and performance optimization.
• Experience in writing technical documents, including software design, delivery and test documentation, presenting at code reviews and supporting technical interchanges.
• Experience working in a team environment, with emphasis on strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain DSN telemetry processing software under guidance of lead engineers.
• Implement change requests, new requirements, and anomaly fixes.
• Work on priority anomaly reports and update project tracking (JIRA).
• Write and run unit tests; provide test input and guidance to testers.
• Help debug anomalies found during project interface tests.
• Provide design inputs for requirements/design documents and contribute to user guides and operation manuals.
• Provide operations support as directed by the DSN Realtime Operations lead.
• Learn TTC subsystems and DSN data flows; follow configuration management processes.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Perl

Python

XML

JSON

TCP/IP

Sockets

Unix-based systems

Unit testing

Static analysis tools

Debugging

Performance optimization

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics or related field

Master’s degree in similar fields

Tools

Jama

TestRail

TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL

Django

Node.js

Jira

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA seeks an Engineering Applications Software Engineer I to develop telemetry processing software for the Deep Space Network. You will design, implement, test, and maintain software under the guidance of senior engineers, contributing to unit tests, documentation, and operations support.

The role emphasizes C/C++, Python or Java, Unix-based systems, XML/JSON data formats, and network programming, with collaboration across teams and a focus on