Flight Software Engineer

5 hours, 30 minutes ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Software Development
Red Canyon Engineering & Software

Red Canyon Engineering & Software

Red Canyon Engineering & Software develops cutting-edge technology aimed at facilitating space exploration and the utilization of renewable resources on Earth, while also engaging in significant missions such as searching for water on Mars and analyzin...

Aerospace & Defense
51-200
Founded 2000

Description

  • Develop and upgrade satellite flight software for new missions and platforms.
  • Execute unit-, module-, subsystem-, and platform-level flight software verification and validation.
  • Integrate and test cFS-based flight software in simulation, FlatSat, and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
  • Develop tools for flight software performance analysis, mission compatibility assessment, and ground support equipment.
  • Support software integration across spacecraft subsystems, flight computers, payloads, and ground systems.
  • Design and maintain reusable flight software components, messaging architectures, and command and telemetry interfaces.
  • Support anomaly resolution, software patching, and end-to-end validation of autonomous spacecraft operations.
  • Develop systems- and mission-level models, including payload and satellite platform software models.
  • Document test methodologies, plans, versioning, and bug reports, and conduct official validation tests.
  • Support customer and vendor working groups, proposal development, and software impact assessments for new hardware and missions.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship.
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM or a related scientific field.
  • At least 3 years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 1 year with a master's degree.
  • Proficiency in C/C++.
  • Experience with aerospace hardware or software systems across the lifecycle from concept through operations.
  • Expertise in embedded software development and testing, device drivers, real-time systems, hardware/software interfaces, simulators, or software configuration management.
  • Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and address unfamiliar technical challenges.
  • Experience developing spacecraft flight software for satellites, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or autonomous aerospace systems (preferred).
  • Experience with NASA Core Flight System (cFS), real-time operating systems such as RTEMS, VxWorks, Integrity, or embedded Linux, and spacecraft command and telemetry systems (preferred).
  • Experience with HIL, FlatSat, digital twin, spacecraft integration and test, mission operations, anomaly resolution, or on-orbit software maintenance (preferred).

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