Job Specifications
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.
Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer's mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work.
Position Summary
Airbus U.S. is looking for an enthusiastic and creative software engineer to develop and test spacecraft flight software. We're looking for candidates who can bring exceptional programming skills and experience in embedded software development and testing to the team.
Position Responsibilities
The Software Engineer's primary responsibility will be contributing to the development and testing of Airbus U.S.'s satellite flight software. This engineer will be involved in the full lifecycle of flight software development, from requirements definition through operations. However, because we are a small team where each person takes on many roles, this engineer will also contribute to mission concept development, in-house modeling and simulation capabilities, and proposal writing. Being at the cutting edge of space technology, we need someone who is eager to learn, grow, and take on new and potentially unfamiliar challenges. There is no shortage of fascinating problems to solve.
The Software Engineer will provide autonomous support of complex assignments, under the leadership of the Software Team Lead and Software Engineering Manager. The Software Engineer will have project and subject matter responsibility and authority.
Software Integration and Test 60%
Develop and execute FSW verifications tests using both proprietary satellite digital twin software and a Hardware in the Loop (HIL) FlatSat.
Establish and document test methodologies and descriptions to test compliance with Airbus and customer-based requirements.
Develop and implement software and tools for ground support equipment to test and validate flight software.
Contribute to document management, including versioning, bug reporting, and test plan documentation.
Oversee and conduct official validation tests.
Flight Software 30%
Upgrade existing flight software for new missions
Contribute to the development of new satellite flight software for Airbus U.S. satellite platforms
Develop in-house tools to analyze flight software performance and assess its compatibility with new mission and conops
Develop and execute flight software verification and validation tests at the unit, module, subsystem, and platform level
Work with manufacturing engineers to support installation onto the hardware-in-the-loop test environments and eventual flight hardware
Participate in anomaly resolution activities and patch existing flight software
Additional Responsibilities 10%
Support working groups, both internal and with customers and/or vendors
Support proposal writing, new business
Assess the software impacts of new hardware, conops, and missions
Education
Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
Experience
A minimum of 3 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 1 year with a Master's degree.
Proven track-record of working with aerospace hardware and/or software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs through detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.
Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities
Insatiable curiosity and a demonstrated ability to learn and work independently
Proficiency in C/C++
Expertise in one or more of the following:
Embedded software development and testing
Device driver development and testing of software/hardware interfaces
Real-time operating systems programming, debugging, and testing
Cybersecurity
GNC algorithms design, analysis, testing, and implementation
Functional validation of embedded software on hardware
Software safety assurance
Network topology and configuration
Simulators: numerical, emulator, and hardware in the loop
Software requirements and configuration management
Travel Required
Periodic travel (less than 20%) to Airbus U.S. facilities or partner companies.
Occasional International travel to collaborate with European Airbus counterparts
Eligibility
US Citizenship is required
Clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance.
Active DoD security clearance at Secret or above highly desirable
Physical Requirements
Vision: able to see and read com
About the Company
Airbus US Space & Defense is a trusted U.S. government partner for industry leading satellite, geospatial intelligence and cyber capabilities, secure communications, space exploration missions, military helicopters, unmanned aerial systems, and fixed wing aircraft. Our portfolio of state of the art technologies, research and development, and subject matter expertise provide the U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Agencies, and Space focused partners the best solutions for their critical missions.
Know more