Software Engineer - Spacecraft - Houston

Associates Systems LLC

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on aerospace/spacecraft systems
  • Proficiency in C++, Python, and experience with creating user interfaces
  • Experience with Linux and embedded systems, tailored for harsh environments
  • Familiarity with NASA requirements and verification processes is preferred
  • Strong time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Create software for spaceflight equipment with minimal supervision
  • Troubleshoot customer experiments and help resolve on-orbit issues
  • Design electronics and software for customer experiments, overseeing integration and testing
  • Maintain and upgrade MISSE avionics systems and provide troubleshooting support
  • Participate in hands-on assembly and testing of flight hardware
  • Support environmental testing of spaceflight hardware
  • Review and provide feedback on electrical and embedded circuit/system designs

Benefits

  • Opportunity for rapid feedback on resume submissions within 24 hours
  • Work on cutting-edge spaceflight technology
  • Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams in a dynamic environment
  • Hands-on experience with physical hardware and experimentation
  • Potential travel opportunities related to project support
Full Job Description
Software Engineer
Aerospace/Spacecraft Exp preferred
US Citizens
All Resumes will be responded to in 24 hours or less.


This position works closely with the Electrical team to help troubleshoot new board designs and write software to make them operational. The position also works with the operations team to troubleshoot customer experiments and solve on orbit issues.
• Create software for spaceflight equipment, including designing and/or programming embedded systems, with limited supervision or oversight
• Assist MISSE customers and Primary Investigators (PI) to ensure that their active experiments/payloads meet ISS and MISSE requirements, can be integrated, and will function as planned on-orbit. This includes working closely with our integration engineer(s) and designers.
• Design electronics and software to interface with customer active experiments/payloads and assist with their integration and testing.
• Responsible for MISSE avionics - design, upgrades, maintenance, and performance, including understanding and troubleshooting MISSE systems.
• Hands-on work such as assembling and testing flight hardware and/or ground support equipment.
• Plan and/or support environmental testing of spaceflight hardware
• Review electrical/embedded circuit/system designs created by others and offer constructive feedback
• Support on-orbit operations, manufacturing, assembly, and testing
• Clear and concise reporting of assigned work tasks and initiatives.
• Communicate daily activities with other team members
• Some travel may required
• Other duties as assigned
• 5-10 years of experience
• Experience with C++, Python, and other common programming languages.
• Experience with creating user interfaces and network communication protocols.
• Experience with Linux and embedded systems.
• Experience with NASA requirements and verification process. (Preferred not required.)
• Current knowledge of the state of electrical component and embedded system design and use
• Familiar with the effects of spaceflight on electrical components; able to correctly select components for spaceflight use.
• Self-motivated, focused on delivering excellent products on time and on budget
• Proven ability to work autonomously, with a minimum of supervision, and also excel as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Experience with analog instruments a plus
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Dependable and accountable, and able to work effectively in a dynamic environment
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills and written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with the space industry a plus

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