Senior Software Engineer

at  Advanced Space

The team at Advanced Space is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. This team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer responsible for architecting solutions for ground and flight software for missions to the moon and beyond. Advanced Space is a rapidly growing, privately held business that operates with core values that reinforce: we are customer-obsessed and mission-focused; when we see it, we solve it; we are one team, motivated by our vision; and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity. This role will be based in Westminster, Colorado, and an ideal candidate for this role will love not just the responsibilities but will also have a passion for the exploration, development, and settlement of space. We invite you to join our dynamic team and contribute to the success of the team at Advanced Space.
This role will span the software lifecycle from design through implementation, test, and mission operations, requiring hands-on knowledge of coding best practices, and the ability to lead other software and astrodynamics engineers in producing high quality software.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field
• 5 to 10+ years of experience with spacecraft software systems, system architecture and/or mission control systems

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in the Westminster, CO office 3-5 days/week
• Applicants must be a US Person (citizen or Green Card Holder/permanent resident, or protected individual)
• Must be eligible to obtain a US Security Clearance

A successful candidate should have the following skills:

• Must have a complete understanding of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate a complete understanding and application of programming and analysis concepts.
• Demonstrated hands-on technical expertise in C/C++ and Python programming languages.
• Knowledge of unique aspects of embedded software in resource-constrained environments and embedded Linux.
• Knowledge of modern front-end web frameworks such as React desired.
• Experience with GIT version control, Agile development processes and standards, Linux and Windows development, AWS or other cloud services, and Docker or other containerization services.
• Experience with designing real-time, embedded Flight Software (FSW) and firmware (FW) for satellite systems is strongly desired, including NASA core Flight System (cFS).
• Experience with ground software for satellite systems is strongly desired.
• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to lead a team of less experienced professional employees.
• Must be able to interface effectively with other engineers of various disciplines, including astrodynamics, navigation, and space systems design engineers, and interpret, debug, and modify complex software following rigorous process and coding standards.
• Willingness to mentor more junior software engineers/interns and develop a cohesive, well-coordinated software development team

• Apply software engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with a focus on the unique aspects of flight software based on cFS and embedded Linux, ground software based on python and modern web-based frameworks, and cloud-based or embedded ML and autonomous systems.
• Participate in all elements of the software lifecycle including requirements, development, testing, and integration.

• Generate software architecture solutions for new project needs, perform software engineering analyses, document findings, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, give technical presentations, manage technical effort schedules, and coordinate workloads of an engineering unit to meet established deadlines or milestones.

  A successful candidate should have the following skills:

• Must have a complete understanding of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate a complete understanding and application of programming and analysis concepts.

• Demonstrated hands-on technical expertise in C/C++ and Python programming languages.
• Knowledge of unique aspects of embedded software in resource-constrained environments and embedded Linux.
• Knowledge of modern front-end web frameworks such as React desired.
• Experience with GIT version control, Agile development processes and standards, Linux and Windows development, AWS or other cloud services, and Docker or other containerization services.
• Experience with designing real-time, embedded Flight Software (FSW) and firmware (FW) for satellite systems is strongly desired, including NASA core Flight System (cFS).
• Experience with ground software for satellite systems is strongly desired.
• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to lead a team of less experienced professional employees.
• Must be able to interface effectively with other engineers of various disciplines, including astrodynamics, navigation, and space systems design engineers, and interpret, debug, and modify complex software following rigorous process and coding standards.
• Willingness to mentor more junior software engineers/interns and develop a cohesive, well-coordinated software development team.