Location: Pasadena, CA 91109

Eligible for telework? Ye, 2 days a week

Duration: 11 months with a high possibility of extension

Work schedule: 9/80 schedule – 1st shift

Full time/Part Time: FT

Summary:

Would you like to see your code sent to the planet Mars? Send your code on a spacecraft orbiting Earth, Jupiter, or an asteroid? Join a fast-paced CubeSat software team? These are some of the unique software challenges that await you at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

As an Embedded/Flight Software Engineer for JPL's Flight Software and Avionics Systems Section, you will be part of a team with unique world-class expertise in Avionics System Engineering, Flight Command and Data Handling (C&DH) Software, Avionics System Integration, Test, Operations, and Software Technology Research.

In this specific position, you will be working with low-level flight software, implementing and modifying bootloaders and SUROMs. With us, you will push the envelope of what’s possible and have the opportunity to implement, configure, and modify real-time operating systems and implement or test spacecraft capabilities such command, communication, data management, instrument managers, and fault protection. This position provides many interesting programming opportunities, including working on device drivers. Come join the team!

What you will do:

• Modify, implement, and maintain SUROMs and bootloaders.
• Configure and modify real-time operating systems.
• Design and implement real-time flight software for spacecraft in C.
• Develop test plans, unit tests, and evaluate test results. Run tests against simulators and testbeds.
• Identify and troubleshoot technical issues with flight software in an integrated system.
• Work on a team with experienced flight software developers

Requirements:

• Typically requires a BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related technical discipline with a minimum of 6 years of related experience; Master’s degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of 4 year of related experience; or PhD with 2 years related experience.
• Experience with developing, modifying, and maintaining SUROMs and bootloaders.
• Experience modifying VxWorks and/or Greenhills Integrity at the operating system level.
• Experience with embedded software development.
• Excellent C programming skills.
• Familiarity with assembly language.
• Multi-threaded programming.
• Coursework in operating systems, computer architecture, algorithms, and data structures.
• US Person or Permanent Residency required.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with programming languages, software engineering, computer science theory.
• Python or C++

About our client:

Our client is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. Manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system, and our universe.

This client is requiring that all new hires show proof of vaccination. However, accommodations may be made for those with medical or religious reasons and are unable to obtain a vaccine.

About Space Systems:

Space Systems provides solutions and opportunities to employ a contingent workforce of technical professionals across diverse disciplines.

Benefits: We offer paid time off, holidays, 401k, medical, dental, and vision

Notes:

EEO- including disability/vets

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position, please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!