Flight Software Lead Architect

Cimarron is seeking a Flight Software Lead Architect to develop and lead the flight software architecture for the StarLab program. The StarLab will be a low Earth orbit (LEO) space station that will serve as a business park for commercial space and space tourism activities! This work will be performed in Houston, Texas.

Key Duties:

• Responsible for leading and defining the flight software architecture, requirements, design, prototyping, and implementation for the StarLab space station.
• Serve as the flight software subject matter expert.
• Support flight software certification activities.
• Lead and significantly contribute to programmatic flight software reviews.
• Present flight software technical topics to internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply systems engineering fundamentals to ensure the flight software architecture meets stakeholder needs.
• Support the application of appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools through the development life cycle.
• Perform software engineering "hands on" tasks as dictated by resource and schedule needs, such as artifact and code reviews, gathering requirements, documenting software design, software implementation, documentation, anomaly resolution, preparing and presenting certification artifacts, and process and standards development.
• Support flight software integration, verification, and validation within the system integration lab (SIL).
• Contribute to resource planning, schedule development, and schedule metrics of software schedules.
• Identify risks, provide risk mitigation strategies, and review impacts to schedules and budgets.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for consideration at this time.
• 10 or more years of experience developing and architecting software for human-rated systems in highly regulated environments.
• 10 or more years of experience leading and coordinating distributed teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability to integrate across a wide range of technical disciplines.
• Ability to work on complex technical problems and provide highly innovative solutions.
• Bachelor's degree and 20 or more years of experience.

Desired Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Experience with manned-space system software and certification.
• Experience with NASA cFS (Core Flight System) framework.
• Experience with VxWorks 6.9 and embedded Linux.
• Experience with hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience debugging hardware/software interfaces with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Business Profile:

Cimarron is a global solutions company with a strategic partnering approach to satisfying customer-driven requirements. We ensure customer success with a modern approach and experienced leadership. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Cimarron is fueled by highly skilled employees, developing new innovative technologies, and delivering superior products and services. We believe in recognizing employees' worth by offering competitive salaries and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) contributions, educational reimbursement, and much more. From company communication through Company-wide information meetings led by our President and CEO, to an Awards program designed to recognize our amazing employees and their accomplishments, you will not only feel like you are a part of a team, you will be a valued member of the Cimarron family. Cimarron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.