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Spacecraft Systems Software Engineer

Jacobs
Jacobs Salary
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2025

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Spacecraft Systems Software Engineer to join the team.

  • We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews.

Spacecraft Software Systems Insight and Oversight for spacecraft systems including requirements development, software and embedded hardware engineering, and testing. Insight and oversight of project objectives from design development to inspection and approval.

The  Spacecraft Systems Software Engineer  will :

  • Provide Management and Oversight
  • Provide PM level insight and oversight of spacecraft subsystem(s) across the entire development lifecycle

  • Become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) Level knowledge of the hardware and software
  • Work in an Integrated Product Team to provide Insight and Oversight of both non safety-critical and safety-critical systems
  • Identifying, document, and elevate risks, issues, and opportunities and provide recommendations
  • Software Process Assessments (including Compliance assessments) across the full development life cycle
  • Perform product assessment for completeness of design and implementation throughout the full development lifecycle

  • Ensure NASA requirements are satisfied by design solutions and support production / control board meetings, design and system reviews
  • Support the development of milestone and manufacturing readiness review products and participate in module system reviews

  • Interface with NASA and spacecraft system engineering teams
  • Subsystem insight and oversight
  • Coordinate with the Subsystem Management team on programmatic requirement change requests, design review support, interface definition and control, verification integration, and provide status on high level development progress and issues

  • Monitor system integration, interface management and coordination
  • Demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and coordination skills
  • Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors

  • Communicate and demonstrate progress to management
  • Organize and manage multiple priorities
  • Work in a fast-paced, Agile environment
  • Perform other duties as assigned or as required
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