What are the responsibilities and job description for the Flight Software Engineer position at METECS?
METECS is an engineering and applied technology company that provides high-fidelity simulation and software development for NASA’s Johnson Space Center. We are seeking a Flight Software Engineer. In this position you will work with a talented team to develop software for embedded systems that operate in space. Your support of this effort will occur throughout the software development life cycle from software systems engineering, design and development through testing, verification and validation, and certification.
Required Qualifications:
About METECS:
We are a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. We develop and integrate custom software for NASA and other government and commercial customers utilizing a wide variety of in-house, commercial, and open-source technologies. Our specialties include robotics automation, embedded systems, hardware/software integration, multibody dynamics simulations, immersive computer graphics, XR systems and advanced web-based tools.
METECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Similar
- Experience developing C/C software for safety-critical and/or high-value systems
- Experience developing unit tests within unit test frameworks (e.g. cppTest, Google Test, etc.)
- Experience with software requirements and design development
- Working knowledge of inter-device and hardware-software interfaces
- Working knowledge of python or similar language
- Knowledgeable in software development lifecycle phases
- Basic understanding of configuration management tools (e.g. GitLab) as well as CI/CD practices
- Experience developing human-rated space system software using safety-critical standards, such as NASA NPR 7150.2, DO-178C or similar
- Proficient in developing C/C software for embedded systems
- Experience with embedded linux and/or real-time operating systems (RTOS), such as VxWorks or Greenhills Integrity
- Working knowledge of C#, Python, or similar languages
- Experience with NASA’s core Flight Software (cFS) framework
- Experience with the Scrum Agile software development process
- 3 years experience
About METECS:
We are a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. We develop and integrate custom software for NASA and other government and commercial customers utilizing a wide variety of in-house, commercial, and open-source technologies. Our specialties include robotics automation, embedded systems, hardware/software integration, multibody dynamics simulations, immersive computer graphics, XR systems and advanced web-based tools.
METECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
