What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover position at Qualified Technical Services?
Work Location : NASA Ames Research Center - Mountain View, CA
Minimum Citizenship : U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Clearance : US Government Public Trust
JOB DESCRIPTION - Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
At NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, we are designing a Lunar prospecting mission to search for water ice in a polar region of the Moon.
Join the team planning the first robotic polar Lunar surface exploration! This position is for a full-time robotics test engineer to integrate and test software for the NASA VIPER Lunar Rover :
The VIPER project is creating Rover flight software (vehicle management, mobility and command / data handling), ground software for rover navigation (localization and path planning) as well as a high fidelity Lunar simulation to support development of the flight software and mission operations training. These software components are developed, integrated and tested over six-month software build cycles, and we need someone with robotics and software testing experience to help define test cases, execute tests and assist with integration issues.
Responsibilities
- Define unit tests and test cases based on epic DOD
- Define scenario test cases
- Develop / set up test environments and test resources
- Conduct and document test executions
- Assist with software and hardware troubleshooting
REQUIREMENTS - Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
Education : BS in Computer Science or Robotics
Year(s) of Experience : 2 years of Related Experience
Qualifications, Skills and Traits :
Desired Skills :
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