Spacecraft VSM Software Engineer (ADV0000Q7) & (ADV0000Q8)

Company: Engineering Research
Location: Houston
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

ERC is a servant-leader oriented company with approximately 1,800 employees and multiple contracts across the US. We believe that our culture has a direct influence on the job satisfaction of our employees and is reflected in the outstanding quality of service received by our customers. Your role:We need your commitment, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire humans all over the globe.We need you to bring innovative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will benefit the quality of life of people around the world. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on new challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. Jacobs is NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working alongside NASA at centers across the United States.We have the unique and significant role to partner with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), to be part of every human spaceflight program - the International Space Station (ISS), NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts into deep space, and Gateway, the orbiting platform providing the home for astronauts to work and travel back and forth to the moon's surface, and serving as the platform for deep space exploration. From critical systems on the ISS to enable astronauts to live and work in space; to performing advanced development for systems leading to deep space exploration; to being part of the foundation for Gateway.We also partner with NASA at JSC, the only NASA center in the United States to curate all astromaterial samples returned from exploration missions, to perform curation services, orbital debris analysis, and basic research to further humankind's understanding of the origins of our solar system.What you'll do all day:* Develop, implement, and integrate software products to work in conjunction with those of other Software Engineers.* Track, coordinate, and answer/respond to time-critical work assignments in JIRA.* Thoroughly document development artifacts such as user manuals in Confluence.* Thoroughly comment code and GIT readme files.* Author and edit software requirement specifications.* Generate present reports for meetings/reviews such as software meetings, technical integration tag ups, demonstrations and design reviews. Reports may take the form of Confluence wiki pages, MS PowerPoint presentations, or other formats as assigned.* Perform software testing and verification activities including developing functional applications that are inherently testable, configuring logging systems, and running the actual software tests.* Develop an intimate knowledge of the system design.* Work in a fast-paced, Agile environment.* Demonstrate excellent communication, negotiation, and coordination skills.* Exude a strong customer service attitude.* Perform other duties as required and assigned.You will love this job if you:* Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks* Enjoy a fast-paced work environment* Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians* Are good at communicating with people* Have a positive attitude* Enjoy multitaskingMinimum requirements for this position:This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.* BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and eight (8) years of direct engineering experience, or Ph.D. and four (4) years of direct engineering experience. OR------* BS degree in a computer or system science discipline from an accredited college or university and five (5) years of progressive, relevant experience, or an MS degree in a computer or system science and four (4) years of progressive experience, or Ph.D. degree in a computer of system science discipline.* Experience working as part of an Integrated Product Team to develop and test high criticality software.* Experienced developing software requirements specifications for safety critical software.* Experience with software testing and verification tools, techniques and processes such as automated testing frameworks, Monte Carlo analysis, and time synchronization between control system software and dynamics simulations.* C/C++ coding in a Linux environment.* Scripting languages such as Python.* Experience with web-based collaboration tools.* Agile software development.* Self-motivated quick learner.* MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN.Requisition Preferences:* NASA Gateway Spacecraft systems and software including the Core Flight System (CFS) software infrastructure and MAST.* Highly autonomous systems.* Developing software across the full development life cycle.Experience with:* Confluence* Gitlab * JIRA* MS Teams* Slack* SharePoint* SQL (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL).* QT* Safety and flight critical software development.* NASA software and systems development standards.What we offer:* Competitive salaries.* Continuing education assistance.* Professional development allotment.* Multiple healthcare benefit packages.* 401K with employer matching.* Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday scheduleSDL2017

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