Gateway HALO Spacecraft Software Engineer

Job Description

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. Jacobs is NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Gateway HALO Spacecraft Software Engineer to join the team with our Engineering Division.

To fulfill this critical Gateway Halo Spacecraft Software Engineering role, you will need expertise in all aspects of the Human Rated software development life cycle, including:

Software Management and Oversight

Software release planning and estimation

Software testing and verification

Review lower-level software testing and verification

Software Process Assessments (including Compliance assessments) across the full development life cycle

Perform software product assessment for completeness of design and implementation throughout the full software development lifecycle

Ensure NASA requirements are satisfied by design solutions and support production/control board meetings, design and system reviews

Support the development of CDR and manufacturing readiness review products and participate in module system reviews

Interface with NASA and spacecraft system engineering teams

Subsystem Software insight and oversight

Provide engineering insight and oversight support for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) prime contractor on assigned subsystem or subsystems.

Coordinate with the Gateway 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

Work in a fast-paced, Agile environment

Perform other duties as requiredQualifications

Requisition Qualifications:

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.

Typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification in a related area and normally possess 15 years of experience in the field or in a related area

Technical(General)

Experience with the development of space systems requirements documents including functional requirements and verification success criteria

Experience in risk assessment and implementation of risk reducing measures

Experience leading a software development project across the full development life cycle

Technical (Avionics & Software)

Experience developing software across the full development life cycle Safety Critical Human-Rated Software Development

Human Rated Mature Software Processes

Data driven software systems and applications

Software Testing and Verification (including Independent V&V)

Writing/reviewing test and verification definitions

Avionics C&DH (Command and Data Handling)

Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)

Autonomous Systems

Professional

Proficiency with team collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Webex, Skype, SharePoint, Jira

Experience working as part of an Integrated Product Team to develop avionic systems

Excellent communication, negotiation and coordination skills and strong customer service attitude

Experience fostering a collaborative team environment

Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision

Fostering and working in a collaborative team environment

Effectively communicate across a wide range of technical disciplines, with vendors/contractors, direct customers and upper management

Ability to prepare written documents/presentations and to verbally present at various meetings

Requisition Preferences:

Knowledge of systems engineering principles and associated documentation

Knowledge of commonly used NASA concepts, practices, processes and procedures relating to mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, and design software and tools

Knowledge of the NASA Gateway Spacecraft systems and software, specifically for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)

Experience with Core Flight System (cFS) Applications (or similar flight software framework)

Experience with Time Triggered Ethernet (or similar protocols such as ARINC 664)

Experience working as part of an Integrated Product Team to develop avionic systems

Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) for Distributed Avionics Architectures

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

Familiarity with:

Software project management experience

Safety Critical Human-Rated Software Development Processes

NASA software and systems development standards (incl NPR 7150.2)

NASA/JSC documentation databases as well as typical systems engineering products

NASA/JSC engineering processes

Object oriented software development

Agile software development

C/C++ coding

Linux scripting languages such as Python

ARINC 664, 653, SAE AS6802 or RTC DO178

Data Validation

Code Review

Unit Testing

Algorithm Design Document

Run for Record test and results

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