Embedded Payload Software Engineer
About The Position
Embedded Payload Software Engineer - Lunar payload and data services (LPDS) About Intuitive Machines Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. We believe our mission is to further research, communications, and exploration beyond low lunar orbit. With multiple NASA lunar missions in the making and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting NASA, our customers, and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety. Intuitive Machines is leading the charge to cislunar space with our fleet of landers and satellites. We proudly put forward an exceptional team that lives at the intersection of rigor and agility. We are seeking the best, the brightest and the driven to be part of the commercial space revolution on and around the moon.
Requirements
- B.S. in physics or engineering domain
- 3+ years experience in C/C++ development
- 3+ years experience with hardware/software integration
- Familiar with serial communications protocols (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, etc.)
- Familiar with real-time operating systems
- Familiar with packetized communications protocols (IP/UDP, IP/TCP)
- Organized, thorough and methodical approach to software quality and testing
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Capable of both high quantity and high quality output
- Soft skills for working directly with our payload customers
- Penchant for self-starting and problem solving
- Ability to work in a fast paced, hard charging, high stakes environment
- A passion for spaceflight
Nice To Haves
- Experience with GSFC Core Flight Software (CFS) framework
- Experience with device driver implementations
- Experience with Rust
- Experience with logging frameworks and their architecture
- Experience with Windows and POSIX-based operating systems
- Experience with Docker-based containerization
- Experience in an agile / scrum development environment
- Experience in Gitflow coordinated configuration management schemes
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and maintain embedded flight software features and improvements
- Analyze, test and perform I/O performance assessments upon integrated hardware/software solutions
- Interface with hardware design and development
- Draft unit/integration tests and coordinate high-level testing of features
- Organize and develop software interface control documents with payload customers
- Work with payload customers to design, define, develop, integrate and test software interfaces for their payloads
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
