Senior Flight Software Systems Engineer

Key responsibilities

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Support the definition of a “product baseline”, creating standard requirements, system architecture, ICDs, design and analysis goals, test plans and operations concepts.

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Lead and perform safety analyses including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), and related methods.

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Perform system level trade-offs, coordinating inputs from various disciplines within the team, to evaluate any proposed changes of the design baseline to satisfy the need of each individual mission.

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Ensure internal interfaces between various spacecraft subsystems are maintained.

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Contribute to requirements management ensuring all requirements are closed-out at the planned project landmarks.

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Support AIT/Flight&Test Operations Groups and subsystem leads in defining test plans and specifications which will successfully verify the spacecraft design.

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Coordinate efforts between relevant subsystems and Operations Team in defining a spacecraft operational concept.

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Contribute to the maintenance of our Model-Based Systems Engineering tools and the integration.

Required skills

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Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

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5+ years of experience in design, implementation, integration, and V&V of embedded flight software subsystem

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Operational experience, including preparation of operations, participation in rehearsals and on-console activities.

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Experience performing FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis

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Experience with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or equivalent

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Self-motivated and comfortable making key decisions within a fast-paced environment

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High sense of accountability and ownership

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Excellent presentation skills, both verbally and written. Enthusiastic attitude and team player

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Working level in English

Preferred skills

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Experience with design, analysis or testing of at least one other subsystem: Structure, Thermal, Avionics, Propulsion, Communications, GNC.

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Experience with requirement decomposition (mission all the way to unit level)

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Experience with system level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing

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Working level Japanese