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Job Title:
Principal Software Engineer - Space Flight
Company:
Superior Group
Location:
Sterling, VA 20166
Status:
Temporary/Contract/Project
Job Category:
IT/Software Development
Relevant Work Experience:
10+ to 15 Years
Career Level:
Experienced (Non-Manager)
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
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Company:
Superior Group
Email:
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Reference Code:
208881
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Job Description

Principal Software Engineer - Space Flight

Perform system and subsystem definition, preliminary and detailed design, design implementation, and subsystem and system integration and test for a system. Participate in software requirement review, preliminary and critical design, integration readiness review and software acceptance review. Act as technical lead for pre-proposal, proposal and existing program efforts. Brief customers on company capabilities. Plan subsystem work packages and then manage the activities to the programs cost, schedule, and technical requirements.



Join a highly engaged and dynamic Simulation Engineering and Modeling Team to work on projects that involve designing and implementing high fidelity simulators to model the inner workings of spacecraft. You will be working closely with subsystem engineers on modeling their design and providing simulation and verification facilities in various forms and configurations; software-in-the-loop, processor-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop. The designed simulation products will be employed in all phases of the spacecraft engineering process, continuing onto integration and test, mission preparation and mission operations.



· Develop and structure your own projects and have the opportunity to conceptualize, develop and improve simulation framework

· Design spacecraft simulation and verification facilities to streamline the engineering of a complex spacecraft, from control algorithm refinement to systems level hardware in the loop simulation and verification

· Work with other subsystem engineers to debug, integrate and test hardware-in-the-loop simulation facilities

· Provide advice and guidance to junior team members



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Required Skills / Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Aerospace Engineering is required.

2. A minimum of 7 years software engineering experience using C/C++, Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and Standard Template Library, Object-orientated analysis, design and programming



Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

**TS/SCI Clearance**

Unified Modeling Language (UML) and model based software design and development experience a plus

Matlab and JAVA experience a plus. Experience with National Instruments Measurement Studio and PXI instrument programming a plus. Experience with embedded software engineering with RTOS on PowerPC architecture a plus

Prior experience developing and/or maintaining closed-loop 6 degree of freedom simulations is a definite plus

Good written and oral communication skills are required

Ability to excel in a matrix organization

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