Senior Software Engineer - Space Planning
Scientific Systems Company, Inc., United States
Job Description
SSCI is looking to fill a Senior Software Engineer - Space Planning position for software projects relating to autonomous space systems. This position requires U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for U.S. Dept. of Defense Security Clearance.
Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) is a leading developer of advanced technologies for navigation, mission planning and autonomy systems for the Aerospace and Defense industries. Founded in 1990 and based in Woburn, MA, Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI) invents disruptive technologies, develops revolutionary solutions, and builds trusted products for our customers’ most challenging missions. SSCI focuses on the creation of AI/ML enabled capabilities to command, control, communicate with, and manage composable collections of intelligent agents, smart sensors, and autonomous platforms across all domains.
*Eligibility for DoD Security Clearance is required for this position
Duties
- Help us build satellite planning amp; scheduling software, optimization, Mission Management, and Autonomous Spacecraft Flight Software and deploy it to space for on-orbit demonstrations
- Lead software development, implementation, testing and support for embedded software systems onboard autonomous spacecraft
- Work as part of a team to design, implement, and test resource management/planning/scheduling software for autonomous satellites in constellation/cluster/RPO/single-vehicle missions
Requirements
Required Skills/Experience
- 6+ years’ experience in Ramp;D of Space/Robotics/Autonomous Systems Software
- Proficiency with IDE-based object-oriented programming in C/C++ in Linux environment, and either Python or Matlab
- Experience with distributed optimization algorithms
- Experience with Constraint Handling, heuristics for planning and optimization, bidding and objective scoring methods
- Experience with Aerospace algorithms, such as coordinate frame transforms, orbit propagation
- Basic understanding of orbital dynamics, multiple orbit regimes
Desired Skills/Experience
- Familiarity with spacecraft payloads
- Experience with spacecraft sensor integration
- Experience with developing and testing embedded software for SmallSats / CubeSats, satellite mission planning, and ground systems
- Proficiency with Linux ARM and CMake, and embedded system software development
- Familiarity with space Modeling amp; Simulation (STK, GMAT, OreKit, FreeFLyer)
Benefits
Salary is competitive with market rates, with annual bonus awards based on company and individual performance. SSCI benefits package includes 401K and Health/Life/Disability Insurance.