Software System Engineer Verified today
The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity. We seek an experienced Software System Engineer to support certification activities of flight software for the Nyx program.
You will join a dedicated team focused on verification and validation (V&V), software certification, requirements tracing, test planning, and system engineering interfacing. You will collaborate closely with software development teams, system engineering, certification bodies, and safety authorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to V&V and IV&V activities to ensure flight software meets functional, performance, and safety requirements
- Support requirements management and tracing, ensuring full traceability from system-level requirements to software implementation, test and verification artifacts
- Prepare and review documentation required for software certification and NASA Safety Reviews
- Interpret, tailor, and apply formal standards
- Interface with internal Product Assurance
- Collaborate daily with system engineers and software development teams to resolve technical issues and clarify requirements
- Develop and maintain software functional design baseline
- Plan software testing of the integrated mission
- Use your understanding of C++ and Python to meaningfully engage in software design and test discussions
What We're Looking For
- Experience working on safety-critical or highly regulated software systems, preferably in aerospace
- Solid understanding of requirements management, V&V, test and certification processes
- Strong technical background in software engineering, with practical experience in flight software frameworks and modern C++
- Experience with real-time systems, embedded development, or spacecraft software
- Familiarity with software testing methodologies and simulation tools
- Excellent cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration skills
- Focus on detail, quality, and testing
- Familiarity with agile and modern development practices
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with standards such as SSP 50808, NASA-NPR-7150.2, NASA-STD-8739.8B, RCC319, ECSS-Q-ST-80C
- Prior work on human-rated spaceflight programs
- Experience with model-based system engineering
- Experience with CI/CD systems and build systems
Why Join Us
- We make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
- We are transparent about risks and obstacles so we can cooperate to overcome them
- We are democratising space. It's a rare opportunity to be part of this journey