About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Job Title: Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (SV Optical Communications Terminal Software Adaptor)</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Job Code: 36637</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Job Location: Palm Bay, FL</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in -0.25pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Job Schedule: 9/80</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in -0.25pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Job Description: </span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">The Software Engineer will be responsible for design, development, and implementation of immediate updates and refactoring of an existing Flight Software (FSW) adaptor to accommodate multiple vendors/suppliers of Space Vehicle (SV) Optical Communications Terminals (OCTs). <br></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#32363a"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in -0.25pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Essential Functions: </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Lead the design, development, implementation, and testing of updated FSW written in C++ in an embedded Linux environment.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Understand the basics of OCT operations, scheduling of peer-to-peer communication contacts, link establishment, and pointing vectors relative to SV orbital motion.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Develop and maintain an embedded Linux-based code baseline, DevOps pipeline, configuration management, and documentation.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Update and refactor existing integration and test procedures to cover new vendors/suppliers, and complete integration with the larger SV software baseline.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Execute Formal Qualification Testing (FQT) according to refactored FSW requirements levied on the OCT software adaptor.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Update Python scripts for simulation and test used for integration and FQT.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Interact with FSW leadership in daily standups, understanding cooperatively created development and testing schedules, and working with other program FSW engineers to resolve discovered issues.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Collaborate with OCT vendors/suppliers and L3Harris Systems Engineers to ensure seamless integration with hardware components.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Develop and maintain software documentation, including design specifications, user manuals, and testing procedures.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Debug and troubleshoot software issues, providing timely resolutions to ensure product quality and reliability.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Optimize software performance and memory usage to meet product requirements.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code standards and best practices.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our software development processes.<span style="color:#32363a"><br><br></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Qualifications:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:#32363a;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">4+ years of experience in embedded software development using C/C++ with Object Oriented Design and Implementation.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience with embedded Linux, including modern software development APIs, network communications, and possible use of containerization.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience with software development tools such as compilers, debuggers, and version control systems (e.g., Git).</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a"><br><br></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in -0.25pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a">Preferred Additional Skills:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for testing and automation.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">Experience </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:black">with continuous integration deployment (CI/CD) pipeline</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#32363a"><br><br></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:white"><br><br></span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:white">#LI-KB1</span></p>