Flight Software Engineer

About Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With the first commercial lunar landing in history, multiple NASA lunar missions in development, and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting our customers and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.

About The Position

We are looking to add strong and qualified Flight Software Engineers to join our software teams. Intuitive Machines is leading the charge to cislunar space with our Nova fleet of landers and spacecraft. We proudly put forward an exceptional team that lives at the intersection of rigor and agility. We are seeking the best, the brightest and the driven to be part of the commercial space revolution on and around the moon.

Responsibilities:

Design, implement and maintain flight software features and improvements
Analyze, test and perform I/O performance assessments upon integrated hardware/software solutions
Interface with hardware design and development
Draft unit/integration tests and coordinate high-level testing of features

Requirements:

B.S. in physics or engineering domain
3-5 years of experience in C/C++ development
3-5 years of experience with hardware/software integration
Familiar with serial communications protocols (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, etc.)
Familiar with packetized communications protocols (IP/UDP, IP/TCP)
Organized, thorough and methodical approach to software quality and testing
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Capable of both high quantity and high-quality output
Penchant for self-starting and problem solving
Ability to work in a fast paced, hard charging, high stakes environment
A passion for spaceflight

Preferred:

Experience with GSFC Core Flight Software (CFS) framework
Experience with device driver implementations
Experience with SpaceWire communications protocol
Experience with logging frameworks and their architecture
Experience with xUnit compliant test frameworks
Experience with Windows and POSIX-based operating systems
Experience with Docker-based containerization
Experience in an agile / scrum development environment
Experience in Gitflow coordinated configuration management schemes

EEOC

Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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