Job Description

Job Description

Cimarron is seeking a Flight Software Architect to contribute to building and implementing the flight software architecture for the StarLab program. The StarLab will be a low Earth orbit (LEO) space station that will serve as a business park for commercial space and space tourism activities! This work will be performed in Houston, Texas.

Key Duties:

• Lead the architecture, requirements, design, prototyping, and implementation of flight software for the StarLab space station.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for flight software development.
• Support activities related to flight software certification.
• Lead and contribute to programmatic reviews of flight software.
• Present technical flight software topics to internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply systems engineering principles to ensure the software architecture meets stakeholder needs.
• Implement appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development lifecycle.
• Perform hands-on software engineering tasks such as code reviews, requirements gathering, design documentation, implementation, anomaly resolution, and certification artifact preparation.
• Support the integration, verification, and validation of flight software in the system integration lab (SIL).
• Contribute to resource planning and the development of software schedules and related metrics.
• Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and assess impacts to schedules and budgets.

Required/Desired Skills, Experience, and Education

Required Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for consideration at this time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 10 or more years of experience developing and architecting software in a human-rated, regulated domain.
• 10 or more years of experience leading and coordinating with distributed teams..
• 20 or more years of experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability to integrate across a wide range of technical disciplines.
• Ability to work on complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative.
• Bachelor's degree.

Desired Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Experience with manned-space system software and certification.
• Experience with NASA cFS (Core Flight System) framework.
• Experience with VxWorks 6.9 and embedded Linux.
• Experience with hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience debugging hardware/software interfaces with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Business Profile:

Cimarron is a global solutions company with a strategic partnering approach to satisfying customer-driven requirements. We ensure customer success with a modern approach and experienced leadership. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Cimarron is fueled by highly skilled employees, developing new innovative technologies, and delivering superior products and services. We believe in recognizing employees' worth by offering competitive salaries and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) contributions, educational reimbursement, and much more. From company communication through Company-wide information meetings led by our President and CEO, to an Awards program designed to recognize our amazing employees and their accomplishments, you will not only feel like you are a part of a team, you will be a valued member of the Cimarron family. Cimarron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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