NASA Moon Base Flight Software Systems Engineer

About the role

CACI is hiring a Flight Software Systems Engineer to support NASA's Moon Base flight software development at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Moon Base is described as humanity's first permanent lunar outpost, and the role covers software systems engineering across the full software life cycle, including design, development and evaluation from a cybersecurity perspective. The position is full time, regular, with up to 10% travel within the continental US and requires NACI clearance.

Key responsibilities

• Support development and analysis of flight software requirements and coordinate flight software documentation, reviewing requirements, architecture and design documents.
• Identify risks and vulnerabilities in implemented flight software and develop risk mitigation plans with recommended cybersecurity controls.
• Support Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Requirements Documents (IRDs) defining interfaces between flight software subsystems and other spacecraft or ground systems.
• Facilitate milestone reviews, coordinate closure of Review Item Dispositions (RIDs) and track resolution of flight software bugs and defects.
• Support trade studies, analyses and assessments, and provide oversight of adherence to NASA SSET standards for class A safety-critical flight software.
• Develop and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), interface with NASA and prime contractor teams, and present at NASA software boards.
• Support integration of flight software in test and verification facilities, and develop software tools and scripts as needed.

Required profile

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer or Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• At least five years of flight software systems engineering experience in real-time safety-critical software in aerospace or another industry; more experience is highly valued.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to manage multiple priorities with little supervision, and a team-oriented approach.

Required skills

• Desired: M.S. degree in a related field.
• Desired: cybersecurity experience, including threat modeling, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls and NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 RMF.
• Desired: experience with SSET standards, CMMI level 3+, human-rated software, C++ and Python, cFS, software configuration management and hardware/software integration.

What we offer

• Proposed pay range of $76,000 - $155,700 USD, depending on experience, skills and contract factors.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off benefits.
• A flexible time off benefit and access to learning resources.