Senior Flight Software Systems Engineer
ispace, inc.4 months ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Define product baselines, standard requirements, system architectures, ICDs, design and analysis goals, test plans, and operations concepts.
- Lead and perform safety analyses including Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, FMECA, reliability analysis, and hazard analysis.
- Perform system-level trade-offs and coordinate inputs across disciplines to evaluate changes to mission design baselines.
- Maintain interfaces between spacecraft subsystems and contribute to requirements management and closure.
- Support AIT, flight and test operations groups, and subsystem leads in defining verification test plans and specifications.
- Coordinate subsystem and operations teams in defining spacecraft operational concepts.
- Contribute to maintaining and integrating Model-Based Systems Engineering tools.
- Participate in embedded flight software design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, rehearsals, and on-console operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of experience in the design, implementation, integration, and verification and validation of embedded flight software subsystems.
- Operational experience including operations preparation, rehearsals, and on-console activities.
- Experience with FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis.
- Programming experience with MATLAB, Python, or equivalent.
- Experience making key decisions in a fast-paced environment, with strong ownership, accountability, presentation, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Working-level English proficiency.
- Preferred: design, analysis, or testing experience in at least one additional spacecraft subsystem, such as Structure, Thermal, Avionics, Propulsion, Communications, or GNC.
- Preferred: experience with requirements decomposition from mission level to unit level and system-level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Working-level Japanese proficiency is preferred.
Benefits
- Candidates currently in Japan with a valid working visa will be prioritized.
- Overseas candidates must relocate to Japan upon acceptance.
- Compensation is provided in JPY and aligned with local Japanese market benchmarks based on role level, scope, and prevailing industry standards.
- The role offers work on lunar lander missions and resource prospecting projects with a small international engineering team.
About ispace, inc.
ispace, inc. designs and manufactures robotic lunar landers and micro rovers that deliver customer payloads and collect data on the Moon for space agencies and commercial users. Its business model centers on lunar transportation and surface operations services, sold as payload slots, mission integration, and data products. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, the company is publicly listed in Japan and operates subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the United States.