11 hours ago
Houston, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and evaluate safety-critical flight software.
- Develop, integrate, test, validate, and verify GN&C algorithms and requirements.
- Use MATLAB, Simulink, Autocode, Python, and C/C++ to update, analyze, and test GN&C flight software.
- Perform deep-dive analyses of flight and simulation software.
- Recommend improvements to flight software, processes, and procedures.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering with experience in the field or a related area.
- Significant knowledge of guidance, navigation, and control and experience with 6-DOF algorithms and simulations.
- Proficiency with C/C++ and Python.
- Familiarity with validation and verification of GN&C algorithms and requirements.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with NASA civil servants and contractor employees.
- Preferred: master’s degree in engineering with three or more years of experience, or a PhD in engineering or a related field.
- Preferred: significant experience with C, C++, Python, MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and Autocode.
- Preferred: safety- and flight-critical embedded software development, source-code control, continuous integration, and Agile software development.
- Preferred: experience with GN&C software development, software process and procedure development, and software integration and build management.
- Preferred: experience with Kalman filters, neural networks, UDU factorization, advanced smoothers, artificial intelligence or machine learning, and TRICK/JEOD simulation architecture.
- Proof of U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency may be required, and the candidate must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
Benefits
- 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, when applicable.
- Onsite cafeteria offering breakfast and lunch.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Tax-saving options.
- Disability, life, and pet insurance; benefits may vary by employment type, location, and applicable agreements.
About Amentum
Amentum provides engineering, operations and maintenance, logistics, and mission support services to U.S. federal agencies and allied governments, including defense and energy programs. Its business centers on large, long-term government contracts spanning defense, space, nuclear cleanup, and infrastructure, with program management and technical services at the core. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it was formed in 2020 from the spinoff of AECOM’s Management Services division.