Software Systems Engineer
AST SpaceMobile4 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Define system architectures and interfaces across software components.
- Review and refine requirements for completeness and testability.
- Monitor system performance budgets including timing, memory, and power.
- Plan and execute verification activities to validate system performance.
- Support hardware and software integration, testing, and debugging.
- Contribute to development milestones and gate reviews.
- Apply configuration management and maintain system documentation.
- Develop interface and data flow documentation.
- Coordinate daily software team activities and priorities across Ground Software, Flight Software, and Systems Testing teams.
- Track, triage, and escalate software issues.
- Facilitate team meetings and drive action items to closure.
- Maintain accurate documentation across shared engineering tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in software systems engineering, development, or verification.
- Experience with complex or distributed systems such as aerospace, telecommunications, or embedded platforms is preferred.
- Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation using tools such as Confluence or SharePoint is preferred.
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and Agile development environments is preferred.
- Exposure to communications systems, networking technologies, or other high-reliability domains is a plus.
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering concepts and industry standards is beneficial.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, including C, C++, or Python.
- Experience with issue tracking and version control tools such as Jira and Git.
- Understanding of configuration management principles and software development lifecycle processes.
- Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, prioritization, and documentation skills.
About AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile builds a space-based cellular broadband network that connects directly to standard smartphones, selling capacity to mobile network operators and government users. The public company, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Midland, Texas, trades on NASDAQ. It has demonstrated direct 4G/5G voice and data links from its BlueWalker 3 test satellite and is developing commercial satellites to extend coverage to remote and underserved areas.