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ID #15547068
State California
City Sanjose
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source MAXAR Technologies
Showed 2021-06-17
Date 2021-06-16
Deadline 2021-08-15
Category Software/QA/DBA/etc
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Principal Simulation Software Engineer

California, Sanjose, 95101 Sanjose USA

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Maxar is currently seeking a Principal Simulation Software Engineer to join our team in San Jose, CA or Westminster, CO. This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S. In this role, you will use your engineering skills to help build spacecraft simulation software.

Life with Us

Your Project: You will design and implement software used in spacecraft simulators. Our spacecraft simulators are used by customers around the world. Our customers include NASA, JPL and many other commercial customers worldwide.

Your Career: We're very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager out of our San Jose, CA office to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.

What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.

What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):
  • Design and implement models of spacecraft components and/or subsytems for all-software spacecraft simulators and payload management/test software
  • Write and perform unit, integration and system-level tests on software applications
  • Present highly technical material to technical personnel and management

Minimum requirements:
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain Secret or higher DoD security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace Engineering or related disciplines. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
  • 15 years of scientific programming experience in at least one high-level object-oriented language such as Python, C or JAVA. A Master's degree may account for 2 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in spacecraft operations, design or testing
  • Agile software development experience
  • Experience with the software-development life-cycle
  • Mathematical skills, particularly numerical analysis methods and linear algebra
  • Debugging and trouble-shooting skills
  • Proficiency with software compilers and other software development tools
  • Ability to learn quickly and multi-task in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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