Mission Processor - C RTOSDescription:We build satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. Its products include high-powered direct-to-home broadcast satellites, commercial weather satellites, digital audio radio satellites, Earth observation satellites and spot-beam satellites for data networking applications.These 6 Engineers will be working on the PPE (Power and Propulsion Element) - a NASA project for a planned solar electric ion propulsion module, a major component of the Lunar Gateway. The PPE will allow access to the entire lunar surface and a wide range of lunar orbits and double as a space tug for visiting craft.Common Responsibilities:
C embedded real-time development for VxWorks
Developing flight software for satellite communication, networking, SpaceWire, cFS (core flight software), handling of low level communication with payload
Unit testing of code (must be willing to do both development and testing)
5545 chipset development
Work to be performed: ACS IO, Manual Sequencer, Momentum Error Computation, HGA Control Laws, OO Control Laws, Global Estimator, GE Feedback, ST Processing, TLM, ACS FDIR Code refactor, AMB Code RefactorSkills:
Embedded software
Flight software
C/C
RTOS
FSW
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Strong C/C RTOS embedded experience
Experience and willingness to do unit testing of code
Various experience as it relates to the breakdown of the different roles
Experience Level:
5+ years of experience
Must be eligible for a clearance
Bachelors degree required
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