Flight Software Automation Engineer

1 year contract to hire

Fully Remote

Our Client is currently seeking a Staff Software Tools Engineer to join our team in our Palo Alto, CA, San Jose, CA or Houston, TX offices. This role can also be based remotely in the US. In this role, you will develop tools and services for automating embedded flight software development across all Intuitive Machines spacecraft product lines, including commercial GEO, NASA Artemis Power and Propulsion Element, NASA remote sensing missions, and national security missions.

Our Client is a leading space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks, and operates infrastructure-as-a-service for commercial, civil, and national security customers. With a proven track record across the space domain, the Company, through organic growth and portfolio expansion, has built over 300 spacecraft, delivered over 260 kilograms of payload to the lunar surface, and provided precision navigation expertise that has guided spacecraft across our solar system.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and refine embedded-development use cases and automation requirements

• Assess and consolidate existing automation tools

• Design and implement new or existing tools on our internal AWS-based cloud platform

• Support continuous

Minimum requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.

• 7-10 years experience designing and implementing n-tier applications, or microservices / service-oriented architectures

• Experience with technical writing, and cross-functional stakeholder management

· Ability to travel to Palo Alto, CA occasionally

Preferred Skills & Experience:

· Expert in Python

· Eperience with WebUI frameworks like React

· Experience with container orchestration in AWS using open-source tools like Kubernetes, Karpenter, and Crossplane

· Experience working in a continuous build and test environment

· Knowledge of CI/CD and issue tracking tools such as the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence) and Gitlab

· Strong verbal communication skills