Aerospace Software Engineer - Arcfield

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

Who We Are

Orion Space Solutions (Orion) was born out of the vision for applying fundamental space physics knowledge to address real-world problems. Founded in 2005, and based in Louisville, Colorado, Orion is a leader in the “New Space” small satellite industry. We leverage our scientific and engineering expertise to develop unique solutions to address complex space physics challenges, including instrumentation, modeling capabilities, and data analytics; Orion turns science into data, data into knowledge. We are scientists, researchers, engineers and businesspeople dedicated to solving global problems that affect how people live, work and play on our planet and in space through applied science backed by empirical knowledge. If you want to be part of a highly collaborative team, work in an amazing environment surrounded by the best and the brightest, solving BIG problems for our planet, read on.

This Opportunity

Due to our growing success, we are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and dynamic Aerospace Software Engineer to join our team at our Kirkland AFB location to support a key aerospace software development effort. The ideal candidate enjoys developing solutions to complex problems using software tools and scientific practices. They must be comfortable with a wide range of programming languages and eager to learn more. They

should also be comfortable learning new scientific material to be the Subject Matter Expert for a team of software developers and scientists. One of the key attributes of the ideal candidate is the ability to understand the big picture as well as the details and be able to communicate them well to a large team.

Your Impact

Apply your knowledge to improve our ability to deliver quality data and products to the aerospace community by performing the following:

• Develop software to process and harmonize earth observation data, scientific model output, and satellite orbit data.
• Assist with the development of scientific processing code to better understand and model scientific phenomenon. Areas of expertise will include spacecraft orbits, spacecraft anomalies, ionospheric modeling, EMI attribution, radar, space weather, GNSS, and many more.
• Research and create any necessary scientific reference material and assist developers in coding new software application.
• Document the software in how it currently is, how it should be, and the details of how to implement it.
• Decompose aerospace/scientific software applications into detailed flows.
• Rearchitect and design applications to be more modular, efficient, and elegant.
• Collaborate with a large team using the Agile software development approach.
• Assist in Business Development activities such as writing proposals and conceptual design in collaboration with industry partners.

 Skills

• Knowledge of orbit dynamics and the space environment
• Software experience with a wide spread of languages (Python, Rust, C/C++, Fortran, Java, JavaScript/HTML)
• Cloud software experience (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Software containerization experience
• Excellent technical writing ability
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software suite

Qualifications

Required

• BS 5-7 Years, MS 3-5, PhD 0-2
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• SEC+ cyber security certificate from CompTia or equivalent
• Certified AWS or Azure Cloud architect

Preferred

• Masters’ Degree in Aerospace Engineering strongly preferred (and this will substitute for years of experience)
• 4+ year’s experience
• Other: Broad space weather experience, spacecraft orbit software experience, GPS applications experience
• Experience using Kubernetes to orchestrate complex workflows and clusters

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.