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Senior Software Engineer II
Rocket Lab Corporation
Tucson, USA
Onsite
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embedded software engineeringflight software designmultithreaded application designperformance-oriented programminghigh-performance and parallel processingFPGA
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Role Overview
Rocket Lab Optical Systems develops electro-optical and infrared solutions for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments.
The Senior Software Engineer II will design flight software for spacecraft supporting Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona, and supports mission-critical sensing systems for defense and intelligence customers.
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embedded software engineeringflight software designmultithreaded application designperformance-oriented programminghigh-performance and parallel processingFPGA
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About Rocket Lab Space Systems
Rocket Lab builds rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for space, national security, defense, and exploration missions.
The Space Systems division develops spacecraft, payloads, flight software, optical systems, star trackers, separation systems, radios, and other components.
Role Overview
Rocket Lab Optical Systems develops electro-optical and infrared solutions for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments.
The Senior Software Engineer II will design flight software for spacecraft supporting Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona, and supports mission-critical sensing systems for defense and intelligence customers.
Responsibilities
- Support development of payload flight software for Space Systems programs.
- Deploy novel algorithms into Size, Weight, and Power-constrained sensor systems operating in austere environments.
- Participate in software requirements generation, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Drive performance-oriented programming using a variety of accelerator technologies.
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