Simulation Engineer - Orion Support

Program Areas Supported

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance high-fidelity simulation environments supporting Orion spacecraft operations.
• Design and implement real-time 6 Degrees of Freedom (6 DoF) simulation models.
• Support integration, testing, verification, and validation activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software and simulation issues across large-scale systems.
• Collaborate with aerospace engineers, flight software teams, and mission operations personnel.
• Support simulation architecture improvements and software modernization initiatives.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle activities, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Implement software engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, and performance optimization.
• Contribute to mission readiness and operational support activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related STEM field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Extensive experience with: C++ Python Linux development environments Debugging large-scale software systems Software engineering best practices
• C++
• Python
• Linux development environments
• Debugging large-scale software systems