Early Career NASA Space Reactor – 1 Freedom… at CACI… · Houston

Summary: CACI International Inc. is seeking an early career Flight Software Development Engineer to support the Space Reactor–1 Freedom Program at NASA Johnson Space Center. The role focuses on designing and developing safety-critical embedded flight software and supporting tools, including requirements definition, integration, testing, verification, and certification in an onsite Houston environment.

Responsibilities:
- Design and develop SR-1 flight software and supporting software tools
- Develop and maintain software using the NASA Core Flight Software (cFS) framework
- Perform systems engineering in support of software requirements, interface definitions, and performance analysis
- Perform software integration, test, and verification
- Integrate and test software/hardware in avionics test bed and flight certification environments
- Collaborate with engineering teams and contractors across multiple NASA programs and projects
- Ensure adherence to JSC standard software process practices

Required Qualifications:
- Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident to facilitate access to USG facilities
- B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Software, Computer or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines
- Strong C programming skills and experience with Linux
- Experience with software unit testing
- Relevant intern experience if new graduate or one to two years professional software experience in relevant project. Greater experience is valued
- Must be flexible, open to new challenges in a dynamic environment, and possess strong technical expertise combined with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Requires the ability to manage multiple priorities with little supervision
- Must be a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with strong work ethic

Preferred Qualifications:
- M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Computer or Systems Engineering, or related discipline
- Experience in human-rated space vehicles, e.g., Space Shuttle, Space Station, Orion, Commercial Crew, Gateway, and in specific vehicle software domains (e.g., C&T, C&DH, GN&C)
- Experience in software development for safety-critical software. Experience can be for aerospace vehicles or in other industries, e.g., oil and gas
- Experience in NASA Core Flight Software (CFS)
- Python development skills
- Experience in the entire software life cycle
- Experience developing embedded software for Real-time Operating Systems, preferably VxWorks
- Experience in bus communication protocols (e.g., 1553, RS-422, RS-232, USB, Ethernet)
- Experience in software and systems integration
- Experience in automated testing
- Experience in verification testing
- Experience using GitLab and the Git version control system
- Experience using Jira
- Experience working in an Agile software development environment

Required Skills: C programming, Linux, Software unit testing, NASA Core Flight Software (cFS), Python, Embedded software development for real-time operating systems, Bus communication protocols, Software and systems integration, Automated testing, Verification testing, Git, GitLab, Jira, Managing multiple priorities

Benefits: Flexible time off benefit, Access to robust learning resources, Healthcare benefits, Wellness benefits, Financial benefits, Retirement benefits, Family support benefits, Continuing education benefits, Time off benefits