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Ursa Major was founded to address a critical shortfall in the U.S. industrial base and bring a new model to aerospace and defense systems: we design and manufacture the world’s leading propulsion systems for space, hypersonic applications, and missile systems.
Our products and technologies require an extraordinary team – a team that will mold tomorrow’s technologies while deploying today’s best. We are an intrinsically motivated team that has a passion for solving problems and empowering each other every day to develop our skills, knowing that there is always room for growth.
A Software Engineer at Ursa Major within the avionics group is expected to develop and maintain the software that operates our engines. You will work within a small team to ensure that our flight and ground software pushes the limits of what is possible with respect to reliability and functionality to enable our engines to be best in class. You will need to be driven, detail oriented, and focused to support efforts to continually improve our engines and respond to quick development programs while guaranteeing the high performance and maintainability of our products.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, develop, test, deploy, document, and maintain embedded and application software for rocket engines in all stages of development and production
- Support and develop software associated with ground support and general test equipment.
- Work with team members to scope and define new and existing software features
- Drive Continuous integration and testing pipelines and support associated tools.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
- 10+ years developing C/C++ applications for application or embedded systems, including ARM, SoC, and FPGA softcore processors, or similar experience
- Experience with GUI and web-based application development
- Experience with Git version control
- Ability to work effectively in teams or individually
- Ability to be self-directed and balance several tasks at one time
Desired Experience:
- Software Development Processes similar to RTCA DO-178
- Experience in developing products/systems used in Aerospace applications.
- Experience with Python, LabVIEW, and other software/scripting languages
- Experience working with continuous integration, automated build and test, and hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Familiarity with RTOS and/or Linux kernel code
- Experience with complex control systems targeting sensors, actuators, and motors
Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $160,000 – $190,000, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy. Click here for more information about our awesome benefits.
Classification: Full-time Exempt.
NOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and the drive necessary to succeed here to apply for this role.
US CITIZENSHIP, PERMANENT RESIDENCY, REFUGEE OR ASYLUM STATUS IS REQUIRED.
We’re an equal-opportunity employer. You will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
No outside recruiters, please.
