Lunar Rover Flight Software Engineer

Company: KBR, Inc
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Title:Lunar Rover Flight Software EngineerAt NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, we are designing a Lunar prospecting mission to search for water ice in a polar region of the Moon. Join the Rover Flight Software team on NASA's VIPER mission to the Moon. The first planetary rover to venture into permanent darkness! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-viper-lunar-rover-to-map-water-ice-on-the-moon The Intelligent Robotics Group (irg.arc.nasa.gov) at the NASA Ames Research Center conducts aggressive research and development for robot missions on Earth and in space. This work supports a wide variety of NASA and non-NASA customers through direct technology delivery, field testing (in extreme environments and on the International Space Station), and deployment. Key work areas include autonomy, navigation, perception, and robot user interfaces.This position is for a full-time robotics engineer to develop flight software for the NASA VIPER Lunar Rover.MUST BE US CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENTRequired Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Applicants should have a B.S. (or higher) in Computer Science or Robotics
• 2 + years of experience
• Strong background in robotics and/or distributed systems
• Strong background with embedded systems (Embedded Linux or VxWorks/PPC)
• Strong background in developing high-performance software, particularly with C/C++ and GNU tools under Linux
• Experience with robot and/or system softwareDesired Skills:
  • Core Flight Systems (cFS)
  • Agile software developmentScheduled Weekly Hours:40 KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Posted 2 Days Ago Full time R2025593 About Us KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and solutions across the asset and program life cycle within the government services and technology sectors. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. --- KBR is proud to work with customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long- term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

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