Please review the job details below.
Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial
intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial
customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet.
Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a
proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver
insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness.
Maxar Intelligence, is currently seeking a Spacecraft Software Developer to
join our team in Westminster, CO working on the spacecraft software for
Maxar's industry-leading Worldview Legion satellites.
Life with Us:
Your Project: Maxar's constellation of low-earth orbit earth observation
satellites are renowned across the industry for their ability to capture
imagery that both inspires and informs our understanding of our living planet.
You will be responsible for development on the embedded software that operates
these satellites, enabling them with new mission-enhancing capabilities.
Your primary responsibility will be to generate code, but you will also be
intimately involved in debugging, integration, and operational testing.
Your Career: We're very serious about professional development and
continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity
to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to
support learning and development. You will work with your manager to set goals
and design a development plan to advance your career.
What you'll do day-to-day:
Duties will be commensurate with level, ranging from more senior engineers
working on architectural / structural projects and overseeing mid-junior
level engineers while junior engineers will learn about our spacecraft and
systems via smaller projects initially.
Design, develop, debug, and document, software implementations
consisting of functional and performance requirements and architectural
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Work within an agile team structure leveraging cloud and automated CI/CD
code building and test pipelines.
Author and execute unit-level and open-loop test suites and procedures to
ensure software system requirements are met.
Serves as a subject matter expert for software domains, processes and
system-specific issues.
Minimum requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related
field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
Minimum of 5-15 years of software development experience depending on position
level
Expert embedded C++ programing skills on multicore-processor architecture
Experience in one or more of these areas:
Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR)
Thermal systems
Command and telemetry processing
Embedded systems architecture
Infrastructure - I/O, RTOS, device drivers, hardware interfaces
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in related field
Worked on satellite software development from inception to launch
Experience with large-scale satellite software development projects
There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work,
Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people.
Each team member makes a unique contribution
to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits
like:
401K matching and immediate vesting schedule
Career growth opportunities
Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption
reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
Programs to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and
career development
Student loan repayment
Generous time off
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision at affordable monthly rates
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In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of
our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop
market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we
hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have
listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the
target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion.
Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of
knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential
commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:$107,000.00
$229,000.00 annually.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health
and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find
more information on our benefits at:https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will
be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19
requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual
job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its
policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with
applicable law.