Engineer II – Ground/Application Software Integration

About the role

The Software and Ground Solutions group at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS) is seeking a talented and energetic software engineer to join our team. This position supports a portfolio of software programs and focuses on delivering high-quality, embedded satellite software and associated test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Support design, development, integration and testing of an enterprise ground system.
• Apply technical expertise and knowledge of satellite ground system domains to integrate custom built software applications with industry standard applications to deliver fully functional enterprise ground systems.
• Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Interface effectively with people at all levels and from different areas, seek out responsibilities and opportunities to contribute, regularly meet with customers, provide leadership to groups and teams and guidance to less experienced employees.
• Prepare and give presentations to peers/management/customers.
• Support program gates as defined by customer, such as the System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR).
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Requirements

• Absolutely required: BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field plus 2 or more years related experience.
• Preferred: Any experience in mission management, command & control, mission data processing, ground terminal and infrastructure domains.
• Knowledge of systems engineering roles and functions, including operations concept development, requirements management, functional analysis, interface definition and control, synthesis, and/or verification and validation.
• Hands on experience in developing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in cloud development environments.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby.
• Experience with Atlassian Tools such as Confluence and Jira.

Qualifications

• A current, active Secret clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• Knowledge of related disciplines in software engineering, hardware engineering, integration, test engineering, quality engineering, configuration/data management.
• Experience with any ground or mission integration including operations readiness activities, rehearsals and launch support activities.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML diagrams (Block Diagrams, Internal Block Diagrams, State Machines, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams).
• Experience with requirements management tool like Jama or DOORS.
• Experience with satellite operations.

Skills

• Systems engineering roles and functions.
• Operations concept development.
• Requirements management.
• Functional analysis.
• Interface definition and control.
• Synthesis.
• Verification and validation.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD).
• Cloud development environments.
• Agile software development methodologies.
• Scripting languages such as Python or Ruby.
• Atlassian Tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML diagrams.
• Requirements management tool like Jama or DOORS.
• Satellite operations.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings account.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Disability coverage.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Legal plan.
• Other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Recognition program.
• Other incentives based on position level and/or job specifics.