Technical Area Lead - NASA Flight Software Development Projects

Technical Area Lead - NASA Flight Software Development Projects

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: NACI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:

CACI is looking for an experienced Project Leader of Flight Software Development to provide NASA Johnson Space Center with leadership skills in the management of a portfolio of flight software development projects. This senior engineering leadership position reports to the Program Manager and involves managing multiple flight software development teams; ensuring exceptional technical performance and customer satisfaction; and supporting project staffing, funding, schedules, and status reporting.

This position requires a self-motivated, capable lead software development engineer with strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition to outstanding technical expertise, the individual must be very people savvy, have leadership experience and strong customer relationship skills, possess a positive team-player attitude, be flexible and willing to take on new assignments and responsibilities as they arise, and be an articulate speaker able to communicate complex technical ideas in a convincing manner. The individual must share our passion for our Nation's Space Program and share in the excitement of developing the next human-rated space vehicles.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a portfolio of 12+ flight software development teams comprised of 80+ engineers, either directly or via individual team leads.
• Ensure that exceptional technical support and deliverables are being provided to customers.
• Work with customers and team leads to develop / revise project task orders and scope appropriate funding levels.
• Author technical progress reports and manage contract deliverables.
• Work with team leads to ensure adherence to project schedules.
• Lead flight software development recruiting efforts.
• Mentor new team leads and junior engineers.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident to facilitate access to USG facilities.
• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Computer, or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines required.
• A minimum of 15 years’ experience in the software lifecycle including 3-5 years’ experience in technical leadership of software development teams. Greater experience is highly valued.
• A minimum of 5 years of software development experience for safety-critical software. Experience can be for aerospace vehicles or in other industries, e.g., oil and gas. More experience is highly valued.
• Professional software development experience in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, C#.
• Must embrace a servant leadership model in leading projects, and serving the customer and team members.
• Experience in project management, recruiting, personnel project assignments, team member development, and performance feedback.
• Must have significant experience in the entire software life cycle.
• Experience with software unit testing.
• 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.
• Must have highly developed coordination and organization skills.

Desired: 

• M.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Computer, or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience in human-rated space vehicles, e.g., Space Shuttle, Space Station, Orion, Commercial Crew, or Gateway and in specific vehicle software domains (e.g., C&T, C&DH, GN&C software).
• Strong C programming skills.
• C++ programming and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) experience.
• Python development skills.
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment.
• Experience in Real-time Operating Systems, preferably VxWorks.
• Experience developing embedded firmware for microcontrollers.
• Experience developing and troubleshooting device drivers.
• Experience in NASA Core Flight Software (CFS).
• Experience in Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE).
• Experience in other bus communication protocols (e.g., 1553, RS-422, RS-232, USB, Et