NASA Orion Spacecraft Wireless Camera Verification and Validation (V&V) Test Engineer

NASA Orion Spacecraft Wireless Camera Verification and Validation (V&V) Test Engineer

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: Outside Continental US

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The Opportunity:

CACI is looking for an experienced Verification and Validation (V&V) Test Engineer to provide NASA Johnson Space Center with V&V, testing, automation, and software systems engineering skills in the V&V, testing, and flight certification of a digital wireless camera to be used onboard the Orion spacecraft. This work will include verification and validation, testing, test automation, requirements definition, documentation, integration, and certification of embedded software. This position requires a self-motivated, capable software engineer with strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition to outstanding technical expertise, the individual must be very people savvy, have 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:

• Develop and maintain the test plan for the Orion Wireless Camera (OWC) and its embedded flight software.
• Develop and maintain the OWC’s Verification and Validation (V&V) plan, procedures, and test cases.
• Develop automated test scripts in support of integration and V&V testing.
• Develop, maintain, and run GitLab Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Development (CD) pipelines for test automation.
• Perform systems engineering in support of software requirements and interface definitions, integration, testing, flight certification, and user’s guides.
• Perform software integration, test, and verification.
• Integrate and test software/hardware in avionics test bed and flight certification environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and contractors across multiple NASA programs and projects.
• Ensure adherence to JSC standard software process practices.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to USG facilities.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years of related work experience as either a software developer or test engineer writing scripts. Greater experience is highly valued.
• Experience with Python in developing automated test scripts such as unit, integration, and verification tests.
• Experience working in a Linux environment. Experience defining software test cases.
• Experience evaluating software requirements from a verification perspective.
• Experience developing GitLab CI/CD automation pipelines.
• Experience developing and maintaining software documentation including (but not limited to) CDDs, Software Requirements Specifications (SRSs), user’s guides, and test procedures and plans.
• 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.

Desired: 

• M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Preferred that previous experience be in aerospace systems and vehicles.
• Experience is also valued in other industries, e.g., medical, petrochemical, oil and gas, where software function, quality, and associated processes utilized can impact human safety.
• Experience in the entire software life cycle.
• C programming skills.
• GTK programming skills.
• Experience developing software using various bus communication protocols (e.g., 1553, RS-422, RS-232, USB, Ethernet).
• Experience in NASA Core Flight Software (CFS).
• Experience with Orion Flight Software Data Exchange Message (DEM) packets.
• Experience with Docker, Makefiles, and CMake.
• Experience using the Git version control system.
• Experience using Jira.
• Experience in human-rated space vehicle software, e.g., Spa