Data Science/ Software Engineer Level 3 Job Description 

 
6-18month contract with high probability to convert to FTE 
$50-75/hr plus overtime opportunities. There is up to 10 hours weekly of overtime work available.

Job Description
As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for
designing, implementing, and verifying software tools to help automate different types of
analysis for the rocket. These tools will be integral in defining vehicle architecture, requirements
for the New Glenn Rocket. Near-term efforts include development of system safety software
tools.
 
This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated
commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.
 
Responsibilities
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create analytical tools to support the design, control
and diagnostics of a spacecraft
Create and maintain software tools to support system engineering analyses that impact critical
system performance. Examples include redundancy and reliability safety analysis, spacecraft
budgets such as mass, power, ΔV.
Define and develop tools to help requirements development and requirements verification.
Establish and adhere to software build and documentation best practices.
Collaborating in tool development including infrastructure to support build, debugging, and
deployment
 
Skill/Experience/Education
Mandatory Skills
 Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space! • Ability to work
collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment • Minimum of a B.S. degree in
computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics,
aerospace, or related field • Strong software development skills in strongly typed
languages (C#, Java, etc) • Strong software scripting skills particularly in Python •
Experience working with RESTful APIs • Experience in standing up new databases •
Experience providing solutions for a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and
complexity • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Desired Skills
 Experience with git • Experience with microservices • Experience with CI/CD (preferably
Jenkins) • Experience in working with structured file types and systems • Experience with
front end (React preferred) • Experience designing robust APIs and interfaces •
Familiarity with Amazon Web Services • Experience with aerospace systems •
Experience with Safety Analysis such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) • Proficiency in Model
Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) best practices