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Software Systems Engineer in USA

  • AST SpaceMobile
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Lanham, MD

Responsibilities

  • Define system architectures and interfaces across software components.
  • Review and refine requirements for completeness and testability.
  • Monitor system performance budgets including timing, memory, and power.
  • Plan and execute verification activities to validate system performance.
  • Support hardware and software integration, testing, and debugging.
  • Contribute to development milestones and gate reviews.
  • Apply configuration management and maintain system documentation.
  • Develop interface and data flow documentation.
  • Coordinate daily software team activities and priorities across Ground Software, Flight Software, and Systems Testing teams.
  • Track, triage, and escalate software issues.
  • Facilitate team meetings and drive action items to closure.
  • Maintain accurate documentation across shared engineering tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in software systems engineering, development, or verification.
  • Experience with complex or distributed systems such as aerospace, telecommunications, or embedded platforms is preferred.
  • Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation using tools such as Confluence or SharePoint is preferred.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and Agile development environments is preferred.
  • Exposure to communications systems, networking technologies, or other high-reliability domains is a plus.
  • Familiarity with model-based systems engineering concepts and industry standards is beneficial.
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages, including C, C++, or Python.
  • Experience with issue tracking and version control tools such as Jira and Git.
  • Understanding of configuration management principles and software development lifecycle processes.
  • Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, prioritization, and documentation skills.

AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile and its global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. SpaceMobile service is expected to provide cost-effective, high-speed mobile broadband services with global coverage to all end-users, regardles...

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