Senior Software Systems Engineer

About Revolution Space

At Revolution Space we're building advanced space systems for the 21st century. Every employee at Revolution Space works on projects that are critical to our company’s future by ensuring our products work on orbit every time.

Position Summary

Revolution Space is looking for an experienced, dynamic, and growth-oriented Software Systems Engineer to contribute to the full lifecycle development of our space propulsion products from customer requirements through system verification. This engineer is expected to integrate with the existing technical team to:

• Bridge hardware and software functions
• Creating infrastructure
• Enhance usability
• Optimize system functionality
• Oversee testing, debugging and troubleshooting
• Collaborate cross-functionally
• Support automation efforts

The position is full-time, remote.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain software development, testing, and delivery schedules
• Designing software-intensive systems, including defining requirements, creating architectures, and ensuring scalability and security
• Integrating software components with hardware to create cohesive, functioning systems
• Review test plans and procedures and debugging complex software issues
• Document and review system designs, procedures, and workflows
• Design scripts and tools to improve automation, efficiency, performance, and operational reliability
• Oversee creation of software simulators
• Participate in creation of full system emulators
• Develop, author, and maintain system, subsystem, and component-level requirements for space system hardware and their interfaces with spacecraft power, thermal, and command & data handling subsystems
• Maintaining existing systems, managing upgrades, and providing technical support or troubleshooting during flight operations
• Participate in technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and gate reviews, through assistance in generating verification evidence
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