Title: SOC Engineer - Orion Software Operations Center Support
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Location: Onsite
Locations: Houston, TX or Denver, CO
Experience Required: 5+ Years
Industry: Aerospace / Space Exploration / Flight Software

Program Areas Supported

AR3 Docking
NP0155 (FOD)
Sustainment Activities for AR3 and AR4

Responsibilities

Develop, integrate, and maintain mission-critical software supporting Orion operational environments.
Troubleshoot complex software and system integration issues.
Support software deployment, testing, validation, and sustainment activities.
Analyze and resolve networking and communication issues across distributed systems.
Develop and maintain multi-threaded software applications.
Collaborate with simulation, flight software, and mission operations teams.
Support containerized software environments and deployment pipelines.
Participate in requirements development, architecture reviews, implementation, testing, and operational support.
Contribute to continuous improvement of software reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field.
5+ years of software development and systems integration experience.
Extensive experience with:
- C++
- Software troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Linux development environments
- Network protocols, particularly RUC/RF communications
Experience with:
- Multi-threaded application development
- Python development
- Container technologies
- Full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Qt Creator
Experience integrating and troubleshooting emulators
Experience with QEMU
Experience supporting Orion spacecraft programs
Aerospace or mission operations software experience
Experience supporting NASA or Department of Defense programs