Software Engineer Needed

The US Air Force Academy has an opening for a software engineer to work on satellite and ground station software. This is an unofficial announcement of this opening. A formal announcement should be out shortly. I’ve just retired from 10 years in this position and can say it is without question the most fun I’ve had in 40 years in the software and space business.

This is a full time contract position in the Space Systems Research Center and is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This engineer is involved in every aspect of satellite design and construction including working with students, writing software, testing, launch campaigns and on orbit operations.

The USAFA small satellite program is one of the most successful in the world having launched and operated three satellites (one more was lost to a launch failure). Falconsat-3 is currently on orbit and undergoing commissioning. Two more of the Falconsat series are under design and construction. This position also works with the sounding rocket program on the avionics and telemetry packages and with the Eyassat classroom satellite (www.eyassat.com) in the Astronautics Department.

Existing systems include ANSI-C, Visual Basic, and real time operating systems. Future work may include embedded Linux, Visual C, Java, and LabView. Experience in all these areas is not required but the ability to learn quickly is essential. This is an opportunity to work in the exciting small satellite field and with motivated and dynamic faculty and students. And Colorado Springs is on the doorstep of the wonderful recreation opportunities of the Rocky Mountain region.

Interested parties should contact LtCol Tim Lawrence at timothy.lawrence@usafa.af.mil.

Jim White WD0E jim@coloradosatellite.com