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Senior Software Engineer II at ROCKET LAB

Department: 120 OS - Software Engineering

Location
Tucson, Arizona
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Rocket Lab Optical Systems is hiring a Senior Software Engineer II in Tucson, Arizona to design and develop flight software for spacecraft supporting the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The role focuses on deploying novel algorithms in size, weight, and power-constrained sensor systems, covering requirements generation, software design, implementation, testing, and deployment, while leveraging performance-oriented programming and accelerator technologies. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering, at least eight years of embedded software engineering experience, experience with complex multithreaded applications and flight software, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

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