SOC Engineer - Orion Software Operations Center Support
Bay Systems Consulting Inc. Denver, Colorado, United States · $115K–$145K/yr
Defense and Space Manufacturing · 51-200 employees
About the role
Develop, integrate, and maintain mission-critical software for Orion operational environments while troubleshooting complex system integration issues. Collaborate with simulation, flight software, and mission operations teams to support deployment, testing, and sustainment activities.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of software development and systems integration experience. Candidates must possess extensive expertise in C++, Linux environments, and network protocols.
Full description
Title: SOC Engineer - Orion Software Operations Center SupportEmployment Type: Full-TimeWork Location: Onsite Locations: Houston, TX or Denver, COExperience Required: 5+ YearsIndustry: 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
