Qualified Technical Services
Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
Qualified Technical Services, Mountain View, California, us, 94039
Work Location:
NASA Ames Research Center - Mountain View, CA
Minimum Citizenship:
U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Clearance:
US Government Public Trust
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
At NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, we are designing a Lunar prospecting mission to search for water ice in a polar region of the Moon.
Join the team planning the first robotic polar Lunar surface exploration! This position is for a full-time robotics test engineer to integrate and test software for the NASA VIPER Lunar Rover: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-viper-lunar-rover-to-map-water-ice-on-the-moon
The VIPER project is creating Rover flight software (vehicle management, mobility and command/data handling), ground software for rover navigation (localization and path planning) as well as a high fidelity Lunar simulation to support development of the flight software and mission operations training. These software components are developed, integrated and tested over six-month software build cycles, and we need someone with robotics and software testing experience to help define test cases, execute tests and assist with integration issues.
Responsibilities
Define unit tests and test cases based on epic DOD
Define scenario test cases
Develop/set up test environments and test resources
Conduct and document test executions
Assist with software and hardware troubleshooting
REQUIREMENTS
- Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
Education : BS in Computer Science or Robotics
Year(s) of Experience : 2+ years of Related Experience
Qualifications, Skills and Traits:
Strong background in defining unit tests and software system testing
Strong background with hardware-in-the-loop testing
Strong background in robotics and/or distributed systems
Strong background in developing high-performance software, particularly with C++11, Python 3 and GNU tools under Linux
Desired Skills:
Agile development
ROS2 and ROS1
Ticket management with Jira
Continuous integration with Bamboo
The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of the QTS is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. QTS hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. QTS believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables them to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.
NASA Ames Research Center - Mountain View, CA
Minimum Citizenship:
U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Clearance:
US Government Public Trust
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
At NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, we are designing a Lunar prospecting mission to search for water ice in a polar region of the Moon.
Join the team planning the first robotic polar Lunar surface exploration! This position is for a full-time robotics test engineer to integrate and test software for the NASA VIPER Lunar Rover: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-viper-lunar-rover-to-map-water-ice-on-the-moon
The VIPER project is creating Rover flight software (vehicle management, mobility and command/data handling), ground software for rover navigation (localization and path planning) as well as a high fidelity Lunar simulation to support development of the flight software and mission operations training. These software components are developed, integrated and tested over six-month software build cycles, and we need someone with robotics and software testing experience to help define test cases, execute tests and assist with integration issues.
Responsibilities
Define unit tests and test cases based on epic DOD
Define scenario test cases
Develop/set up test environments and test resources
Conduct and document test executions
Assist with software and hardware troubleshooting
REQUIREMENTS
- Software Test Engineer - Lunar Rover
Education : BS in Computer Science or Robotics
Year(s) of Experience : 2+ years of Related Experience
Qualifications, Skills and Traits:
Strong background in defining unit tests and software system testing
Strong background with hardware-in-the-loop testing
Strong background in robotics and/or distributed systems
Strong background in developing high-performance software, particularly with C++11, Python 3 and GNU tools under Linux
Desired Skills:
Agile development
ROS2 and ROS1
Ticket management with Jira
Continuous integration with Bamboo
The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of the QTS is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. QTS hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. QTS believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables them to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.