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Principal Software Engineer

Thales Overland Park, KS

Overland Park, KS

Today

$131k - $221k/yr Part time Embedded Systems Software Engineer Engineering

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Job Description

Thales is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across system safety, software assurance, and embedded software engineering within its Navigation and non-radar Surveillance (NAS) business. This hybrid position is centered in Overland Park, Kansas, with a focus on leading safety and assurance activities for complex products, projects, and bids, supported by deep embedded software expertise.

In this role, you will serve as a technical focal point for assurance strategy and execution across the product lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through verification, compliance evidence, and release readiness. You will also coordinate with multidisciplinary teams while mentoring engineers and strengthening reusable evidence and review practices across engineering efforts.

Key Responsibilities

Act as the technical focal point for system safety and software assurance across assigned products, projects, and bids, defining assurance approaches using relevant standards, contractual requirements, and internal engineering processes.
Lead safety and software assurance activities throughout the product lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, verification, compliance evidence, reviews, audits, release readiness, and resolution of assurance risks or gaps.
Provide advanced embedded software engineering leadership for navigation and non-radar surveillance products, covering design, development, integration, verification, and lifecycle support of complex software in C and C++ across RTOS, Linux/Unix, and Windows environments.
Resolve complex technical issues related to software architecture, hardware/software interfaces, timing, performance, safety, cybersecurity, and compliance, using structured analysis and evidence-based recommendations.
Coordinate and influence multidisciplinary teams across Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Verification and Validation, Quality, Cybersecurity, and Program Management to align technical activities, risks, schedules, and customer or approval-authority requirements.
Mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in software development, safety, assurance, technical review practices, reusable evidence, and engineering methods, while communicating technical status, risks, and recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 8+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience.
5+ years performing or leading system safety and/or software assurance activities for Air Traffic Management, aviation, or similarly complex safety-related systems.
5+ years of embedded software development experience in RTOS environments, with strong proficiency in C and C++, microprocessor-based systems, and hardware/software integration.
Advanced working knowledge of applicable safety and software assurance standards, including DO-278A/ED-109A, and where relevant, ED-153 or MIL-STD-882; experience with DO-178B/C or ARP4761 may be considered where applicable principles can be transferred to ground-system assurance.
Demonstrated experience evaluating safety and assurance requirements, developing or reviewing compliance evidence, applying system safety analysis methods, and managing requirements traceability, configuration, defects, technical reviews, and verification activities.
Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership with substantial autonomy, resolve complex engineering issues, assess software change impacts, guide multidisciplinary teams, and communicate recommendations effectively through strong writing, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring.

Technologies

C, C++, RTOS, Linux/Unix, Windows
DOORS, Jira
Digital Signal Processor, Linux kernel, Microsoft Visual Studio C++
ITAR, EAR, DO-254

Compensation & Schedule

Location: Overland Park, KS, United States (hybrid)
Pay range: USD 131,086 to 220,640 per year
Job type: part time
Schedule: Approximately 45% part-time salaried position, primarily based in the Overland Park, Kansas office on a hybrid work schedule with a Monday–Thursday 9/80 or 5/40 schedule
Travel: less than 10% annual domestic and international travel

Benefits

Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, with no vesting period
Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off
Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program

Referral Bonus Eligibility

Tier 1: $2,500

Regulatory & Eligibility Requirements

Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law.
Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access hardware, software, technology, or technical data controlled under ITAR and/or EAR.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or for assuming sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.
Post-offer background check required.

Additional Special Position Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience leading preparation for and participation in FAA, customer, or other approval-authority safety and software assurance reviews or audits, including support for Department of Defense and/or FAA programs.
Experience with NAVAIDs such as ILS, DME, TACAN, or VOR, and/or non-radar surveillance products such as ADS-B, with familiarity in related hardware/software assurance interfaces, including DO-254 where applicable.
Experience with specialized software and platform environments, including Digital Signal Processor development, Linux kernel modification or administration, cybersecurity assessments, and/or Windows application development using Microsoft Visual Studio C++.
Proficiency with requirements management, issue tracking, and engineering lifecycle tools and processes, such as DOORS, Jira, Thales engineering tools, Chorus processes, and product lifecycle practices; additional language capabilities supporting international collaboration are preferred.

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2d ago

Back-end Ground Software Engineer III - Lunar Permanence

Blue Origin Denver, CO

Denver, CO

2d ago

$151k - $231k/yr Full time Backend Developer Engineer Engineering

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Job Description

Join Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence business unit to help build mission operations center software supporting lunar flight operations.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, verify, and deploy mission operations and safety-critical software systems to support overall Ground System success (hardware/software) for space flight operations.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (space vehicle systems, mission-control infrastructure, operations fields, and other customers) to define software requirements, architecture, and design.
Develop rapid prototypes to validate concepts and quantify technical risks.
Coordinate with mission control infrastructure and mission system engineers to plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification, ensuring software products meet system requirements and safety-critical standards.
Contribute to documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manuals, and training materials.
Follow Blue Origin and customer-required software development processes to support safety and reliability.
Support frequent update cycles for pre-flight testing, mission validation exercises, and operations training events.
Support mission control software operations during operator training, including maintenance, problem correction, improvements, ground data system verification/validation/certification, spacecraft integration, and flight activities.
Integrate software components, build, and run unit-level and system-level tests; validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators; release certified code.

Requirements

B.S. or higher in Software or an Engineering related field.
5+ years of software development experience.
Proven software development in Python and/or Rust.
Willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
Experience across full lifecycle software engineering: system design, implementation and verification, system integration, and release.
Experience with software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
Ability to design and implement scalable software architectures.
Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix system administration activities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Technologies

Python
Rust
React

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays

Location

Denver, CO (onsite)

Compensation

USD 150,931 - 230,512 per year
Base pay range (CO): $150,931.00 - $211,303.05
Base pay range (WA): $164,652.00 - $230,512.80
Other site ranges may differ

Application & Dates

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Desired

3+ years of proven ability developing software supporting systems in critical applications (e.g., aviation, spaceflight, nuclear power, business-critical web services, etc.).
Experience crafting and developing software for aerospace operations.
Familiar with infrastructure-as-code, services-as-code, and cloud technologies.
Understanding of space-based communications protocols, such as CCSDS.
Familiarity with cybersecurity practices to ensure software safety of software systems.
Compliance experience with NPR 7150.2x.
Experience with fault-tolerant software design, human error assessment, and human error prevention and fault tolerance.
Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software.

Additional Information

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Apply anyway.
Export control regulations: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background check required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check.
DBIDS background check may be required if role requires presence on a military installation.
Commercial Motor Vehicle drivers may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Merchant Mariner Credential may be required for certain job profiles, including pre-employment and random drug testing and a DOT physical.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Disability accommodation and Affirmative Action Plan information: EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

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