Peraton - Melbourne, FL
posted 4 months ago
Peraton is seeking a Mid/Senior level Software Engineer to support our NOAA customer located in Melbourne, FL. This position will allow for a 100% remote hire, however, a person who is within a commutable distance to the site and can work a hybrid schedule will be preferred. The GOES-R Program is a four-satellite mission that includes GOES-R (GOES-16, launched in 2016), GOES-S (GOES-17, launched in 2018), GOES-T (GOES-18, launched in 2022), and GOES-U (GOES-19, launched June 2024). The GOES-R program is a collaborative effort between NOAA and NASA. NASA builds and launches the satellites for NOAA, which operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide. The satellites provide critical data for weather forecasts and warnings, detecting and monitoring environmental hazards like fire, smoke, fog, volcanic ash, and dust, and monitoring solar activity and space weather. GOES-19 continues the advanced imaging, lightning mapping, and space weather monitoring its sister satellites in the GOES-R Series provide and also carries a new space weather monitoring instrument. As part of NOAA's Space Weather Follow-On Program, the first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR), known as CCOR-1, images the solar corona (the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere) to help detect and characterize coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CMEs are large expulsions of plasma from the corona and are the primary cause of geomagnetic storms, which can cause widespread damage to power grids, satellites, and communication and navigation systems on Earth. As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting a team of subject matter expert engineers for Satellite Ground Station TT&C applications, ensuring system compatibility to meet program technical, schedule, and cost objectives. You will develop, test, and maintain software applications for TT&C systems primarily using C, C++, and Java. Collaboration with other software developers and cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement capability to support satellite operations is essential. You will participate in code reviews, and accept and provide constructive feedback to peers. Additionally, you will be involved in the generation and maintenance of new and existing software applications for TT&C systems, perform analysis, troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and testing related to new and existing software applications, and recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, and efficient use of resources. Basic administration and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux will also be part of your responsibilities to resolve configuration issues and integrate Red Hat Linux systems with other existing environments.