Summer 2024 Internship - Flight Software

Company Overview 
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company delivers affordable, high-performance space systems for exacting customers. At Millennium, you will be part of a close-knit team working on exciting technological problems. We work in an open environment where ideas are shared across all disciplines, and there are ample opportunities for advancement based on excellence. Superstars are welcome.

At Millennium, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Job Summary

We are seeking highly motivated interns to join our world-class team for the summer of 2024 and help create the future of affordable, high-reliability space systems. We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated practical problem-solving experience in their hobbies, academic projects, and/or previous internships.

As a Spacecraft Software Intern at Millennium Space Systems, you’ll help create the software that makes our satellites function in orbit. Your code will run on our custom avionics, process signals from sensors like our star trackers, and command actuators like the propulsion system. Your software may also interface with custom payloads and perform high-level autonomy functions to ensure our spacecraft accomplish their missions. We are looking for software interns that can take ownership of a software task, learn requirements for what it needs to do, and then write (and test!) robust embedded C/C++ to meet those requirements. And for code that is already running in space, you may be asked to support mission operations with software updates and enhancements. Past interns have also contributed tooling to streamline our development or wired avionics to create Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds.

If you’re looking for an opportunity that will challenge you, sharpen your skills, and start paving your way to a career in aerospace engineering, read on!

Job Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with senior software engineers, as well as hardware, control, and system engineers, to develop software suited for fault-tolerant spacecraft
• Rapidly prototype novel software solutions to prove out the architecture/design concepts, quantify technical risk, and create new capabilities
• Implement designs in C/C++, integrate software components, create and run unit tests, validate on Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds, and release real-time embedded solutions
• Assist with system verification and qualification, assessing the outputs and documenting the results to ensure software products that meet system requirements and mission-critical standards
• Contribute in all phases of software development and problem resolution from program inception to post-launch 
• Work with hardware engineers to verify hardware-hardware and hardware-software interfaces
• Other job duties

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college/university degree program pursuing a Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar with focus on software development 
• 2+ years of experience in C and C++ programming 
• Experience with Linux in an embedded environment
• Applicants must be returning to school following the end of their summer internship

Compensation:

We’re excited to offer a competitive compensation package for this paid internship. All summer interns will also receive a bi-weekly stipend throughout their tenure here.

Before applying, please note:
Millennium is DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant Company. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage veterans, disabled veterans and disabled individuals to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified.

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