Computer Systems Analyst

Sierra Lobo, offers customers a full range of professional and technical capabilities, including Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Advanced Technologies.  We also develop products and processes related to Cryogenic Fluid and Thermal Management Systems, Densified Propellant Management Systems, and Prototype Extreme Pressure and Temperature Systems.  Our customers include the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

This position will be located at NASA’s Langley Research Center.

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

Responsibilities

• Under limited supervision specify and provide hardware and software solutions for technical and scientific research and operations testing for NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC).
• Develop custom hardware and software products with technical documentation for distributed and networked research data acquisition systems using configuration managed software code base.
• Assist technical staff on center with software and hardware requirements specification and implementation estimates.
• Provide project team leadership for data acquisition system (DAS) enhancement projects and new DAS implementation projects.
• Maintain existing DAS and Video acquisition systems on center for the operation of the wind tunnel and test stand research testing.

U.S. Citizenship required. BS degree in a computer or system science discipline from an accredited college or university and five (5) to eight (8) years of related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, experience, training, and certifications. The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance.

Experience with various Unix / Linux platforms and Microsoft OSs; and demonstrated 6 year or greater relevant experience in any of the following specific programming languages; LabVIEW, MATLAB, C, C++, or Python. A strong mathematics, mechanical or electrical background will be considered favorably. Experience with aeronautics, rotorcraft dynamics, and/or vibration analysis is also desired.

Description:

• Demonstrated technical expertise in engineering systems design and analysis.
• Minimum of 5-6 years software programming experience in any of the following languages LabVIEW, MATLAB, FORTRAN, C, C++, C#, or Python using Microsoft Visual Studio or Qt development environments.
• Demonstrated experience in real-time and event driven software development with custom hardware device interfaces.
• Experience with Open Source software integration for custom hardware and software projects.
• Demonstrated software project and system documentation development experience for requirements, design, acceptance testing and user guides.
• Minimum of 5-6 years of software programming experience on Windows or Linux/Unix operating systems experience a plus.
• Working Knowledge of distributed network protocols and transport mechanisms TCP/IP, UDP, RPC, DCOM and OPC.