ispace

Senior Flight Software Systems Engineer

ispace · Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan Posted 2026-07-02
Type
Full-time
Experience
5+ yr

Support the definition of a “product baseline”, creating standard requirements, system architecture, ICDs, design and analysis goals, test plans and operations concepts.

Lead and perform safety analyses including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), and related methods.

Perform system level trade-offs, coordinating inputs from various disciplines within the team, to evaluate any proposed changes of the design baseline to satisfy the need of each individual mission.

Ensure internal interfaces between various spacecraft subsystems are maintained.

Contribute to requirements management ensuring all requirements are closed-out at the planned project landmarks.

Support AIT/Flight&Test Operations Groups and subsystem leads in defining test plans and specifications which will successfully verify the spacecraft design.

Coordinate efforts between relevant subsystems and Operations Team in defining a spacecraft operational concept.

Contribute to the maintenance of our Model-Based Systems Engineering tools and the integration.

Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

5+ years of experience in design, implementation, integration, and V&V of embedded flight software subsystem

Operational experience, including preparation of operations, participation in rehearsals and on-console activities.

Experience performing FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis

Experience with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or equivalent

Self-motivated and comfortable making key decisions within a fast-paced environment

High sense of accountability and ownership

Excellent presentation skills, both verbally and written. Enthusiastic attitude and team player

Working level in English

Experience with design, analysis or testing of at least one other subsystem: Structure, Thermal, Avionics, Propulsion, Communications, GNC.

Experience with requirement decomposition (mission all the way to unit level)

Experience with system level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing

Working level Japanese

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