# Software System Engineer

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building spacecrafts for humanity. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software System Engineer to support the certification activities of the flight software for the Nyx program. You will work in a dedicated team focused on verification & validation (V&V), software certification, requirements tracing, test planning and system engineering interfacing. In this role, you will collaborate closely with software development teams, system engineering, certification bodies, and safety authorities. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where cross-functional integration is essential. Key Responsibilities Contribute to V&V and IV&V activities to ensure that flight software meets functional, performance, and safety requirements Support requirements management and tracing, ensuring full traceability from system-level requirements to software implementation, test and verification artifacts Prepare and review documentation required for software certification and NASA Safety Reviews Interpret, tailor, and apply formal standards Interface with internal Product Assurance Collaborate daily with system engineers and

- **Id**: 3909168
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/the-exploration-company-software-system-engineer-3>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Houston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T02:50:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T06:26:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4305
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 51900
- **Name**: The Exploration Company
- **Domain**: exploration.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/the-exploration-company>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **ECSS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T05:32:36Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 8; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 8 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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