Ground Software Engineer
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain satellite ground software for telemetry processing, command generation, and uplink workflows.
- Build operator-facing tools, dashboards, automation, and alerting for satellite operations.
- Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, including CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code.
- Integrate ground-station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers.
- Configure and test GSaaS connections and validate end-to-end data paths across satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure.
- Monitor system and network health, validate software with simulators and test environments, and troubleshoot mission-critical issues.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support for ground systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years of experience developing ground systems software, including services, APIs, and applications.
- Experience deploying and operating software on AWS with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems.
- Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity.
- Knowledge of satellite ground systems, ground-station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems.
- Experience with GSaaS providers and with services involving relational or time-series databases and real-time data.
- Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools.
- Strong programming and scripting skills; Python and C++ are preferred.
- Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including Git and Docker.
- Experience with multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of each base policy covered by Reflect.
- Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K plans.
- Unlimited paid time off, with two weeks per year encouraged.
- Healthy lunches provided daily.
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