Senior Mission Software Engineer
Core
Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion, scaling, distribution, and commanding for spacecraft missions.
Role type
Senior IC mission software engineer (safety-critical systems)
Builds
Mission-platform services, operator-grade mission-control interfaces, flight-software simulations, and CI/CD pipelines
Domain
Aerospace / Spacecraft ground systems
Required skills
Python, concurrency, networking, performance, reliability, real-time data acquisition, low-latency messaging, time-series stores, relational stores, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, Docker, Kubernetes, release management, phased rollouts
Preferred skills
C++, Ansible, NiceGUI, DAQ, closed-loop control, flight-software testing and simulation, safety-critical certification artifacts, ground-system standards, mission-network security, mission-grade UIs
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion, scaling, distribution, and commanding; Build operator-grade mission-control interfaces and dashboards; Create flight-software simulations, device emulators, scenario-based automated tests, and test harnesses; Design and productionize mission-platform services, CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, service templates, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tooling; Deploy software across lab benches, test stands, and mission networks using safe rollout, rollback, and limited-connectivity strategies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
