CareerPlanSign in

Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and deploy software solutions for space operations and mission management, integrating with legacy and new space systems to support DoD and IC customers.

Role type

Senior Ground Software Engineer (Space Domain Awareness & Control)

Builds

Space C2 (Command and Control) systems and Mission Management capabilities on the Lattice platform

Domain

Defense / Space Systems / Cyber-Physical Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Software architecture, complex system integration, algorithm development, debugging and monitoring, root cause analysis, user requirement translation

Preferred skills

Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, space ground hardware integration, space software standards

Technologies

Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, Lattice OS

Responsibilities

Own software solutions deployed to customers, develop Space C2 and Mission Management capabilities, integrate with legacy systems, write code to scale mission capability, collaborate across teams to build complex functionality, create and analyze metrics for debugging, triage issues and coordinate next steps, partner with end-users to define features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

Sourced via greenhouse · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.