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Senior Orbital Software Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-08-01

Core

Architecting and deploying software solutions for on-orbit spacecraft operations and mission management to support U.S. military and allied partners.

Role type

Senior IC orbital software engineer

Builds

Modular capabilities for Lattice for Space Missions and integrated hardware/software systems for space domain awareness and control

Domain

Defense / Space Systems / Orbital Operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C++, Python, Rust, Go, spacecraft software systems, satellite mission autonomy, fault isolation, recovery systems, legacy system integration, multi-modal payload interfacing

Preferred skills

Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, OMS/UCI standards, modular software services development

Technologies

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

Responsibilities

Own software solutions deployed to customers; develop on-orbit software 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 root cause failures; partner with end-users to define features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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