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Orbital Software Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

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

Role type

Senior IC orbital software engineer

Builds

Modular capabilities for space missions, Lattice for Space Missions, and integrated hardware/software systems

Domain

Defense, Space, Satellite Constellations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

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

Preferred skills

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

Responsibilities

Contribute to 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 and monitoring, triage issues and root cause failures, partner with end-users to define features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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