Space Software Engineer: Real-Time Space Domain Ops

Saab AB; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 6 weeks leave

14% employer superannuation

Job summary

Saab Australia is seeking a Space Software Engineer to join our agile, multidisciplinary team. You will develop, integrate and test software for space-domain products, delivering real-time situational awareness and mission-support capabilities.

You will collaborate across front-end and back-end components, produce documentation, and contribute to secure CI/CD pipelines while aligning with the product roadmap and safety requirements in defence projects.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of object‑oriented design and development principles.
• Experience applying design patterns and software frameworks to solve technical and architectural challenges.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and systems engineering practices, with the ability to apply them throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience interpreting and applying software engineering standards and best practices.
• Understanding of configuration management principles, including the use of Git for version control and traceable software development.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Front-end development; Back-end development; API development; microservices; containerised applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance software components using modern SDKs and frameworks to deliver new product capabilities.
• Maintain and improve existing applications, ensuring code quality and supporting documentation remain up to date.
• Contribute to solution design by producing technical documentation, architecture descriptions, diagrams and process flows.
• Perform integration testing to validate functionality and ensure software solutions meet requirements.
• Support the development and maintenance of secure CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous integration and deployment of Space Domain products.
• Identify, manage and communicate technical risks and issues to relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to deliver high-quality software outcomes and product roadmap objectives.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships through effective communication and teamwork.

Skills

Object-oriented design

Design patterns

Agile methodologies

Systems engineering

Git version control

Frontend development

Backend development

Collaboration

Job description

Saab Australia is seeking a Space Software Engineer to join our agile, multidisciplinary team. You will develop, integrate and test software for space-domain products, delivering real-time situational awareness and mission-support capabilities.

You will collaborate across front-end and back-end components, produce documentation, and contribute to secure CI/CD pipelines while aligning with the product roadmap and safety requirements in defence projects.