Deployed Engineer

Linuxcareers; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Apex

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

vision for you and dependents

$100k life insurance

15-20+ days vacation plus 10 paid ERC/

holidays

401(k) with 100% match on first 3% and

50% match on next 2%

8 weeks paid parental leave plus child

care reimbursement up to $350/day

daily catered lunch and unlimited

snacks

Job summary

Apex manufactures commercial satellite buses and related aerospace products. This Deployed Engineer role is a customer-facing software engineering position responsible for supporting the delivery, integration, and adoption of Apex's software-enabled products including virtual flatsats, bus emulators, electrical ground support equipment, and test tools.

You will travel to customer sites, work hands-on with customers to solve technical problems, and help define scalable deployment processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (computer science, software/electrical/aerospace engineering)
• Strong software engineering background with experience building, debugging, integrating, or supporting software-enabled products
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical systems in lab, integration, production, field, or customer environments
• Experience with Linux, Python, C/C++, networking, test automation, or APIs
• Strong customer-facing communication skills and ability to explain technical issues to engineering and non-engineering audiences

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical software interface for customers across Apex vehicles and integration environments
• Support flight and ground software compatibility and help customers use Apex tools
• Troubleshoot complex systems and resolve software issues in lab, integration, and customer sites
• Travel to customer sites and work hands-on with customers to solve technical problems
• Help define processes, documentation, escalation paths, and operating models for scalable deployments across Apex products

Skills

Linux

Python

C/C++

Networking

Test automation

APIs

Customer-facing communication

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/E&E/Aerospace

Job description

Apex manufactures commercial satellite buses and related aerospace products. This Deployed Engineer role is a customer-facing software engineering position responsible for supporting the delivery, integration, and adoption of Apex's software-enabled products including virtual flatsats, bus emulators, electrical ground support equipment, and test tools.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary technical software interface for customers, providing day-to-day support across Apex vehicles and customer integration environments
• Support flight software and ground software compatibility, helping customers bring Apex-provided tools online
• Troubleshoot complex technical systems and resolve software and system-level issues in lab, integration, and customer environments
• Travel to customer sites and work hands-on alongside customers to solve technical problems directly
• Help define processes, documentation, escalation paths, and operating models for scaling customer deployments across Apex's product portfolio

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related technical field
• Strong software engineering background with experience building, debugging, integrating, or supporting software-enabled technical products
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical systems in lab, integration, production, field, or customer environments
• Experience with Linux, Python, C/C++, networking, test automation, or APIs
• Strong customer-facing communication skills and ability to explain technical issues to engineering and non-engineering audiences

Nice to Have

• Experience with aerospace, spacecraft, satellites, avionics, ground systems, EGSE, or mission operations
• Experience supporting customer operation of virtual flatsats, bus emulators, EGSE test racks, or similar lab-based engineering systems
• Prior experience in field applications engineering, solutions engineering, deployed engineering, systems engineering, or customer-facing technical roles
• Familiarity with spacecraft bus architectures, flight software, ground software, telemetry, or command and control systems

• Equity in Apex
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and dependents
• $100k life insurance
• 15-20+ days vacation plus 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) with 100% match on first 3% and 50% match on next 2%
• 8 weeks paid parental leave plus childcare reimbursement up to $350/day
• daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks