Ground Software Engineer — Satellite Ops (AWS/K8s)

Reflect Orbital; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

HSA/FSA/401K

Unlimited PTO

Healthy lunches provided

Job summary

Reflect Orbital is seeking a Satellite Ground Software Engineer to build and maintain the software used by our operations team to fly spacecraft. You will blend hands-on software development with platform and network engineering, deploying and operating across AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include telemetry processing, ground station integration, automation, and ensuring end-to-end data paths from satellites to cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 3+ years creating ground systems software (services, APIs, apps).
• Experience deploying and operating software on AWS with Kubernetes and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, display, and command generation.
• Build operator-facing tools and dashboards for the operations team.
• Create automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce operator workload.
• Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes with CI/CD and IaC.
• Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces (radios, routers, antenna controllers).
• Test GSaaS connections and validate end-to-end data paths with mission ops and RF engineers.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Docker

Job description

Reflect Orbital is seeking a Satellite Ground Software Engineer to build and maintain the software used by our operations team to fly spacecraft. You will blend hands-on software development with platform and network engineering, deploying and operating across AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include telemetry processing, ground station integration, automation, and ensuring end-to-end data paths from satellites to cloud infrastructure.