Ground Software Engineer: Satellite Ops & Cloud

OHO Group (Lithuania); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OHO Group in Los Angeles is seeking a Ground Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the software infrastructure for satellite operations, including telemetry processing and spacecraft commanding.

You will own ground software services, deploy cloud-based infrastructure with AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across software, mission operations, and engineering teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience developing software systems, services, APIs or applications.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs and secure connectivity.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines and modern software development practices.
• Experience developing services that process real-time data and interact with relational or time-series databases.
• Familiarity with Linux environments and programming languages such as Python or C++.
• Strong problem solving skills and experience troubleshooting across complex software systems.
• Experience with satellite ground systems, RF infrastructure or mission critical operations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ground software systems supporting satellite operations, telemetry processing and spacecraft commanding.
• Build reliable, scalable services and applications that support mission control and operational automation.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across software, networking, ground stations and mission infrastructure.
• Deploy, maintain and improve cloud-based software infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate and validate ground station services, ensuring reliable communication between spacecraft, ground infrastructure and cloud systems.
• Collaborate with software, mission operations and engineering teams to improve system reliability, performance and automation.

Skills

Networking

Cloud deployment

Real-time data

Linux

Python

C++

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

OHO Group in Los Angeles is seeking a Ground Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the software infrastructure for satellite operations, including telemetry processing and spacecraft commanding.

You will own ground software services, deploy cloud-based infrastructure with AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across software, mission operations, and engineering teams to ensure reliability and performance.