Ground Software Engineer — TS Clearance, Space Systems

Telemetry Today LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is hiring a Software Engineer for the Ground Software team in Torrance, CA. You will build software to support the build, test, and flight of our satellites and customer payloads, collaborating with mission operations and flight software teams to define the mission architecture.

The role spans satellite command and control, constellation operations, and mission automation, with work on Rust backend and TypeScript/Vue frontend across multiple constellations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline or 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Experience with Rust or another statically-typed backend language (Go, C++, Java, C#, TypeScript) is a plus.
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, build, deployment, monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software to enable build, test, and operation of spacecraft and payloads.
• Collaborate with Mission Operators and Engineers to scope software solutions for complex problems.
• Facilitate design reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews to align technical direction.

Skills

Software engineering

Systems programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / engineering / math or STEM

Tools

Rust

TypeScript

Vue

Go

C++

Java

C#

SQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

K2 Space is hiring a Software Engineer for the Ground Software team in Torrance, CA. You will build software to support the build, test, and flight of our satellites and customer payloads, collaborating with mission operations and flight software teams to define the mission architecture.

The role spans satellite command and control, constellation operations, and mission automation, with work on Rust backend and TypeScript/Vue frontend across multiple constellations.