Satellite Ground Software Engineer - TS Clearance

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems; United States; On-site; USD 91,800 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems in Dulles, VA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer to develop, integrate, deploy, and sustain satellite ground software. You will contribute across OS and platform layers, delivering first‑of‑a‑kind capabilities and services with Python, C++, and PostgreSQL.

The role requires U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret clearance (TS/SCI). You will work on a fast‑paced team, collaborating to ensure mission success and secure national security priorities.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or engineering with relevant software experience.
• Experience with Python, C++ and Bash scripting.
• U.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Full‑stack development across operating system, platform, and mission‑specific software layers.
• Develop client and server applications and services using service‑ or object‑oriented architectures with message‑bus‑based data exchange.
• Work across languages and toolsets such as Python, C++, Postgres, Ansible, cloud infrastructure provisioning, PKI, and static code analysis.
• Operate as a self‑starter, making decisions with project budget and schedule in mind.
• Support operations ground software and related configurations, troubleshooting software and hardware errors.
• Assist with acceptance testing events, run tests, and automate test configuration of ground segment software.
• Resolve and remediate software defects and enhance software per customer change requests or mission needs.
• Provide ground software support during launch and launch rehearsal events, and install new ground‑segment software in operational, development, and test environments.

Skills

Python

C++

Bash scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

PostgreSQL

Ansible

PKI

Static code analysis

Job description

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems in Dulles, VA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer to develop, integrate, deploy, and sustain satellite ground software. You will contribute across OS and platform layers, delivering first‑of‑a‑kind capabilities and services with Python, C++, and PostgreSQL.

The role requires U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret clearance (TS/SCI). You will work on a fast‑paced team, collaborating to ensure mission success and secure national security priorities.