Senior Autonomous Space Systems Engineer

Spire; Glasgow (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off Policy

Education Assistance Program

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

Spire is seeking a Software Engineer to develop autonomous systems for satellite operations. This role involves designing fault detection systems and architecting a flexible data platform to support operations at scale.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, strong Python skills, and solid Linux fundamentals. The position operates on a hybrid work model requiring in-office attendance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering, SRE, or DevOps experience.
• Strong Python skills across backend services and automation.
• Solid Linux fundamentals including bash scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and build fault detection and automated recovery systems.
• Architect a flexible data platform for telemetry data.
• Build monitoring and alerting systems that suppress noise.

Skills

Python proficiency

Software engineering experience

Data analysis skills

Linux fundamentals

Containerized environments

Communication skills

Tools

Postgres

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Spire is seeking a Software Engineer to develop autonomous systems for satellite operations. This role involves designing fault detection systems and architecting a flexible data platform to support operations at scale.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, strong Python skills, and solid Linux fundamentals. The position operates on a hybrid work model requiring in-office attendance.