Senior Ground Systems Architect — Space Domain Awareness

Blackve; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

401(k) with company contribution

Flexible time off

Job summary

BlackVe, Inc. seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the ground software architecture for our space-domain awareness platform. You will drive end-to-end design, interface definition, and integration of third-party tools while remaining hands-on to guide implementation.

The role requires strong systems engineering and software leadership, with experience in AWS deployments and collaboration with government customers. Albuquerque, NM preferred, with occasional travel to Herndon, VA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering/CS or related field.
• Experience architecting complex software systems with integrated third-party or COTS tools.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals: requirements, interfaces, verification.
• Hands-on software guidance and API/Python scripting experience.
• Hands-on AWS deployment and operation of workloads.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with external partners and customers.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of the ground software system.
• Integrate third-party SDA analytics tools into a cohesive platform.
• Generate and decompose system requirements from mission objectives to implementation.
• Define interfaces between components, third-party tools, and external systems.
• Lead development activities, set technical direction, and review implementations.
• Serve as primary technical contact with vendors, partners, and customers; communicate decisions and tradeoffs clearly.
• Design and deploy AWS-based cloud infrastructure with secure, compliant environments.
• Identify and mitigate technical risk across the system lifecycle.

Skills

Systems engineering

Architecture

APIs

Python scripting

Requirements management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

AWS

Python

Job description

BlackVe, Inc. seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the ground software architecture for our space-domain awareness platform. You will drive end-to-end design, interface definition, and integration of third-party tools while remaining hands-on to guide implementation.

The role requires strong systems engineering and software leadership, with experience in AWS deployments and collaboration with government customers. Albuquerque, NM preferred, with occasional travel to Herndon, VA.