Space Ground Software Engineer - Telemetry & Commands (Remote)

Intuitive Machines, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 82,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Intuitive Machines, LLC is seeking a Software Engineer for its Ground Software group, based in Palo Alto or remote within the U.S. You will develop full-stack software to command spacecraft and process telemetry, enabling operations for multiple satellite programs across test and in orbit.

You will work in a modern team focused on automation, scalable architectures, and collaboration with flight software, I&T, and mission operations.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident (must)
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (required)
• 2 years of professional software development experience or a graduate degree in a STEM field
• Proficiency in at least two of: C++, Java, Python
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts (IaC, CI/CD, containers)
• Experience with AWS services (building cloud-based apps)

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend and backend software for spacecraft ground software within an agile team
• Design and modernize software for assembly, integration and test of satellites
• Perform peer reviews and create test cases to verify software functionality
• Document architectures, requirements, algorithms, and interfaces
• Participate in software requirements evaluation, design, implementation and testing discussions
• Collaborate with flight software, I&T, and mission ops teams to understand user needs
• Identify opportunities to transition legacy systems to modern, high-performance architectures
• Share knowledge and mentor other software engineers
• Respond to incidents and anomalies with on-call support and automated monitoring

Skills

C++

Java

Python

DevOps concepts

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Graduate degree in STEM

Job description

Intuitive Machines, LLC is seeking a Software Engineer for its Ground Software group, based in Palo Alto or remote within the U.S. You will develop full-stack software to command spacecraft and process telemetry, enabling operations for multiple satellite programs across test and in orbit.

You will work in a modern team focused on automation, scalable architectures, and collaboration with flight software, I&T, and mission operations.