Space Operations Software Engineer: Python & Telemetry

Spire; California (MO); Hybrid; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off Policy

Education Assistance Program

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Fitness Reimbursement

Family Leave

Employee Referral Program

Healthy snacks & beverages

Job summary

A leading aerospace technology company based in California is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Python for Space Operations. In this role, you will join a small, agile team focused on enhancing satellite fleet efficiency. Your responsibilities include building applications for analyzing satellite telemetry and monitoring ground station operations, as well as developing systems for automatic fault detection. The position supports a hybrid work model and offers a variety of employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with system and web application development using Python.
• Familiarity with data backends like S3, RDS.
• Experience implementing monitoring and alerting systems.

Responsibilities

• Build applications for visualizing and analyzing satellite telemetry.
• Control satellite operations and monitor ground station status.
• Develop software for fault detection and recovery operations.

Skills

Python

Data visualization

Django

Infrastructure as Code

Typescript

React

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Postgres

Redis

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Prometheus

Nagios

Job description

A leading aerospace technology company based in California is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Python for Space Operations. In this role, you will join a small, agile team focused on enhancing satellite fleet efficiency. Your responsibilities include building applications for analyzing satellite telemetry and monitoring ground station operations, as well as developing systems for automatic fault detection. The position supports a hybrid work model and offers a variety of employee benefits.