Spacecraft Software Engineer, Ground Systems

Alumni Founders

El Segundo (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO
Paid holidays
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
FSA
Employer-matched HSA
Accident insurance
Hospital insurance
Critical illness insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness reimbursement
Parental leave
Family building benefits
One Medical memberships
Stock options
401k retirement plan with employer 2%+
Cell phone reimbursement
Relocation support
Daily lunch and twice weekly dinner
EV charging

Job summary

Alumni Founders seeks engineers to develop and maintain high-reliability ground segment services for telemetry, commanding, and mission control interfaces. You will build simulation tools, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines to support spacecraft operations and flight software iteration.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 3+ years of experience in safety-critical or spacecraft software development, with strong Python skills and fundamentals in concurrency

Qualifications

  • Requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 3+ years of experience in safety-critical or spacecraft software development.
  • Proficiency in Python and systems fundamentals like concurrency and networking is essential.
  • Experience building and maintaining ground segment services or similar real-time software is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain high-reliability ground segment services for telemetry, commanding, and mission control interfaces.
  • Build simulation tools, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines to support spacecraft operations and flight software iteration.

Skills

Python
C++
Real-time data acquisition
Telemetry ingestion
Low-latency messaging
Concurrency
Networking
Safety critical software

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Ansible
NiceGUI
Observability
Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

Develop and maintain high-reliability ground segment services for telemetry, commanding, and mission control interfaces. Build simulation tools, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines to support spacecraft operations and flight software iteration.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 3+ years of experience in safety-critical or spacecraft software development. Proficiency in Python and systems fundamentals like concurrency and networking is essential.

Key Skills
  • Python
  • C++
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Real-time data acquisition
  • Telemetry ingestion
  • Low-latency messaging
  • Ansible
  • NiceGUI
  • Observability
  • Concurrency
  • Networking
  • Safety critical software
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid holidays
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • FSA
  • Employer-matched HSA
  • Accident insurance
  • Hospital insurance
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Wellness reimbursement
  • Parental leave
  • Family building benefits
  • One Medical memberships
  • Stock options
  • 401k retirement plan with employer match
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Relocation support
  • Daily lunch and twice weekly dinner
  • EV charging
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