Spacecraft Software Engineer, Ground Systems

Alumni Founders; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

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