Staff Ground Software Engineer: Next-Gen Mission Control

Turion Space; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

EAP (Emotional Wellbeing)

Training & Development

Team events

Job summary

Turion Space seeks an experienced Staff Ground Software Engineer in Irvine to define, design, and build the next generation of Mission Control systems used to command satellites, process telemetry, and support mission decision making.

You'll lead architecture, set technical direction, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams, delivering scalable, reliable, and observable ground systems for complex space missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience with leadership experience.
• Expertise in back end development to design, build, and test complex systems.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Prior experience operating live commercial SaaS products.
• Experience with on call for mission-critical operations.
• Eligibility for Top Secret (TS/SCI-eligible) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the software engineering process from concept to orbit-ready systems, setting technical direction for products that operate spacecraft.
• Mentor and guide teams of engineers building some of the most complex software on (and off) Earth.
• Engage with satellite operators and mission planners to understand needs, turning space operations challenges into elegant software solutions.
• Architect mission-critical systems including next-gen Mission Control, Autonomy platforms, AI/ML integrations, and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Astrodynamics, Flight Software, Hardware, AI/ML researchers, and spacecraft operators.
• Drive architectural decisions for systems that must be more reliable than traditional tech—there's no re-deploying a satellite.
• Deliver solutions that simplify space operations, making controlling satellites as intuitive as deploying to AWS.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Real-time processing

Cloud-native architectures

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Turion Space seeks an experienced Staff Ground Software Engineer in Irvine to define, design, and build the next generation of Mission Control systems used to command satellites, process telemetry, and support mission decision making.

You'll lead architecture, set technical direction, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams, delivering scalable, reliable, and observable ground systems for complex space missions.