Staff Software Engineer — Satellite Edge HPC (Equity & PTO)

EOI Space; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K

Job summary

A satellite technology company in Lafayette, CO, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of systems for managing high-performance computing clusters aboard satellites. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and over 10 years of software engineering experience, with strong skills in containerized workload management and relevant programming languages. The role demands effective communication and collaboration across teams to enhance onboard satellite processing capabilities and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years total experience in professional software engineering.
• Experience with OS level programming, containerized cluster management, embedded systems development, hardware acceleration.
• Strong communication skills for team coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of cluster management and workload coordination systems.
• Develop and deploy image processing workload and cluster orchestration software.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and DevOps teams for deployment.

Skills

High competency with both scripted and compiled/type‑checked languages (e.g. Python, C++, Go)

Containerized workload management (Kubernetes)

Experience with deploying software to intermittently connected, resource‑constrained edge compute environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson and CUDA programming

Job description

A satellite technology company in Lafayette, CO, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of systems for managing high-performance computing clusters aboard satellites. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and over 10 years of software engineering experience, with strong skills in containerized workload management and relevant programming languages. The role demands effective communication and collaboration across teams to enhance onboard satellite processing capabilities and optimize performance.