Staff Software Engineer - Space Ground & Telemetry (Remote)

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Intuitive Machines, LLC seeks a Staff Software Engineer for our Ground Software group in Palo Alto, CA or remote within the U.S. You will develop full‑stack software enabling spacecraft commanding and telemetry processing for satellite programs.

You will modernize legacy systems and drive automation in a collaborative, agile environment. The role requires strong programming skills (C++, Java, Python), plus DevOps experience with Terraform, GitLab, and Docker, and cloud experience on AWS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field; 5 years of non-internship software experience preferred.
• Proficiency in C++, Java, and Python.
• Solid DevOps background with infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and containerization.
• Experience building services on AWS and working with large shared codebases.

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend and backend software for a spacecraft ground software system within an agile team environment.
• Design and modernize software solutions for factory and test operations on satellites.
• Perform peer reviews and create test cases to verify software functionality.
• Document architectures, requirements, algorithms, and interfaces.
• Collaborate with flight software, I&T, and mission operations teams to understand user needs.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy systems into scalable architectures.
• Assist with on-call incidents and improve automated monitoring.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

DevOps

Terraform

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

Telemetry

React

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Docker

AWS

Job description

Intuitive Machines, LLC seeks a Staff Software Engineer for our Ground Software group in Palo Alto, CA or remote within the U.S. You will develop full‑stack software enabling spacecraft commanding and telemetry processing for satellite programs.

You will modernize legacy systems and drive automation in a collaborative, agile environment. The role requires strong programming skills (C++, Java, Python), plus DevOps experience with Terraform, GitLab, and Docker, and cloud experience on AWS.